FOIA March Madness 2017 - II - Appeal logs, procedures, letters, opinions (U.S. Census Bureau)
| Tracking # |
DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807 |
| Submitted | March 14, 2017 |
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From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
1. Any available log of appeals submitted to this agency or the agency tasked with processing Freedom of Information Act appeals for this division. Please provide such logs for the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016. Please, if possible, include with the log the following items:
• the request number associated with the FOIA in question
• the appeal number assigned to the appeal
• the description of the subject matter addressed by the request
• the division or office of initial receipt
• the date on which the appeal was received
• the date on which the appeal was closed
• the determination or final disposition status of the appeal
2. All appeal letters and opinion letters associated with appeals for which the determination was to reverse, in whole or in part, the decision of the initial request agency. Please provide such letters for appeals closed during the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016.
3. All appeal letters and opinion letters associated with appeals for which the determination was to remand the request to the appropriate agency. Please provide such letters for appeals closed during the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016.
4. All appeal letters and opinion letters associated with appeals for which the determination was to affirm the decision of the initial agency. Please provide such letters for appeals closed during the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016.
5. Any instructive or guiding materials provided to and/or utilized by employees of this department’s Freedom of Information Act office. Please include any manuals, procedural materials, reference guides, checklists, training materials, flow charts, directives, memorandums, legal decisions, presentations, or similar material used in the process of an appeal by this office or the office tasked to process FOIA appeals for this office. Any guiding materials used for the preparation of an appeal package should be considered responsive to, though not the entirety of, this element of this request.
6. The name and contact information for the appropriate appeal authority to whom appeals for this agency should be directed. If such information exists as part of a template letter sent to requesters, provision of this document will be considered satisfactory.
Please provide responsive materials on a rolling basis.
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,
Beryl Lipton
From: census.efoia@census.gov
This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://foiaonline.regulations.gov:443/foia/action/public/view/request?objectId=090004d2811f1011)
* Tracking Number: DOC-CEN-2017-000807
* Requester Name: Beryl Lipton
* Date Submitted: 03/15/2017
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: Any available log of appeals submitted to this agency or the agency tasked with processing Freedom of Information Act appeals for this division. Please provide such logs for the period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2016.
From: efoia@doc.gov
The FOIA request DOC-CEN-2017-000807 has had its Tracking Number changed to DOC-OS-2017-000807. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:
* Old Tracking Number: DOC-CEN-2017-000807
* New Tracking Number: DOC-OS-2017-000807
* Requester Name: Beryl Lipton
* Date Submitted: 03/15/2017
* Long Description: Any available log of appeals submitted to this agency or the agency tasked with processing Freedom of Information Act appeals for this division. Please provide such logs for the period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2016.
From: efoia@doc.gov
The FOIA request DOC-CEN-2017-000807 has had its Tracking Number changed to DOC-OS-2017-000807. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:
* Old Tracking Number: DOC-CEN-2017-000807
* New Tracking Number: DOC-OS-2017-000807
* Requester Name: Beryl Lipton
* Date Submitted: 03/15/2017
* Long Description: Any available log of appeals submitted to this agency or the agency tasked with processing Freedom of Information Act appeals for this division. Please provide such logs for the period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2016.
From: efoia@foia.gov
The FOIA request DOC-OS-2017-000807 has had its Tracking Number changed to DOC-IOS-2017-000807. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:
* Old Tracking Number: DOC-OS-2017-000807
* New Tracking Number: DOC-IOS-2017-000807
* Requester Name: Beryl Lipton
* Date Submitted: 03/15/2017
* Long Description: Any available log of appeals submitted to this agency or the agency tasked with processing Freedom of Information Act appeals for this division. Please provide such logs for the period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2016.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: efoia@doc.gov
The FOIA request DOC-IOS-2017-000807 has had its Tracking Number changed to DOC-OS-2017-000807. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:
* Old Tracking Number: DOC-IOS-2017-000807
* New Tracking Number: DOC-OS-2017-000807
* Requester Name: Beryl Lipton
* Date Submitted: 03/15/2017
* Long Description: Any available log of appeals submitted to this agency or the agency tasked with processing Freedom of Information Act appeals for this division. Please provide such logs for the period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2016.
From: efoia@foia.gov
The FOIA request DOC-OS-2017-000807 has had its Tracking Number changed to DOC-IOS-2017-000807. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:
* Old Tracking Number: DOC-OS-2017-000807
* New Tracking Number: DOC-IOS-2017-000807
* Requester Name: Beryl Lipton
* Date Submitted: 03/15/2017
* Long Description: Any available log of appeals submitted to this agency or the agency tasked with processing Freedom of Information Act appeals for this division. Please provide such logs for the period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2016.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
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I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 March 14, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #DOC-IOS-2017-000807; DOC-OS-2017-000807.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: U.S. Census Bureau
Dear Mr. Lipton:
This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request, submitted March 14, 2017 to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s FOIA Office and assigned tracking number DOC-IOS-2017-000807. You requested the following:
“Any available log of appeal-s submitted to this agency or the agency tasked with processing Freedom of Information Act appeals for this division. Please provide such logs for the period from January l, 2015 through December 31, 2016."
After a search of Agency records, we have identified three (3) records, totaling 15 pages, which we have determined to be responsive to your request and fully releasable under the FOIA. There is no charge for this information.
If you have any questions or concerns or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, you may contact the Department’s FOIA Public Liaison:
Bobbie Parsons
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of Privacy and Open Government
1401 Constitution Ave. NW
Room 61013
Washington, DC 20230
(202) 482-3257
bparsons@doc.gov
Please refer to your FOIA request tracking number, DOC-IOS-2017-000807, when contacting us.
In addition, 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;
facsimile at 202-741-5769
You have the right to appeal this determination of your FOIA request. An appeal must be received within 90 calendar days of the date of this response letter. Address your appeal to the following office:
Assistant General Counsel for Employment, Litigation and Information
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of the General Counsel, Room 5896
1401 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20230
An appeal may also be sent by e-mail to FOIAAppeals@doc.gov or by FOIAonline, if you have an account in FOIAonline, at https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home#. The appeal should include a copy of the original request and initial determination, if any. All appeals should include a statement of the reasons why the records requested should be made available and why the determination was in error.
The appeal letter, the envelope, and the e-mail subject line should be clearly marked “Freedom of Information Act Appeal.” The e-mail, FOIAonline, and office mail are monitored only on working days during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday). FOIA appeals posted to the e-mail box, FOIAonline, or the office after normal business hours will be deemed received on the next normal business day. If the 90th calendar day for submitting an appeal falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal public holiday, an appeal received by 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, the next business day will be deemed timely.
Thank you for your cooperation and patience.
Sincerely,
Bobbie Parsons
FOIA Officer, Immediate Office of the Secretary
Office of Privacy and Open Government
Enclosures:
* FOIAonline Record Access Instructions
* Release – 3 documents, 15 pages (released electronically via FOIAonline)
From: U.S. Census Bureau
DOC-IOS-2017-000807 has been processed with the following final disposition: Full Grant
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