Department Heads travel expenses communications (Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit)

Elijah Kaplan filed this request with the Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit of the United States of America.
Tracking #

DOJ-2018-003482

Multi Request Department Heads travel expenses communications
Est. Completion None
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Fix Required

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: Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit

This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://foiaonline.regulations.gov:443/foia/action/public/view/request?objectId=090004d281876c7c)
* Tracking Number: DOJ-2018-003482
* Requester Name: Elijah Kaplan
* Date Submitted: 03/23/2018
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: foia request

From: Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit

Please see the attached response to your FOIA request. Please note, your request has been assigned tracking number EMRUFOIA031518-5.

From: Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit

Dear Mr. Kaplan,

Please see the attached, which acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act and/or Privacy Act request. If you have any questions, please contact the FOIA/PA Unit at 202-616-0307 for further assistance.

Thank you,

FOIA/PA Unit
Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice

  • 300660699 Kaplan Elijah (Signed Bifurcated Acknowledgment Letter)

From: Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit

Attached is this Office's acknowledgment of the above-referenced request.

From: Muckrock Staff

To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below.

Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit

The FOIA request DOJ-2018-003482 has had its Tracking Number changed to DOJ-2018-003482. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:
* Old Tracking Number: DOJ-2018-003482
* New Tracking Number: DOJ-2018-003482
* Requester Name: Elijah Kaplan
* Date Submitted: 07/04/2018
* Long Description: foia request

From: Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit

June 4, 2019 Mr. Elijah Kaplan MuckRock News
411A Highland Ave
Dept Mr 51162
Somerville, MA 02144-2516 Re: Request for travel expenditures for Senate approved political employees from 01/20/2017 - present Assigned JMD FOIA TRACKING NUMBER: 120900 Dear Mr. Kaplan: I am writing on behalf of the Justice Management Division (JMD) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated 3/15/2018 in which you requested records concerning the subject identified above.  Your request has been assigned the above tracking number. We apologize for the delay in our response.  Given the passage of time, before we expend additional resources on this request, I would like to confirm whether you are still interested in receiving this information. If you are still interested, please respond within 30 working days of the date of this letter by either: Writing to: JMD FOIA 2 Constitution Square Suite 8E-300 145 N Street, NE Washington, DC 20530 E-mailing: JMDfoia@usdoj.gov Please refer to your assigned JMD FOIA TRACKING NUMBER whenever you contact the Department regarding this request. Your request will be processed as soon as possible, consistent with our existing workload. If you are no longer interested in receiving this information, you do not need to take any further action, and your request will be closed out after 30 working days from the date of this letter. Sincerely, Karen E. McFadden FOIA Contact Justice Management Division

From: Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit

Elijah Kaplan,

This concerns your pending Freedom of Information Act request seeking travel expenditures for political appointees since January 20, 2017.

Given the passage of time, I am inquiring into your continued interest in this matter. If you are still interested in this material, you may indicate so in response to this email. If we do not hear from you within thirty business days, we will assume that you are no longer interested in this request, and it will be closed administratively.

Please let me know if you have any questions on this matter.

Doug Hibbard
Chief, Initial Request Staff
Office of Information Policy

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