FOIA request – Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and staff's travel receipts for National Monument review

Caitlin Enders filed this request with the Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary of the United States of America.
Tracking #

OS-2018-00033

Status
Completed

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From: Caitlin Enders

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

Receipts for any and all expenses incurred during Secretary Ryan Zinke's travel to and from National Monuments as part of President Trump's executive order to reconsider the designations around any National Monument created since Jan. 1, 1996, that spans at least 100,000 acres. This would include all travel expenses incurred by the Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary to and from National Monuments between April 26, 2017 and August 24, 2017. This request includes National Monument travel expenses for both Ryan Zinke and any federal staff brought with him. Travel expenses include all meals, flight, entertainment, ground transport (e.g. car, train, horse) for both the Secretary of the Interior and any accompanying staff.

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,

Caty Enders

From: OS, OS FOIA

Dear Ms. Enders:

Please find attached the acknowledgement for FOIA request OS-2018-00033.

Thank you,
Karmen
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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Dear Ms. Enders,

We have some documents related to this request and they are currently being
reviewed. We are still waiting on other documents. We intend to provide a
rolling production of the documents once they have been reviewed.
Thanks,
Cindy

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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Ms. Enders,

Regarding: OS-2018-00033

We are still pending the receipt of records from the program office. Once
we receive all the records, your case will be assigned to an analyst for
processing.

We are working as expeditiously as possible.
Thank you for contacting our office.
Karmen
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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Ms. Enders,

Thank you for contacting our office.

Please know that we have made progress on your request, however, we are
still waiting for more records before we can begin processing. Therefore
we are unable to provide a response or an estimated completion date.

If you have other questions/concern, please do not hesitate to contact our
office.
Thank you again.

Karmen
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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Dear Ms. Enders,

RE: OS-2018-00033

Please know that we are still coordinating with the program office to
receive records regarding your request. We are working as diligently as
possible.

Thank you for contacting our offic.e
Karmen
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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Dear Ms. Enders,

Thank you for your inquiry. At this time we are still waiting on a program
office to send us any potentially responsive records as we do
not retain records in the OS FOIA office. Once we have those records, we
can begin processing them. While we cannot provide you a timeline at this
point, please be assured we are working to complete your request as
promptly as we can.
Thanks,

Cindy Sweeney

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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Dear Requester,

We are writing to partially respond to your national monument-related FOIA
request(s) on behalf of the Office of the Secretary. We have released
records related to the Secretary’s review of certain National Monuments
designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906 at
https://www.doi.gov/foia/os/national-monuments-review-executive-order-13792.
The newly released documents are located at the bottom of the page under
“Categorized Records.” The categories will enable you to locate the
documents responsive to the information sought in the FOIA requests that
you submitted.

Please see the attached letter for additional information about this
release.

Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

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From: Caitlin Enders

Hi there,

I have found no receipts at all in the documents you released. When will a complete list of expenses be provided?

Many thanks,
Caty

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Please find attached the final response letter for FOIA request
OS-2018-00033
Thanks,

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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Dear Ms. Enders,

Last year, the Department of the Interior transitioned to FOIAonline, a secure web-based tracking and case-management system. As part of the transition, new tracking numbers were generated for many open FOIA requests. As you have two or more open FOIA requests, please find attached a chart with your requests pending in the Office of the Secretary’s FOIA Unit, including each request’s original and corresponding FOIAonline request numbers. We hope you find this helpful in any future correspondence with the Office of the Secretary’s FOIA Unit.

If, upon review, you are no longer interested in any of these requests, we would be happy to assist you in closing them in FOIAonline or you can withdraw them directly in FOIAonline. Please note that unless and until you contact the Office of the Secretary’s FOIA Unit and ask for a particular request or requests to be withdrawn, we will continue processing all of these requests.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.

Thank you,
Nicholas Banco
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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

DOI-OS-2018-000030 has been processed with the following final disposition: Other.

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