JMD Ethics Waivers/Advice

Michael Morisy filed this request with the Department of Justice, Justice Management Division of the United States of America.
Tracking #

102980

Status
Completed

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From: Michael Morisy

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Copies of ethics waivers or ethics advice sought by Senate confirmed presidential appointees, Schedule C political appointees, political Senior Executive Service appointees, nonconfirmed presidential appointees and presidential nominees, during the time period January 1, 2013 through the date that this request is processed..

These records are in the Justice Management Division Ethics Office of the Department of Justice.

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 fees cannot be waived, 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,

Michael Morisy

From: JMD-FOIA (imailagent)

June 10, 2015

Mr. Michael Morisy

MuckRock News
DEPT MR 18329
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819

Re: Copies of ethics waivers or ethics advice sought by confirmed
presidential appointees and a variety of other appointees and nominees
between January 1, 2013 to present.

JMD FOIA TRACKING NUMBER: 102980

Dear Mr. Morisy:

I am writing on behalf of the Justice Management Division (JMD) of the
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom
of Information (FOIA) request on 06/05/2015.

For your information, the Justice Management Division assigns incoming
requests to one of three tracks: simple, complex, or expedited. Each
request is then handled on a first-in, first-out basis in relation to
other requests in the same track. Simple requests usually receive a
response in approximately one month whereas complex requests
necessarily take longer. At this time, your request has been assigned
to the Complex track.

If you have a question about the status of your FOIA request, you may
contact this office by emailing JMDFOIA@usdoj.gov
<mailto:JMDFOIA@usdoj.gov> or by calling 202-514-3101 during regular
business hours (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time,
excluding federal holidays).

Please refer to your assigned JMD FOIA TRACKING NUMBER listed above
whenever you contact the Department regarding this request.

Sincerely,

Karen E. McFadden

FOIA Contact

Justice Management Division

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #102980.

Thank you for your help.

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #102980.

Thank you for your help.

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 3, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #102980.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: JMDFoia (JMD)

Mr. Morisy,

Your request is currently under review within the appropriate staff office. You will receive response as soon as it has been given.

Karen McFadden
FOIA Contact
Justice Management Division

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

The Justice Management Division Freedom of Information Office (FOIA) is responding to your request for the status of JMD FOIA # 102980

Your FOIA has been assigned to the appropriate staff office for response.

Your request will be addressed on a first-come-first serve basis. Our response may be impacted by the unusually high volume of FOIA requests that JMD has received. If there are other issues that affect the response time, we will be in contact with you for clarification or discuss other options available to you.

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Dear Mr. Morisy,

The Justice Management Division (JMD) Freedom of Information Office (FOIA) is responding to your request for the status of JMD FOIA # 102980.

Your FOIA request has been assigned to the appropriate staff office for response.

Your request will be addressed on a first-come-first serve basis. Our response may be impacted by the unusually high volume of FOIA requests that JMD has received. If there are other issues that affect the response time, we will be in contact with you for clarification or discuss other options available to you.

Sincerely,

Karen McFadden
JMD FOIA Contact

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Dear Mr. Morisy,

The Justice Management Division (JMD) Freedom of Information Office (FOIA) is responding to your request for the status of JMD FOIA # 102980.

Your FOIA request has been assigned to the appropriate staff office for response.

Your request will be addressed on a first-come-first serve basis. Our response may be impacted by the unusually high volume of FOIA requests that JMD has received. If there are other issues that affect the response time, we will be in contact with you for clarification or discuss other options available to you.

Sincerely,

Karen McFadden
JMD FOIA Contact

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

February 13, 2019

Dear Mr. Morisy,

The Justice Management Division (JMD) Freedom of Information Office (FOIA) is responding to your request for the status of JMD FOIA # 102980.

Your FOIA request has been assigned to the appropriate staff office for response.

Your request will be addressed on a first-come-first serve basis. Our response may be impacted by the unusually high volume of FOIA requests that JMD has received. If there are other issues that affect the response time, we will be in contact with you for clarification or discuss other options available to you.

Sincerely,
Karen McFadden
JMD FOIA Contact

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Dear Mr. Morisy,

We apologize for the delay in our response to your request JMD #102980. We will search within the Departmental Ethics Office for responsive waivers and authorizations in JMD's possession, but we will also need to consult with other affected components, which will take additional time. To complete this search, review, and consultation, we estimate it will take until January 30, 2020. Your request seeks records from January 1, 2013, to the time the request is processed. If you would be willing to narrow the time frame that you are interested in, that would shorten the time for us to complete this request. Please let us know if you are willing to narrow the time frame to certain years so we can target those years in our search, review, and consultation. In the meantime, a portion of the records you are seeking may be found at the OGE website: https://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/Presidential%20Appointee%20&%20Nominee%20Records. With respect to advice other than waivers, our records are not maintained in a manner that we can reasonably search for and identify advice given to all political appointees and nominees. Moreover, in many instances, ethics advice to individuals is subject to Exemption 6 of the FOIA. We look forward to hearing from you regarding narrowing your request.

Sincerely,
Karen McFadden
JMD FOIA Contact

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Mr. Morisey:

I am responding to your e-mail asking for the status of your FOIA request tracking number 102980. The search for documents has been completed but is pending consultations with interested components. We expect that will take approximately 30 additional days to complete this consultation process.

Karen McFadden
FOIA Contact
Justice Management Division

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Mr. Morisy:

I am responding to your most recent status request dated June 18, 2020 regarding JMD FOIA tracking number 102980. Your request is pending the Office if Information Policy's (OIP) consultation response. OIP is actively reviewing it and, given their review process, we expect that their review will be completed within the next 30 days.

Karen McFadden
FOIA Contact
Justice Management Division

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Mr. Morisy:

We apologize for the delay. OIP is continuing to actively review this request and we expect it will be complete within 30 days.

Karen McFadden
FOIA Contact
Justice Management Division

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Mr. Morisy:

This is in response to your status request of September 10, 2020 regarding JMD FOIA # 102980. We have inquired about your request. It is undergoing final review, and we expect it will be complete within 30 days.

Karen McFadden
FOIA Contact
Justice Management Division

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Mr. Morisy:

This is in response to your status request of October 21, 2020 regarding JMD FOIA # 102980. We have inquired about your request. We apologize for the delay but it is still undergoing final review, and we expect it will be complete within the next 30 days.

Karen McFadden

JMD FOIA Contact

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Mr. Morisy:

I apologize for my delay in responding to your latest status request. We are still awaiting the final review of the response to your request.

Karen McFadden
FOIA Contact
Justice Management Division

From: Department of Justice, Justice Management Division

Mr. Morisy,

Your request is still under review. Due to the volume under review, the new projected date for that review to be completed is in mid-March 2021.

Karen McFadden
FOIA Contact
Justice Management Division

From:

Mr. Morisy:

Please see the attached response to JMD FOIA request #102980. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Karen McFadden
JMD FOIA Contact

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