Deleted Tweets on @EDPressSec
| Tracking # |
18-02722-F |
| Submitted | Aug. 23, 2018 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Muira McCammon
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
I would like copies of all tweets deleted by the Twitter handle associated with the official Department of Education’s Press Secretary account (@EDPressSec) from February 2010 to the present. This would include any tweets sent out on Twitter that were deleted or kept in draft form from the Twitter @EDPressSec. This request also would include copies of any e-mails or correspondence regarding the drafting and deletion of these tweets.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
I am a journalist whose works have appeared in Slate, VICE, the Massachusetts Review, Kill Screen, and elsewhere. This FOIA request is part of research for an ongoing piece of journalistic work, and as such, I am requesting a fee waiver. I have submitted versions of this FOIA request to other agencies, including the Office of Government Ethics, and in the process, I have been granted this fee waiver without question. My most recent article on this subject appeared in Slate in April 2018 and was titled “Can They Really Delete That?”.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Muira McCammon
muira.mccammon@asc.upenn.edu
From: U.S Department of Education
Dear Muira McCammon,
This is the Department's acknowledgment of your request for information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Your request was forwarded to the primary responsible office(s) for action.
Any future correspondence or questions regarding your request, please contact the FOIA Public Liaison at 202-401-8365 or
Thank you. (mailto:EDFOIAManager@ed.gov) EDFOIAManager@ed.gov
ED FOIA Manager
FOIA Service Center
U.S. Department of Education
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 23, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #18-02722-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: U.S Department of Education
Good Afternoon,
This e-mail is in response to your request for a status on the subject FOIA request: REQUEST # 18-02722-F
Status:
• Conducting Search – in progress
Once the Reviewing Records process has been completed a final response will be released to you. Please allow time for the final review process to be completed and the FOIA Public Liaison will provide a final response to you at that time. Currently, there is not a target date for completion of the review of records but feel free to check back in the interim for an update. You can monitor the status of your request via the Department’s FOIA Web page below:
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Kind regards,
ED FOIA Manager
From: U.S Department of Education
I don’t believe I have any responsive docs and I’m not sure how I would find deleted tweets from 2010…? Would someone in the FOIA office know how to find them?
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