Emails Sent & Received by Mick Mulvaney Regarding CAB

Paul Gottinger filed this request with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of the United States of America.
Tracking #

BCFP-2019-0151-F

BCFP-2019-0150-F

Est. Completion None
Status
Fix Required

Communications

From: Paul Gottinger


To Whom It May Concern:

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

All e-mails sent or received by any government or personal e-mail account used by John M. Mulvaney, which includes any of the following keywords: "Consumer Advisory Board", "Advisory Council", "CAB" between the periods of May 1, 2018 and July 1, 2018.

I am a career journalist with work that has appeared at The Daily Beast among other publications. I am willing to pay any reasonable expenses associated with this request, however, as the purpose of the requested disclosure is in full conformity with the statutory requirements for a waiver of fees, I formally request such a waiver.

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me directly at 763.360.5622.

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,

Paul Gottinger

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Afternoon,

The attached is the Bureau's acknowledgement of your recent FOIA requests.

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Dear Mr. Gottinger,
Please see the attached acknowledgement letter that references your FOIA request dated December 17, 2018 that was submitted to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP).
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the Bureau's FOIA Service Center at 1-855-444-FOIA (3642) or
FOIA@consumerfinance.gov. (mailto:FOIA@consumerfinance.gov)
Thank you.
FOIA Public Liaison

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Dear Mr.  Gottinger,
Please see the attached acknowledgement letter that references your FOIA request dated December 17, 2018 that was submitted to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP).
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the Bureau's FOIA Service Center at 1-855-444-FOIA (3642) or
FOIA@consumerfinance.gov. (mailto:FOIA@consumerfinance.gov)
Thank you.
FOIA Public Liaison

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Afternoon,

Please be advised that the BCFP FOIA Office has a backlog of pending FOIA requests. We are diligently working to process each request in the order in which it was received. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

In response to your request for a status update for FOIA Request #: BCFP-2019-0151-F a Request for Documents (RFD) has been sent. You will be notified of any responsive records, once they arrive.

Thank you,

FOIA Public Liaison | FOIA Office
Office: (202) 435-9499 | Toll Free: (855) 444-3642
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
consumerfinance.gov/foia
Confidentiality Notice: If you received this email by mistake, you should notify the sender of the mistake and delete the e-mail and any
attachments. An inadvertent disclosure is not intended to waive any privileges.

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Afternoon,
In response to your request for a status update, please note that the below request is case # BCFP-2019-0150-F and a Request for Documents (RFD) has been sent. We are reaching out to the analyst assigned to your case on an estimated time of delivery.

Please be advised that the BCFP FOIA Office has a backlog of pending FOIA requests. We are diligently working to process each request in the order in which it was received. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
FOIA Public Liaison | FOIA Office
Office: (202) 435-9499 | Toll Free: (855) 444-3642
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
consumerfinance.gov/foia
Confidentiality Notice: If you received this email by mistake, you should notify the sender of the mistake and delete the e-mail and any
attachments. An inadvertent disclosure is not intended to waive any privileges.

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Afternoon,

We apologize for the delay in getting back to you. In response to your request for a status update for FOIA Request #: BCFP-2019-0151-F, we are following up with the analyst assigned to your case on an estimated date of delivery.
Again, please be advised that the CFPB FOIA Office has a backlog of pending FOIA requests. We are diligently working to process each request in the order in which it was received. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
FOIA Public Liaison | FOIA Office
Office: (202) 435-9499 | Toll Free: (855) 444-3642
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
consumerfinance.gov/foia
Confidentiality Notice: If you received this email by mistake, you should notify the sender of the mistake and delete the e-mail and any
attachments. An inadvertent disclosure is not intended to waive any privileges.

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Afternoon,

Correction: This tracking number is BCFP-2019-0150-F.

