Emails about water contamination

Andrew Joyce filed this request with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget of the United States of America.
Tracking #

2018-357

Status
Rejected

Communications

From: Andrew Joyce

To Whom It May Concern:

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

All emails sent, received, or forwarded to or from Office of Management and Budget official James Herz concerning or mentioning and of the following:

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
water contamination
public health assessments
the Department of Defesense

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,

Andrew Joyce

From: Muckrock Staff

Hello,
Please disregard the language in the original version of this request and process the request with the following specifications:

All emails sent, received, or forwarded to or from Office of Management and Budget official James Herz concerning or mentioning and of the following:

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
water contamination
public health assessments
the Department of Defesense

Thank you!

From: U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Greetings: This email acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) dated May 17, 2018, and received in the office on May 25, 2018. Your request has been logged in and is being processed. For your reference, the OMB FOIA number is 2018-357.

Sincerely,
Dionne Hardy

From: Muckrock Staff

Hello,

Could you please provide an update on this request? It was sent in May, and nothing further has been provided since then.

Thanks so much for your time and help.

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 May 17, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2018-357.

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

From: Jessie Gomez

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 17, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2018-357.

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

From: U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Good day Andrew Joyce,

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regrets the delay in responding to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Unfortunately, OMB is experiencing a backlog of FOIA requests. Please know that OMB management is very committed to providing responses to FOIA requests and remedying the FOIA backlog.

Given the passage of time, this communication is to confirm whether you are still interested in having the attached FOIA request processed. Please confirm your continued interest by replying to this email within 14 calendar days from the date of this communication, and reference the FOIA number cited above.

If we do not receive a response from you within the specified time frame, we will consider the non-response as an indication that you are no longer interested, and will close your FOIA request.
Sincerely,

Chloe Waugh
FOIA Specialist (Contractor)
Executive Office of the President
Office of Management and Budget
Office of General Counsel
Direct: 202-395-7532

From: U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Good Afternoon:

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) dated May 21, 2018 and assigned tracking number 2018-357. Given the passage of time since the submission of your FOIA request and OMB's backlog of FOIA requests, we reached out to you via email on January 28, 2020 to inquire if you remain interested in having your FOIA request processed. In the communication, we noted that a non-response will be treated as an indication that you are no longer interested and that we will close your FOIA request. Because the specified time has passed without a response, we are administratively closing this FOIA request.

If you are not satisfied with the response to this request, you may administratively appeal by writing to OMB. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within 90 days of the date of the response to your request. You may also contact the FOIA Requester Service Center at 202-395-FOIA, as well as our FOIA Public Liaison at 202-395-7545 for any further assistance or to discuss any aspect of your request. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769.

Thank you.

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