Frank Kush, FBI file

Parker Higgins, FOIA The Dead filed this request with the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America.
Tracking #

1378715-000

Est. Completion None
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Fix Required

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From: Parker Higgins, FOIA The Dead


To Whom It May Concern:

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

A copy of all documents or FBI files pertaining to Frank Kush, an obituary of whom was published in The New York Times on June 24, 2017 under the headline "Frank Kush, Hall of Fame Coach of Arizona State, Dies at 88". Please see attached PDF copy of that obituary, which may also be found at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/sports/ncaafootball/frank-kush-dead-arizona-state-hall-of-fame-coach.html.

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,

Parker Higgins, FOIA The Dead

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation

An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation

A letter stating the requester must agree to or prepay assessed or estimated fees in order for the agency to continue processing the request.

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Good afternoon Mr. Kush,

Reference is made to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request # 1378715-000 for FBI records concerning Frank Joseph Kush. The FBI has located approximately 1,288 pages that are potentially responsive to your request. Once requests go over a certain size, usually in the 50-100 page range, they become increasingly complex, greatly slowing down the time required for processing. Generally the larger the file, the longer it takes to process. Given our current workload and staffing levels, it may be a very long time before you would begin to receive material from this request.

We contact requesters with requests of this size to see if there might be a way to possibly narrow the scope. Is this something you might be willing to consider? If so, please contact me and we can discuss this possibility. We appreciate your patience and hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Ms. Wilson
Government Information Specialist
FOIA Support Unit
Records Management Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
540-868-4894

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Good morning Mr. Higgins,

I'm following up to the email I sent out last week to you with regards to your FOIA #1378715-000 on Frank Joseph Kush. The previous email goes into more detail for our contact with you. If you are interested in narrowing the scope of your request, please contact me either by email or phone.

Thank you for your time and attention to this inquiry.

Sincerely,
Ms. Wilson

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Good morning Mr. Higgins,

As noted in the prior emails sent to you October 31st and November 7th, we would like to know if you are interested in reducing the size of your request (#1378715-000) on Frank Joseph Kush. The FBI has located approximately 1,288 pages. Please let me know if you are interested in reducing this large sized request into a medium size case.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Respectfully,
Ms. Wilson

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