Monthly Reports on EOIR Interpreter Costs - March 15, 2020 to present

Matthew Hoppock filed this request with the Department Of Justice Office Of Administration of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

Submitted July 6, 2020
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Awaiting Acknowledgement

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From: Matthew Hoppock

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Monthly Reports on EOIR Interpreter Costs - March 15, 2020 to present

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

In May 19, 2020 letter responding to an OIG investigation into the EOIR's budget practices, the EOIR wrote that it is using a new process for keeping track of monthly interpreter costs. A link to that letter is at page 27 of this pdf document: https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2020/a20068.pdf.

Specifically it wrote that the "Office of Budget and Financial Management" within the "Office of Administration" now "sends a monthly report to" the Justice Management Division "on interpreter costs, both actuals and projections so as to ensure that all of the various offices involved in the contract and budget process are aware of the status of expenditures."

I hvae received the monthly reports up to March 15, 2020. I am requesting a copy of each "monthly report" from March 15, 2020 until the date this request is processed.

I am making this request as a representative of DocuFreedom LLC a Kansas non-profit organization.

I am a member of the news media and am making this request for purposes of writing a news story on EOIR's data management. I am requesting that any fees be waived because of my news member status. I am also requesting that any fees be waived because this request is not made for a commercial purpose and is instead only intended to obtain records to share them through news reporting.

I am asking that the processing of this request be expedited because of extreme public interest in this information. In recent months several reports have focused on the EOIR's inability to correctly project its interpreter costs, leading to the EOIR director sending a series of emails falsely characterizing the agency as nearly out of money and needing to make drastic cuts. The OIG's report found these to be inaccurate

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,

Matthew Hoppock

From: Matthew Hoppock

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request: Monthly Reports on EOIR Interpreter Costs - March 15, 2020 to present

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I am writing to follow up on this request from July, 2020 as I have not yet received a tracking number or receipt acknowledgment. My request sought the following:

To Whom It May Concern:

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

In May 19, 2020 letter responding to an OIG investigation into the EOIR's budget practices, the EOIR wrote that it is using a new process for keeping track of monthly interpreter costs. A link to that letter is at page 27 of this pdf document: https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2020/a20068.pdf.

Specifically it wrote that the "Office of Budget and Financial Management" within the "Office of Administration" now "sends a monthly report to" the Justice Management Division "on interpreter costs, both actuals and projections so as to ensure that all of the various offices involved in the contract and budget process are aware of the status of expenditures."

I hvae received the monthly reports up to March 15, 2020. I am requesting a copy of each "monthly report" from March 15, 2020 until the date this request is processed.

I am making this request as a representative of DocuFreedom LLC a Kansas non-profit organization.

I am a member of the news media and am making this request for purposes of writing a news story on EOIR's data management. I am requesting that any fees be waived because of my news member status. I am also requesting that any fees be waived because this request is not made for a commercial purpose and is instead only intended to obtain records to share them through news reporting.

I am asking that the processing of this request be expedited because of extreme public interest in this information. In recent months several reports have focused on the EOIR's inability to correctly project its interpreter costs, leading to the EOIR director sending a series of emails falsely characterizing the agency as nearly out of money and needing to make drastic cuts. The OIG's report found these to be inaccurate

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,

Matthew Hoppock

From: Matthew Hoppock

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request: Monthly Reports on EOIR Interpreter Costs - March 15, 2020 to present

Email

I am writing to follow up on this request from July, 2020 as I have not yet received a tracking number or receipt acknowledgment. My request sought the following:

To Whom It May Concern:

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

In May 19, 2020 letter responding to an OIG investigation into the EOIR's budget practices, the EOIR wrote that it is using a new process for keeping track of monthly interpreter costs. A link to that letter is at page 27 of this pdf document: https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2020/a20068.pdf.

Specifically it wrote that the "Office of Budget and Financial Management" within the "Office of Administration" now "sends a monthly report to" the Justice Management Division "on interpreter costs, both actuals and projections so as to ensure that all of the various offices involved in the contract and budget process are aware of the status of expenditures."

I hvae received the monthly reports up to March 15, 2020. I am requesting a copy of each "monthly report" from March 15, 2020 until the date this request is processed.

I am making this request as a representative of DocuFreedom LLC a Kansas non-profit organization.

I am a member of the news media and am making this request for purposes of writing a news story on EOIR's data management. I am requesting that any fees be waived because of my news member status. I am also requesting that any fees be waived because this request is not made for a commercial purpose and is instead only intended to obtain records to share them through news reporting.

I am asking that the processing of this request be expedited because of extreme public interest in this information. In recent months several reports have focused on the EOIR's inability to correctly project its interpreter costs, leading to the EOIR director sending a series of emails falsely characterizing the agency as nearly out of money and needing to make drastic cuts. The OIG's report found these to be inaccurate

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,

Matthew Hoppock

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