Massachusetts DHS audit reports

Dear Mr. Feathers:

This acknowledges receipt of your June 15, 2016 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), received in our office on June 15, 2016. You are seeking copies of all 2015 audits of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Homeland Security Grant Program. You would like summary reports of these audits that are available through the Federal Audit Clearinghouse's Image Management System.
Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request. Per Section 5.5(a) of the DHS FOIA regulations, 6 C.F.R. Part 5, the Department processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt. Although FEMA's goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, the FOIA does permit a 10-day extension of this time period. As your request seeks numerous documents that will necessitate a thorough and wide-ranging search, DHS/FEMA will invoke a 10-day extension for your request, as allowed by Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B). If you care to narrow the scope of your request, please contact our office. We will make every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner; however, there are currently 1676 open requests ahead of yours.
Provisions of the Act allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request. We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS Interim FOIA regulations as they apply to media requestors. As a media requestor you will be charged 10-cents a page for duplication, although the first 100 pages are free. We will construe the submission of your request as an agreement to pay up to $25.00. You will be contacted before any further fees are accrued.

We have queried the appropriate program offices of FEMA for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. Please be assured that one of the FOIA Specialist in our office will respond to your request expeditiously as possible. We appreciate your patience as we proceed with your request.
To check the status of your FOIA requests you may use the online check status capability at http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status. Simply enter your request number and click the "Check Status" button. More information concerning the FOIA and implementing DHS regulations is available on-line at: www.dhs.gov/xfoia/editorial_0318.shtm<http://www.dhs.gov/xfoia/editorial_0318.shtm>.
Your request has been assigned reference number FEMA 2016-FEFO-01946. Please refer to this identifier in any future correspondence. If you need to contact our office concerning this request, please call (202) 646-3323 or electronically at FEMA-FOIA@fema.dhs.gov<mailto:FEMA-FOIA@fema.dhs.gov>.

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Disclosure Branch
Records Management Division
Mission Support Bureau

Good Morning,

I will forward your email to Mr. Hawkins so he can response to your status check.

Tonya Blackwell
Disclosure Branch (FOIA)
Mission Support Bureau
Records Management Division
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Direct: 202-212-3771
Mobile:202-802-2645

Good Morning Mr. Feathers,

The component currently assigned with 2016-FEFO-01946 has not yet returned a response. They’ve been notified again this morning. Thank you for your patience.

Respectfully,

Christopher Hawkins
Management Analyst
FEMA FOIA Disclosure Branch
HQ/OCAO/MS/RMD/DB
US Department of Homeland Security
Christopher.Hawkins@fema.dhs.gov
Office: (202) 646-3250
FOIA Help Desk: (202) 646-3323

Mr. Feathers,

Not all of the components that have been assigned your case have responded. I am unable to provide and estimated completion date as I don’t know when the POC (Point of Contact) will provide a response.

Respectfully,

Christopher Hawkins
Management Analyst
FEMA FOIA Disclosure Branch
HQ/OCAO/MS/RMD/DB
US Department of Homeland Security
Christopher.Hawkins@fema.dhs.gov
Office: (202) 646-3250
Mobile: (202) 716-8977

Dear Mr. Feathers,
This email is to inform youthat the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request hasbeen mailed. Your tracking number is andthe password to access your responsive documents is 70161370000134182248 .  If you needto contact our office concerning this request, please call (202) 212-3323 oremail FEMA*01946 FEMA-FOIA@dhs.gov and reference yourFOIA tracking number 2016-FEFO-01946 Regards, The FEMA Disclosure Branch Caroline Belleman Disclosure Branch
Information Management Division
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Good Afternoon, The final release to your request was returned to us as undeliverable. We have re-sent your documents to the correct mailing address. Your tracking number is 7016 1370 0001 3418 2279 and the password for your documents is FEMA*01946.  If you need to contact this office again concerningyour request, please provide the FEMA reference number .This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking andreduce our response time.  This office can be contacted  at (202)212-3323. 2016-FEFO-01946 Regards, Caroline Belleman Disclosure Branch
Information Management Division
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

A copy of documents responsive to the request.