Deleted Tweets on @USArmy
| Submitted | Oct. 6, 2017 |
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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 U.S. Army's Twitter feed (@USArmy) from September 2007 to the present. This would include any tweets sent out on Twitter that were deleted or kept in draft form from the Twitter accounts @USArmy. 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.
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
From: USARMY Pentagon HQDA OCPA Mailbox MRD Press Desk
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
Muira McCammon,
I have forwarded your request to our FOIA manager for action.
For our records, could you tell us the focus of your story? Thanks!
William
WILLIAM J. SHARP, APR+M
Public Affairs Officer
Media Relations Division, Army Office of the Chief of Public Affairs
1500 Army Pentagon
Washington, D.C., 20310-0200
From: Thomas, Lisa CIV USARMY HQDA OCPA (US)
Ms. McCammon,
Your FOIA request was forwarded to me. Your request is very broad. Please specify what deleted Tweets. What are you looking for in those deleted Tweet's. Thanks.
v/r,
Lisa Thomas
Government Information Specialist
Office of The Chief of Public Affairs
1500 Army Pentagon
Room 1E470
Washington, DC 20310
October 6, 2017
U.S. Army, Office of Army Chief of Public Affairs Army Public Affairs (OCPA)
1500 Army Pentagon, Room 1E475
Washington, DC 20310-1500
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 U.S. Army's Twitter feed (@USArmy) from September 2007 to the present. This would include any tweets sent out on Twitter that were deleted or kept in draft form from the Twitter accounts @USArmy. 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.
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
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From: Muira McCammon
Good morning Ms. Thomas,
Thank you for your prompt response!
I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand what aspect of this response is broad. I haven't had this complaint from any of the other federal agencies I've filed this FOIA request with - and have received responses ranging from 3 to 200 pages - so, just seeking clarification on what aspect of this request is proving challenging for you.
Your account (@USArmy) has been in existence since September 2007 and you have over 20K tweets, but I suspect that the number of tweets managers of your account have deleted are few by comparison! I also suspect that the documentation (emails especially) related to the deletion of these tweets is not extensive, unless of course you have deleted thousands of tweets in the past decade!
Thank you in advance,
Muira McCammon
From: Thomas, Lisa CIV USARMY HQDA OCPA (US)
I just wondering if there was any one particular word/phrase that you were looking for in the search or that you just wanted all deleted tweets. Some requesters just specify what they are looking for in a particular tweet. If you don't have one, it's no problem. Thanks.
V/r,
Lisa
From: U.S. Army, Office of Army Chief of Public Affairs
Ms. McCammon,
I spoke to legal about your FOIA request. Part three of your FOIA request below:
Copies of any emails or correspondence regarding the drafting and deletion of tweets from 2007 to present
Anyway that you can narrow scope (e.g., the date range or focus on a particular subject of tweet)?
V/r,
Lisa Thomas
Government Information Specialist
Office of The Chief of Public Affairs
1500 Army Pentagon
Room 1E470
Washington, DC 20310
From: U.S. Army, Office of Army Chief of Public Affairs
Ms. McCammon,
I never received a response. If no response is received by 3 November 2017. We will proceed with our FOIA response.
v/r,
Lisa Thomas
From: U.S. Army, Office of Army Chief of Public Affairs
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
Ms. McCammon,
Attached is the U.S. Army Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response pertaining to your FOIA request.
V/r,
ARMY FOIA
Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army/
Records Management & Declassification Agency
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
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