Final report for the "Good Order & Discipline Panel"

Dear Mr. Morisy:

This is an interim response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request dated July 9, 2012 which was received in this office on the same day
it was submitted. Your request has been assigned case number 12-F-1078, and
we ask that you use that number when referring to your request.

We will be unable to respond to your request within the FOIA's 20 day
statutory time period as there are unusual circumstances which impact on our
ability to quickly process your request. These unusual circumstances are:
(a) the need to search for and collect records from a facility
geographically separated from this Office; (b) the potential volume of
records responsive to your request; and (c) the need for consultation with
one or more other agencies or DoD components having a substantial interest
in either the determination or the subject matter of the records. For these
reasons, your request has been placed in our complex processing queue and
will be worked in the order the request was received. Our current
administrative workload is 1276 open requests.

If you would like to discuss how to limit your request in order to
speed the processing time, we would be pleased to discuss how you might
modify your request. The action officer assigned to your request is Donald
Nichelson at (571) 372-0425. The toll free number for this Office is
866-574-4970. You may not be aware that we maintain a website and

Good morning,

During our interim response to your Freedom of Information Request for
A copy of the final report for the "Good Order & Discipline Panel", your
request for fee waiver was not addressed. Accordingly, the below interim
response is forwarded which addresses your request.

This is an interim response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request dated July 8, 2012 which was received in this office on the same day
it was submitted. Your request has been assigned case number 12-F-1078 and
we ask that you use that number when referring to your request.

We will be unable to respond to your request within the FOIA’s 20 day
statutory time period as there are unusual circumstances which impact on our
ability to quickly process your request. These unusual circumstances are:
(a) the need to search for and collect records from a facility
geographically separated from this Office; (b) the potential volume of
records responsive to your request; and (c) the need for consultation with
one or more other agencies or DoD components having a substantial interest
in either the determination or the subject matter of the records. For these
reasons, your request has been placed in our complex processing queue and
will be worked in the order the request was received. Our current
administrative workload is 1,278 open requests.

With regard to your request for a waiver of any applicable fees, a fee
waiver is appropriate when “disclosure of the requested information is in
the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to
public understanding of the operations and activities of the government and
is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester.” 5 U.S.C. §
552(a)(4)(iii). Decisions to waive or reduce fees are made on a
case-by-case basis. I will consider your request for a fee waiver after a
search is completed and this Office determines if records responsive to your
request exist, and the volume and nature of those records.

I have determined that you should be placed in the “other” category for
fee purposes as you have indicated that you do not seek access to these
records for commercial purposes. The “other” fee category affords you two
hours of search time and 100 pages of duplication free of charge.
Subsequent processing will be assessed at the established Department of
Defense (DoD) fee rates of: clerical search time--$20 per hour;
professional search time--$44 per hour; executive search time--$75 per hour;
and document reproduction at $0.15 per page.

As was previously mentioned, you should also know that we will be
unable to respond to your request within the FOIA’s 20 day statutory time
period as there are unusual circumstances which impact on our ability to
quickly process your request. These unusual circumstances are: (a) the
need to search for and collect records from a facility geographically
separated from this Office; (b) the potential volume of records responsive
to your request; and (c) the need for consultation with one or more other
agencies or DoD components having a substantial interest in either the
determination or the subject matter of the records.
For these reasons, your request has been placed in our complex processing
queue and will be worked in the order the request was received. Our current
administrative workload is 1,278 open requests.

If you would like to discuss how to limit your request in order to speed
the processing time, we would be pleased to discuss how you might modify
your request. The action officer assigned to your request is Donald
Nichelson at (571) 372-0425 or donald.nichelson@whs.mil. The toll free
number for this Office is 866-574-4970

You may not be aware that we maintain a website and electronic reading

Good morning,

In response to your inquiry of FOIA case number 12-F-1078, I have been informed by the agency tasked with conducting a search for records you requested that they anticipate an estimated date of completion of 30 Aug 2012. Upon receipt of their response, and after processing any material received, we will contact you. At this time, no further clarification is needed.

Respectfully,

Good morning,

My name is Donald Nichelson, I am the action officer handling your FOIA request. I have been in constant with the OSD Component tasked with responding to your request. I can tell you through conversations with the action officer handling your case, I anticipate a response in the very near future. Once, received, if documents are received, when final reviews have completed, you will be contacted.

Respectfully,

Don,

Good morning,

I have requested an updated status from the OSD component required to provide a response to your request a. m. today. I will contact you the moment I receive an update.

Respectfully,

Good morning,

I regret the delay in providing a more timely response to your inquiry. I have obtained a response from the OSD component who is handling your request. As soon as the processing of your request has been completed, we will contact you.

Respectfully,

A copy of documents responsive to the request.

A cover letter granting the request and outlining any exempted materials, if any.