Gov't shutdown impact on FOIA (National Security Agency)
| Tracking # |
106243 |
| Multi Request | Gov't shutdown impact on FOIA |
| Submitted | Jan. 29, 2019 |
| Due | March 6, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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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:
Copies of emails, memos, letters, reports, statistics and other records mentioning or describing the 2018–19 United States federal government shutdown (2018 December 22 - 2019 January 25) on the processing of FOIA requests or handling of FOIA-related litigation, as well as on other public transparency, disclosure or declassification programs.
Please see attached for fee category information and a waiver request.
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:
Ms. Best,
We received your FOIA request of 30 January 2019, for " Copies of emails, memos, letters, reports, statistics and other records mentioning or describing, the 2018-2019 United States Federal Government shutdown (2018 December 22 - 2019 January 25) on the processing of FOIA requests or handling of FOIA related litigation, as well as on other public transparency disclosures of declassification programs." Your request has been assigned Case # 106243.
You should be aware that NSA was not affected by the shutdown, since as a part of the Department of Defense we are funded through 30 Sept 2019. As such, we continued processing FOIA requests and FOIA related litigations normally. We wanted to verify with you if we should continue processing your request, or if you would like to withdraw this request in light of the above described information.
v/r
Mike S.
NSA FOIA Office
From: Emma North-Best
I appreciate your quick response, but I would still like any responsive materials. If there are none, then it will be a quick search and review process and not a burden on your office. If there are any at all, then I was right to file the request.
From:
An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.
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To Whom It May Concern:
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