Email Records (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Submitted on Monday, May 4, 2020 - 23:56
Submitted by user: Anonymous
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Select the DHS component you wish to submit your request to: : Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Title:
First Name: Dhruv
Middle Initial:
Last Name: Mehrotra
Suffix:
Email Address: requests@muckrock.com
Country: United States
Address 1: MuckRock News DEPT MR 92682
Address 2: 411A Highland Ave
City: Somerville
State: Massachusetts
Zip Code: 02144
Telephone Number: 617-299-1832
Fax Number:
Are you requesting records on yourself? No
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By initialing here you are providing your electronic signature.:
Please describe the records you are seeking as clearly and precisely as
possible:
To Whom It May Concern:

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

All communications, documents, or emails from January 1, 2019 and the date of
this request that include any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings
in the sender, recipient, subject line, or body of the
communication/documents/email:
"Yaron Oren-Pines"
"Oren-Pines"
"Mr. Oren-Pines"
"Yaron"
"Buzzfeed"

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,

Dhruv Mehrotra

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June 04, 2020 SENT VIA E-MAIL TO: requests@muckrock.com Re: FOIA Request Number 2020-FEFO-00745 Acknowledgment Dear Mr. Dhruv Mehrotra This letter acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), dated May 04, 2020 and received in this office on May 05, 2020 .  You are seeking all communications, documents, or emails from January 1, 2019 and the date of this request that include any of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings in the sender, recipient, subject line, or body of thecommunication/documents/email: "Yaron Oren-Pines" "Oren-Pines" "Mr. Oren-Pines" "Yaron" "Buzzfeed" Your request has been assigned the following tracking number 2020-FEFO-00745 . Due to current working conditions in response to the COVID -19 outbreak, please expect a delay in our response.  Please be assured that we continue our commitment to provide timely FOIA responses and are processing your FOIA request as soon as possible. Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request.  Consistent with the DHS FOIA Regulations 6 C.F.R. § 5.5(a), FEMA processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt.  Although FEMA’s goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, FOIA does permit a 10-day extension of this time period in certain circumstances.  As your request seeks documents that will require a thorough and wide-ranging search, FEMA will invoke a 10-day extension for your request pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B).  If you would like to narrow the scope of your request, please contact our office.  We will make every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner. Provisions of the FOIA allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request.  We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS FOIA regulations as they apply to All Other non-commercial requesters.  As a non-commercial requester, you will be charged 10 cents per page for duplication; the first 100 pages are free, as are the first two hours of search time, after which you will pay the per quarter-hour rate ($4.00 for clerical personnel, $7.00 for professional personnel, $10.25 for managerial personnel) of the searcher. We will construe the submission of your request as an agreement to pay up to $25.00. This office will contact you before accruing any further fees. Accordingly, the FOIA provides that you may be charged certain fees for the processing of your FOIA request. Once your FOIA request is fully perfected, we will query the appropriate offices within FEMA who may have the records you are seeking to determine if fees will apply.  Then we will contact you again once our calculations are completed and notify you before proceeding further with the processing of your FOIA request.  We appreciate your patience . If you have any questions or would like to discuss this matter, you may contact FEMA’s FOIA Office at (202) 646-3323, or you may contact FEMA’s Public Liaison in the same manner.  Please reference FOIA request number 2020-FEFO-00745 Thank you for your interest in FEMA. Sincerely, Disclosure Branch Information Management Division Office of the Chief Administrative Officer Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Good Afternoon,

We received your FOIA request, 2020-FEFO-00745. However, we will need additional information from you regarding the records search. We are largely unable to do an email or communications pull using key words alone. The keywords and date range are helpful. But it would greatly expedite the search if you could provide us with the names or email addresses of FEMA employees or officials to search and/or narrow down the specific offices you would like for us to search.

Sincerely,

Disclosure Branch
Information Management Division
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Dear Mr. Dhruv Mehrotra:
Attached is the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request.  If you need to contact our office concerning this request, please call (202) 212-3323 or email and reference your FOIA tracking number (mailto:FEMA-FOIA@fema.dhs.gov) FEMA-FOIA@fema.dhs.gov 2020-FEFO-00745.
Regards,
Disclosure Branch
Information Management Division
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Telephone: (202) 646-3323
FEMA-FOIA@fema.dhs.gov