First FOIA (US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM))
| Multi Request | First FOIA |
| Submitted | May 20, 2019 |
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From: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
*Documents generated as part of the creation of the FOIA office (defined as whatever department, office, or coordinator is responsible for overseeing and/or processing FOIA requests), whether this was at the time of the agency's creation or the passage of the Freedom of Information Act, to include:
1. The instruction to do so from the Agency, as well as any guidance from the senior leadership
2. Documents discussing proposals and procedures
3. Any legal guidance or analysis produced or acquired by the Agency in response to or as part of the creation of the FOIA office
4. Internal documents from the press office, legislative liaison's office (or equivalent), general counsel's office (or equivalent), director's office (or equivalent) or the newly created FOIA office, reacting to or characterizing the office and it's creation
* A copy of the agency's first perfected (successful) FOIA request
* Copies of other FOIA requests filed before the FOIA request described above
* Processing notes, search slips and response documents regarding the FOIA requests described above
* The first set of guidelines, instructions and/or forms created to control the agency's processing of FOIA requests
* A copy of the agency's first successful FOIA appeal
* Copies of other FOIA appeals received by the agency before the appeal described above
* Processing notes, search slips and response documents regarding the FOIA appeals described above
* The first set of guidelines, instructions and/or forms created to control the agency's processing of FOIA appeals
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,
Emma Best
From: US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
Ms. Best:
This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of May
21, 2019, for documents generated as part of the creation of the FOIA office
(defined as whatever department, office, or coordinator is responsible for
overseeing and/or processing FOIA requests), whether this was at the time of
the agency's creation or the passage of the Freedom of Information Act, to
include: 1. The instruction to do so from the Agency, as well as any
guidance from the senior leadership 2. Documents discussing proposals and
procedures 3. Any legal guidance or analysis produced or acquired by the
Agency in response to or as part of the creation of the FOIA office 4.
Internal documents from the press office, legislative liaison's office (or
equivalent), general counsel's office (or equivalent), director's office (or
equivalent) or the newly created FOIA office, reacting to or characterizing
the office and it's creation -
* A copy of the agency's first perfected (successful) FOIA request* Copies
of other FOIA requests filed before the FOIA request described above*
Processing notes, search slips and response documents regarding the FOIA
requests described above* The first set of guidelines, instructions and/or
forms created to control the agency's processing of FOIA requests* A copy of
the agency's first successful FOIA appeal* Copies of other FOIA appeals
received by the agency before the appeal described above* Processing notes,
search slips and response documents regarding the FOIA appeals described
above
* The first set of guidelines, instructions and/or forms created to control
the agency's processing of FOIA appeals.
Based on the above, we are unable to search for the requested
information without additional identifying data. Please specify what FOIA
Office you are seeking information on. If you are looking for records at
the Army level you will need to forward your request to the Department of
the Army FOIA Office. If you are looking for U.S. Army Intelligence and
Security Command (INSCOM) records (Please note: INSCOM is only authorized
to act on requests for intelligence and security records, foreign scientific
and technological records, intelligence training, intelligence threat
assessments, and foreign liaison information) please specify. This office
does not process appeals, all appeals are sent to the Office of the General
Council for a direct response to the requester. You may wish to forward
your request for appeal information to that office. Please note that if
requesting information regarding the creation of the INSCOM FOIA Office, our
FOIA records would not go back that far and would have been deleted in
accordance with regulatory guidelines. No action has been taken regarding
this request, upon receipt of any additional information pertaining to the
search of INSCOM records, we will attempt to assist you.
If you have any questions regarding this action, feel free to contact
this office at 1-866-548-5651, or email the INSCOM FOIA office at:
usarmy.meade.902-mi-grp.mbx.inscom-foia-service-center@mail.mil.
v/r
Lora Ballard
Supervisory Intelligence Specialist (OPS Support)
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command Freedom of Information/Privacy
Act Office
ATTN: IAMG-C-FOI
2600 Ernie Pyle Street
Fort Meade, MD 20755-5910
From: Emma North-Best
I am seeking INSCOM records, which is why I sent the request to your office. Per the scope of my request (see the original attachment), there is already a contingency for the apparent destruction of the records, which includes in the scope copies of the relevant destruction slips.
From: US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.
From: US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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