Leveraging Fed Assets BroadBand Working Group (General Services Administration)

Dear Jimmy Tobias:
We received your request in the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office and assigned control GSA-2019-001254. Please refer to this number in all future correspondence concerning this request. Based on this, we anticipate response on or prior to July 23, 2019.
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Good Afternoon:

I received an incoming FOIA request via FOIAonline.gov. It appears that
the information you seek would be housed with the Department of Interior's
(DOI's) National Parks Service (NPS) and not General Services
Administration (GSA).

I see that you've already filed a request with the DOI. My initial search
finds nothing for Katharine and the working group. As we continue our seek
would you have specific names, projects of this group?

Please see below a format that I will submit for a search. Please add any
email addresses, keywords or FOIA details that may be helpful to me.
Please feel free to email or call me directly at 202-680-8209.

*FOIA No.:* 2019-001254

*FOIA Name*: Jimmy Tobias

FOIA Details:

To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I
hereby request the following records:

Any and all written or electronic communications, including attachments,
sent or received by members of the Leveraging Federal Assets For Broadband
Working Group that contain one or more of the following words or phrases:
"national park", "NPS", "national parks", "national forest", "national
forests", and/or "wilderness".

This request seeks documents produced between March 7, 2018 and the date
this request is processed. This request also seeks any records or
communications held by the Interior Department's Katharine MacGregor
concerning this working group.
I am a reporter - Jimmy Tobias for the Guardian.

*Keywords:*

Leveraging Federal Assets For Broadband Working Group
"national park"
"NPS"
"national parks"
"national forest"
"national forests"
"national forests" and/or "wilderness"
Katharine MacGregor and national park service
Katharine MacGregor and national forests
Katharine MacGregor and national forests and wilderness
Katharine MacGregor and Leveraging Federal Assets for Broadband Working
Group

* Time Frame:*

March 7, 2018 to July 5, 2019.

U.S. General Services Administration

Ms. Toni L. Slappy

Government Information Specialist

Office of Administrative Services

Office of Accountability and Transparency

(202) 680-8209 Fax (202) 501-2727

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Good Morning:

This email is in reference to your US General Services Administration
(GSA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted to this
office.
Your request is for:

Any and all written or electronic communications, including
attachments, sent or received by members of the Leveraging Federal
Assets For Broadband Working Group that contain one or more of the
following words or phrases: "national park", "NPS", "national parks",
"national forest", "national forests", and/or "wilderness". This
request seeks documents produced between March 7, 2018 and the date
this request is processed.

This request also seeks any records or communications held by the
Interior Department's Katharine MacGregor concerning this working
group. I am a reporter for the Guardian. The requested documents will
be made available to the general public, and this request is not being
made for commercial purposes.

I forwarded this request to the Department of Commerce, it appears
that they would be the best agency to respond to you. Please let me
know if you have any questions or concerns. If you've not done so
already you may choose to consider going directly to the Department of
Interior/National Park Service for records pertaining to Katherine
MacGregor. They would have any/all records to and from Ms. MacGregor.

Once again, please feel free to call me with any questions you might
have. My direct telephone number is 202-680-8209.

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U.S. General Services Administration

Ms. Toni L. Slappy

Government Information Specialist

Office of Administrative Services

Office of Accountability and Transparency

(202) 680-8209 Fax (202) 501-2727

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The request has been rejected by the agency.

Good Morning - On 8/5/2019, our FOIA Analyst provided you the following
information (see highlighted in blue in the email chain below):

"I forwarded this request to the Department of Commerce, it appears that
they would be the best agency to respond to you. Please let me know if you
have any questions or concerns. If you've not done so already you may
choose to consider going directly to the Department of Interior/National
Park Service for records pertaining to Katherine MacGregor. They would have
any/all records to and from Ms. MacGregor."

Respectfully,

U.S. General Services Administration

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However, you did not respond to the clarification and as a result, your
request was closed on 4/11/2023.