Export restrictions on server CPUs to China

Dear Mr. Reynolds:

I am reaching out to let you know that we encountered unusual circumstances during our search for documents pertaining to the scope of your request. We searched multiple offices for the responsive records and received 17,099,121 KB. We have various backlog to clear due to COVID and given that this is the holiday season, we are not expecting to make progress in the next few weeks. However, we will continue to follow up to ensure we move this case forward. Our best estimate time is probably mid to late January.

At this state, we are not sure limiting the scope will help speed up the process. But I assure you that we are doing our best to move this forward and will contact your if we have any questions.

If you have any questions or wish to discuss reformulation or an alternative time frame for the processing of your request, you may contact me for any further assistance and 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: 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov<mailto:ogis@nara.gov>; telephone at 202741-5770; toll free at 1‑877-684-6448; facsimile at 202-741-5769.

Sincerely,

Grace Agyekum
Bureau of Industry and Security
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Management
1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Room 6622
Washington, DC 20230
telephone at (202) 482-7893
email at grace.agyekum@bis.doc.gov

Dear Mr. Reynolds:

Your office reached out to us today for an update on this request and asked that we send you an email on the status.

For your information, we have completed our search and located 270 pages of document responsive to your request. While reviewing, we found 129 pages of documents to be public information and will be released in full. The additional 141 pages are documents that originated from International Trade Administration (ITA). We are in consultation with ITA on a release determination and will respond to you as soon as we hear back from them.

Thank you for your patience.

­­­­­Grace Agyekum
Bureau of Industry and Security, DOC
Washington, DC 20230
Telephone: 202-482-7893
Email: grace.agyekum@bis.doc.gov<mailto:grace.agyekum@bis.doc.gov>

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Good afternoon,

BIS has completed our review of your FOIA request DOC-BIS-2020-001506. The package is now going through the final clearance, and we are hoping to get it out to you soon.

Thank you
Jennifer

Jennifer Kuo
BIS FOIA Liaison
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DOC-BIS-2020-001506 has been processed with the following final disposition: Partial Grant/Partial Denial.
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