Leak referrals and consultations (Department of Housing and Urban Development)
| Tracking # |
21-FI-HQ-00272 |
| Multi Request | Leak referrals and consultations |
| Submitted | May 27, 2019 |
| Due | Sept. 18, 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 documents, including but not limited to emails, memos, letters, reports, briefs and call logs, referring to, discussing or generated as a result of referrals to and consultations with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other components of the Department of Justice (Criminal Division, Civil Division, National Security Division, the Attorney General's office, etc.), regarding instances of unauthorized disclosures of information (AKA leaks) for investigation and/or prosecution between January 20, 1981 (or the date of creation of this agency, whichever came first) and the present.
I request "news media" status and a fee waiver, see attached.
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: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Copies of documents, including but not limited to emails, memos, letters, reports, briefs and call logs, referring to, discussing or generated as a result of referrals to and consultations with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other components of the Department of Justice (Criminal Division, Civil Division, National Security Division, the Attorney General's office, etc.), regarding instances of unauthorized disclosures of information (AKA leaks) for investigation and/or prosecution between January 20, 1981 (or the date of creation of this agency, whichever came first) and the present.
I request "news media" status and a fee waiver, see attached.
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: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Dear Emma Best,
Request number 21-FI-HQ-00272 has been assigned to the request you submitted via the HUD FOIA Public Access Website. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference case number 21-FI-HQ-00272.
Regards,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
From: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hi,
Good morning. I'm a FOIA specialist at HUD who has been assigned Emma Best's attached request. I have one question and one observation for her to weigh in on (in case her answer to my question is "yes").
The question is: Is this a FOIA request intended for HUD? (If yes, it would help if there were some phraseology in the request that mentioned HUD by name.)
The observation is: If this is intended for HUD, the request could be a mismatch between being broadly worded and not taking into account that, during the pandemic, exceedingly few HUD employees may have physical access to files going back to 1981.
I would be glad to clarify anything.
Thanks,
Howard Rosenberg
From: Department of Housing and Urban Development
From: Rosenberg, Howard
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 10:02 AM
To: requests@muckrock.com
Subject: question on Emma Best's FOIA request to HUD dated 11/16/20
Hi,
Good morning. I'm a FOIA specialist at HUD who has been assigned Emma Best's attached request. I have one question and one observation for her to weigh in on (in case her answer to my question is "yes").
The question is: Is this a FOIA request intended for HUD? (If yes, it would help if there were some phraseology in the request that mentioned HUD by name.)
The observation is: If this is intended for HUD, the request could be a mismatch between being broadly worded and not taking into account that, during the pandemic, exceedingly few HUD employees may have physical access to files going back to 1981.
I would be glad to clarify anything.
Thanks,
Howard Rosenberg
From: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hi,
Good afternoon. I'm a FOIA specialist at HUD who has been assigned Emma Best's attached request. Since I've checked twice without hearing back, on a request whose wording does not sound relevant to HUD, I'll plan, unless I've heard back otherwise, to close her request on Friday, March 12. She can always ask that it be reopened.
For the record, I have had one question and one observation for her to weigh in on (in case her answer to my question is "yes").
The question is: Is this a FOIA request intended for HUD? (If yes, it would help if there were some phraseology in the request that mentioned HUD by name.)
The observation is: If this is intended for HUD, the request could be a mismatch between being broadly worded and not taking into account that, during the pandemic, exceedingly few HUD employees may have physical access to files going back to 1981.
I would be glad to clarify anything.
Thanks,
Howard Rosenberg
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