Department Heads travel expenses communications (Department of Health and Human Services)

Elijah Kaplan filed this request with the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States of America.
Tracking #

2018-00759-FOIA-OS

Multi Request Department Heads travel expenses communications
Status
Rejected

Communications

From: Elijah Kaplan

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

All communications and documents in your possession, of any type whatsoever, regarding the travel expenditures of all agency political appointees confirmed by the Senate from January 20, 2017 to present

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.

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,

Elijah Kaplan

From:

RE: FOIA Request # 2018-00759-FOIA-OS
March 21, 2018
Dear Elijah Kaplan,
Attached is the acknowledgement letter to your request.
Sincerely,
Garfield Daley

From:

RE: FOIA Request # 2018-00759-FOIA-OS
March 21, 2018
Dear Elijah Kaplan,
Attached is a clarification letter regarding your request.
Sincerely,
Garfield Daley
202-690-8055

From:

Refer to: Request Number 2018-00735-FOIA-OS April 12, 2018 ElijahKaplan Reporter
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 51160
411A Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA
02144-2516 Dear Mr. Kaplan:
This acknowledges receipt of your March15, 2018 Freedomof Information Act (FOIA) request submitted to the Department of Health andHuman Services FOI/Privacy Acts Division concerning “Requesting all communications and documents in yourpossession, of any type whatsoever, regarding the travel expenditures of allagency political appointees confirmed by the Senate from January 20, 2017 topresent” .  Wereceived your request on March 16, 2018 and are referring it to the HHS Program SupportCenter (PSC) for direct response to you. You may check on the status ofyour request with PSC at (301) 443-3403 or foiarequest@psc.hhs.gov If you are notsatisfied with any aspect of the processing and handling of this request, youhave the right to seek dispute resolution services from: Michael Bell HHS FOIA Public Liaison U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services Office of the Assistant Secretaryfor Public Affairs Room 729H 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20201 Telephone:  (202) 260-0793 E-mail: HHS_FOIA_Public_Liaison@hhs.gov and/or: Office of Government InformationServices National Archives and Records Administration 8601 Adelphi Road – OGIS College Park, MD 20740-6001
Telephone:  202-741-5770 Toll-Free: 1-877-684-6448 E-mail: ogis@nara.gov Fax: 202-741-5769 Sincerely,
HHS FOIA Specialist
Main Office Line: 202-690-7453

From: Department of Health and Human Services

Hello, Mr. Kaplan. I am responding to your email regarding the status of your FOIA request. Please be advised that you did receive the attached email and clarification letter back in March 21, 2018. Your request was administratively closed, because you did not contact our office for additional clarification of your request, after we sent you a clarification letter. That March 21, 2018 email was also included as part of the chain email in your March 11, 2020 status email to the HHS Chief FOIA Officer email address. I have attached the mail and clarification letter for your review.

Garfield Daley
Government Information Specialist
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Office of Secretary (OS)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Hubert H. Humphrey (HHH) Bldg., Room 74G.1
Phone: (202) 690-8055 ; Fax: (202) 690-8320 ; garfield.daley@hhs.gov<mailto:garfield.daley@hhs.gov>

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