Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice (Department of Commerce)

Graham Kates filed this request with the Department of Commerce of the United States of America.
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From: Graham Kates

To Whom It May Concern:

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

All emails, memorandums or reports that reference the "Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice" or "EJ IWG", produced during the year 2016, and between January 1, 2017 and June 25, 2017.

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,

Graham Kates

From: efoia@doc.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=090004d2813df238)
* Tracking Number: DOC-OS-2017-001434
* Requester Name: Graham Kates
* Date Submitted: 06/27/2017
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: All emails, memorandums or reports that reference the "Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice" or "EJ IWG", produced during the year 2016, and between January 1, 2017 and June 25, 2017.

From: Department of Commerce

DOC-OS-2017-001434 has been processed with the following final disposition: Partial grant/partial denial.
Given the nature of this request, some records are only being released to you as the requester. If you have an account in FOIAonline, you may access those records by logging into FOIAonline. Otherwise, those responsive records will be sent via the method agreed upon with the FOIA processor. (https://foiaonline.regulations.gov:443/foia/action/public/home?objectId=090004d2813df238)
See attached determination letter.

From: Caitlin Russell

Hello,
I'm calling to follow up on FOIA request number DOC-OS-2017-001434. In a previous email you stated that 384 pages were released, but they were never received. Can you please send them to this email address or mail them to:
MuckRock, Dept. 39233
411A Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA
02144

Thank you!
Caitlin Russell

From: Department of Commerce

Dear Ms. Russell:

Thank you for reaching out to me. The records to which you referred were released electronically though our FOIA case management system, FOIAonline to Mr. Kates. Mr. Kates is the original requester of and was provided the records via email on November 1, 2017.

Please feel free to contact me should you have additional questions or require additional information.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Toland, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief FOIA Officer,
Departmental FOIA Public Liaison Officer,
Departmental Privacy Act Officer, and
Deputy Director FOIA/Privacy Act Operations
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of Privacy and Open Government
Office: (202) 482-3842
Email: mtoland@doc.gov<mailto:mtoland@doc.gov>

From: Caitlin Russell

Hello,
Kates is using MuckRock to make the request, and says he has not received or been able to access the documents. When we searched for the documents using the tracking number provided, they were not on the website. Can you please forward the responsive documents to this email account? Thank you!
Caitlin

From: Department of Commerce

Dear Ms. Russell:

I have reopened the request in our system and will release the records to Mr. Kates in two separate emails. The email address we have in our FOIAonline system is requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Toland, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief FOIA Officer,
Departmental FOIA Public Liaison Officer,
Departmental Privacy Act Officer, and
Deputy Director FOIA/Privacy Act Operations
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of Privacy and Open Government
Office: (202) 482-3842
Email: mtoland@doc.gov<mailto:mtoland@doc.gov>

From: Department of Commerce

01/29/2018 03:54 PM FOIA Request: DOC-OS-2017-001434

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