We apologize for the delay in getting back to you. In response to your request for a status update for FOIA Request #: BCFP-2019-0150-F, the request was closed and granted in part.
Your patience is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
FOIA Public Liaison | FOIA Office
Office: (202) 435-9499 | Toll Free: (855) 444-3642
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
consumerfinance.gov/foia
Confidentiality Notice: If you received this email by mistake, you should notify the sender of the mistake and delete the e-mail and any
attachments. An inadvertent disclosure is not intended to waive any privileges

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for contacting the FOIA office regarding a status update. Please be advised that the CFPB FOIA Office has a backlog of pending FOIA requests. We are diligently working to process each request in the order in which it was received. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

As an update, we have initiated a search and are awaiting reply from the offices likely to maintain responsive records. We will be in touch shortly if we require additional clarification.

I am working with the assigned analyst to determine the estimated completion date.

Thanks,

FOIA Public Liaison | FOIA Office
Office: (202) 435-9499 | Toll Free: (855) 444-3642

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
consumerfinance.gov/foia<https://www.consumerfinance.gov/foia-requests/>

Confidentiality Notice: If you received this email by mistake, you should notify the sender of the mistake and delete the e-mail and any attachments. An inadvertent disclosure is not intended to waive any privileges.

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Morning,

Thank you for contacting the FOIA office regarding a status update. Please be advised that the CFPB FOIA Office has a backlog of pending FOIA requests. We are diligently working to process each request in the order in which it was received. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

As an update to your FOIA requests BCFP-2019-0151-F, we have initiated a search and are awaiting reply from the offices likely to maintain responsive records.

Thanks,

FOIA Public Liaison | FOIA Office
Office: (202) 435-9499 | Toll Free: (855) 444-3642

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
consumerfinance.gov/foia<https://www.consumerfinance.gov/foia-requests/>

Confidentiality Notice: If you received this email by mistake, you should notify the sender of the mistake and delete the e-mail and any attachments. An inadvertent disclosure is not intended to waive any privileges.

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for contacting the FOIA office regarding a status update. Please be advised that the CFPB FOIA Office has a backlog of pending FOIA requests. We are diligently working to process each request in the order in which it was received. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

As an update to your FOIA requests CFPB-2019-0151-F, we have initiated a search and are awaiting reply from the offices likely to maintain responsive records. We will be in touch shortly if we require additional clarification.

Thanks,

FOIA Public Liaison | FOIA Office
Office: (202) 435-9499 | Toll Free: (855) 444-3642

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
consumerfinance.gov/foia<https://www.consumerfinance.gov/foia-requests/>

Confidentiality Notice: If you received this email by mistake, you should notify the sender of the mistake and delete the e-mail and any attachments. An inadvertent disclosure is not intended to waive any privileges.

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Morning,

As a follow up to the email below, we have completed the search. Your request is in the queue for processing and 28 requests are in front of yours. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions.

Ryan McDonald
Government Information Specialist
Office: (202) 435-9133 | Fax: (855) FAX-FOIA (329-3642)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
consumerfinance.gov<http://www.consumerfinance.gov/>

Confidentiality Notice: If you received this email by mistake, you should notify the sender of the mistake and delete the e-mail and any attachments. An inadvertent disclosure is not intended to waive any privileges.

From: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Good Morning, Mr. Gottinger.

I am a new FOIA analyst here at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and was recently assigned FOIA request CFPB-2019-0151-F that you submitted on December 17, 2018. I recently left telephone voice messages on the contact number provided for you regarding narrowing the scope of your request as the initial search produced a voluminous amount of documents. In the voice message, I suggested narrowing the scope of your request to the White House individuals that are listed in the request or giving us specific CFPB employees that sent and/or received the White House emails. I have attached for your review the original request that was submitted. Also, below is a link to the Bureau's organizational chart which may help with narrowing the request to specific CFPB employees. Please let us know by response to this email or by telephone if the suggestions for narrowing the scope of your request are acceptable.

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/the-bureau/bureau-structure/

Thank you,

Quentin D. Bullock

Paralegal Specialist (Contractor)| Operations
Office: (202) 435-7250 | Mobile: (202) 286-0334

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
consumerfinance.gov<http://www.consumerfinance.gov/>

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