Mark Lenzi Abuse of Authority Investigation Report (National Archives and Records Administration)

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* Tracking Number: NARA-NGC-2022-000378
* Requester Name:
Karl Semich
* Date Submitted: 12/06/2021
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

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

- Any and all reports regarding investigation into abuse of authority against Mark Lenzi. This investigation and its public report is described in a memo to Mark Lenzi from the Disclosure Unit of the Office of Special Counsel dated April 23, 2020. The memo describing this investigation and public report is publicized at https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017c-b7d3-dddc-a77e-b7d3defa0000 . The memo describing this investigation and public report is also attached.
- Any other documents associated with this report or reports or investigations associated with Mark Lenzi.

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,

Karl Semich

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Please see the atatched letter in response to your FOIA request.

NARA-NGC-2022-000378 has been processed with the following final disposition: No Records.

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December 21, 2021

Karl Semich
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 121915
411A Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

RE: Freedom of Information Act Request NGC22-152

Dear Mr. Semich:

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), dated December 6, 2021, which we received in our office on the same date via FOIAonline. We assigned your request the above internal tracking number in addition to your FOIAonline tracking number NARA-NGC-2022-000378. In your request, you asked for:

- All reports regarding investigation into abuse of authority against Mark Lenzi. This investigation and its public report are described in a memo to Mark Lenzi from the Disclosure Unit of the Office of Special Counsel dated April 23, 2020. The memo describing this investigation and public report is publicized at https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017c-b7d3-dddc-a77e-b7d3defa0000. The memo describing this investigation and public report is also attached.
- Any other documents associated with this report or reports or investigations associated with Mark Lenzi.

NARA is the repository for documents and materials created during business conducted by agencies of the Executive branch of the United States Federal government. We estimate that less than 5% of these records are designated as permanent records for legal or historical purposes. Federal agencies usually transfer their permanent records to NARA no earlier than 15 years from the date of creation, but we receive many well after 30 years from the date of creation.

The OSC letter, dated April 23, 2020, that you attached indicates that the investigation was to be done by the U.S. State Department. Any such records would be too recent to be in our custody as explained above. You may wish to make a FOIA request to the U.S. State Department. Please see https://foia.state.gov/ for further information. On that page there is a link to their Information Access Guide. The State Department does not use FOIAonline and it has more than one FOIA office. The Access Guide explains where to submit your request based on the type of records you seek.

Please note that federal agency archival records in our custody are not normally retrievable just by a person’s name. In order to do a search, we need to know the name of the agency or component within an agency that you believe created the record, the type of record, the subject of the record and a date range for the records.

This completes the processing of your FOIA request to us.

If you are not satisfied with our action on this request, you have the right to file an administrative appeal within ninety (90) calendar days from the date of this letter via regular U.S. mail or email. By filing an appeal, you preserve your rights under FOIA and give the agency a chance to review and reconsider your request and the agency’s decision. If you submit your appeal in writing, please address it to the Deputy Archivist of the United States (ND), National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740. Both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked “Freedom of Information Act Appeal.” If you submit your appeal by e-mail please send it to FOIA@nara.gov, also addressed to the Deputy Archivist of the United States. Please be sure to explain why you believe this response does not meet the requirements of the FOIA. All correspondence should reference your case tracking number NGC22-152 and your FOIAonline tracking number.

If you would like to discuss our response before filing an appeal to attempt to resolve your dispute without going through the appeals process, you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison Gary M. Stern for assistance at:

National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, Room 3110
College Park, MD 20740-6001
301-837-1750
garym.stern@nara.gov

You may also contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), the Federal FOIA Ombudsman’s office, offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies. The contact information for OGIS is noted below:

Office of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road–OGIS
College Park, MD 20740-6001
ogis@nara.gov
https://www.archives.gov/ogis
202-741-5770 or toll free 1-877-684-6448

Sincerely,

Susan Gillett
Government Information Specialist
Office of General Counsel
susan.gillett@nara.gov