Ellen L. Weintraub Emails
| Tracking # |
2019-100 |
| Submitted | Sept. 8, 2019 |
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From: Taylor Amarel
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I would like to obtain all emails sent to, from, or copied to Ellen L. Weintraub from January 1, 2019 to present day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: "2020", or "quorum".
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,
Taylor Amarel
From: Federal Election Commission
September 9, 2019
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
Re: Your Freedom of Information Act Request to the Federal Election Commission FOIA (2019-100)
Dear Mr. Amarel,
This email acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated September 9, 2019. Specifically, you requested the following:
"all emails sent to, from, or copied to Ellen L. Weintraub from January 1, 2019 to present day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: "2020", or "quorum."
We received your request on September 9, 2019.
We will soon be initiating our search for records responsive to your request. If we determine that you have requested a voluminous amount of records that require extensive searching and examination, we will contact you to discuss your willingness to modify your request.
Any questions regarding the status of this request should be directed to our office at foia@fec.gov or 202-694-1650. Please cite the following unique tracking number in all future correspondence regarding this matter: FOIA Request 2019-100.
Thank you for contacting the Federal Election Commission.
Sincerely,
Christopher Mealy
FEC FOIA Requester Service Center
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From: Federal Election Commission
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
Taylor Amarel
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 80033
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
requests@muckrock.com
Re: Your Freedom of Information Act Requests to the Federal Election Commission FOIAs 2019-100, 2019-101, 2019-102, and 2019-103
Dear Mr. Amarel,
This email concerns the requests you filed for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) dated September 8, 2019 and received by the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) FOIA Requester Service Center on September 9, 2019. Specifically, you requested:
FOIA 2019-100
all emails sent to, from, or copied to Ellen L. Weintraub from January 1, 2019 to present day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: "2020", or "quorum".
FOIA 2019-101
all emails sent to, from, or copied to Vice Chairman Petersen from August 1, 2019 to present day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: "2020", or "quorum".
FOIA 2019-102
all emails sent to, from, or copied to Caroline C. Hunter from August 1, 2019 to present day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: "2020", or "quorum".
FOIA 2019-103
all emails sent to, from, or copied to Steven T. Walther from August 1, 2019 to present day containing any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: "2020", or "quorum".
The FOIA requires that requests "reasonably describe" the records sought such that an agency employee familiar with the subject area of the request can locate the records with a reasonable amount of effort. See 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3)(A). We have determined that your request does not adequately describe the records sought, and are therefore unable to process it at this time.
Therefore, I am writing you to clarify your request to reasonably describe the records you seek. Specifically, we are concerned that the key-word "2020" will produce thousands of non-relevant results because using that number by itself will pull in any document that has the numbers 2020 in it. If you are interested in the 2020 election, we suggest that you clarify your request to modify "2020" as "2020 election" which would be more exact in producing just those documents.
If we do not receive your written response clarifying what records you are seeking within 20 working days from the date of this letter, we will assume that you are no longer interested in pursuing your request and will administratively close this request. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.5(d).
Please reference the above FOIA request number in your response and any other communications with our office. Should you need further assistance regarding this request, please contact the FOIA Requester Service Center at FOIA@fec.gov<mailto:FOIA@fec.gov> or (202) 694-1650.
Sincerely,
Robert Kahn
FOIA Requester Service Center
From: Taylor Amarel
To whom this may concern,
The requested records are "reasonably" described. It is safe to say that any government employee, can conduct a keyword search of an email inbox by going to search bar, typing "quorum" and clicking search.
Please conduct the search, it is not overly burdensome. If there are too many responsive records you can ignore spam, newsletters, or junk mail.
Thank you.
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 Sept. 8, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2019-100.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 Sept. 8, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2019-100.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 Sept. 8, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2019-100.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Federal Election Commission
Dear Mr. Amarel,
I sent the Agency’s response in mid-December. Perhaps the size of the attachment was too big. I’ll send it again in a reduced size. Please let me know if you don’t receive it.
Thanks,
Robert
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From: Federal Election Commission
Reduced size version of responsive documents for FOIA 2019-100 attached.
From: Taylor Amarel
Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Taylor Amarel
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