IMARS email query

Maraya Cornell filed this request with the Bureau of Land Management of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

Tracking #

2020-00056

Due Oct. 16, 2019
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

Communications

From: Maraya Cornell

Dear FOIA Officer:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Any emails that result from the following search queries and were sent from within BLM to then Assistant Director William Woody during the calendar year 2018:
"IMARS" AND "Utah" AND ("U.S. Attorney" OR "US Attorney")
"IMARS" AND "Reyes"

In your response, please include attachments to any emails returned by the search.

As a freelance journalist, I expect to be placed in your news media category. In making this request, I am gathering information of potential interest to the public for dissemination to the public. As evidence of my publication record, here are some links to my stories:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/zoos-protect-animals-fire-disaster/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/how-california-fire-catastrophe-unfolded/
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/wildlife-watch-sea-cucumbers-illegal-wildlife-trade-coral-reefs/

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

Furthermore, I request a fee waver on the grounds that this information is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations of the government—i.e., the effectiveness, efficiency, and security of key governmental IT projects. This request is not being made for commercial purposes.

If you deny my fee waver, I am willing to pay up to $25 for the processing of this request. I would be grateful if you would inform me if the estimated fees will exceed this limit before processing my request.

Thank you in advance for your time.

I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Maraya Cornell

From: Maraya Cornell

Dear FOIA officer:

I'm writing in regards to this request originally sent to BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov on September 18, 2019. Please let me know whether you received this request and when I may expect an acknowledgment letter.

Thanks and regards,
Maraya

From: Bureau of Land Management

Good morning Ms. Cornell,

This letter acknowledges your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
dated and received in our office September 17, 2019. Your request has been
logged in under control number 2020-00056. Please use this control number
in all subsequent correspondence concerning your request.

In your letter you’ve requested the following:

"Any emails that result from the following search queries and were sent
from within BLM to then Assistant Director William Woody during the
calendar year 2018:
"IMARS" AND "Utah" AND ("U.S. Attorney" OR "US Attorney")
"IMARS" AND "Reyes" "

We have classified you as a representative of the news media. As such, we
may charge you for some of our duplication costs, but we will not charge
you for our search or review costs; you also are entitled to up to 100
pages of photocopies (or an equivalent volume) for free. See 43 C.F.R. §
2.39. If, after taking into consideration your fee category entitlements,
our processing costs are less than $50.00, we will not bill you because the
cost of collection would be greater than the fee collected. See 43 C.F.R. §
2.49(a)(1). We do not anticipate any charges for the cost of processing
this request.

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This request falls into the *Complex *track.

Even though we normally process requests on a first-in, first-out basis,
because of the nature of your request and the circumstances surrounding
this request, we will prioritize and process your request as the records
become available.

If you have any questions, please contact us at BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov or
202-912-7650. Thank you for your interest in public lands and in programs
and activities of the BLM.

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Bureau of Land Management
Phone: 202-912-7650
Fax: 202-245-0027
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