Muslim Ban (TSA)

Curtis Waltman filed this request with the Transportation Security Administration of the United States of America.
Tracking #

2017-HQFO-00332, 2017-TSFO-00132

Est. Completion None
Status
Fix Required

Communications

From: Curtis Waltman

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

Emails to and from huban.gowada@dhs.gov, gary.rasicot@dhs.gov, john.sammon@dhs.gov, roderick.allison@dhs.gov, and kimberly.walton@dhs.gov, generated from President Trump's executive order banning entrance to the US from seven Middle Eastern countries, and the protests at airports around the nation that sprung up January 27th 2017 and January 28th 2017 and January 29th 2017 in response. Keywords I would like searched for are:
"Protest"
"Muslim"
"Trump"
"Media"
"Refugees"
"Court order"
"Federal judge"
"Ban"
"Executive order"

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,

Curtis Waltman

From: US DHS Transportation Security Administration FOIA Office

Good Afternoon, Attached is our acknowledgment to your TSA FOIA request. If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the TSA reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 571-227-2300. Regards,
Regina McCoy
FOIA Branch Officer

From: US DHS Privacy Office

Good Morning,
Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA request.  If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486.
Regards,
DHS Privacy Office Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone:  1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax:  202-343-4011
Visit our
FOIA website (http://www.dhs.gov/foia)

From: FOIA

Good Morning,

Thank you for contacting the DHS Privacy Office. Relevant DHS Components have been tasked for records. Once we have received those records we will begin the process of analyzing the records for release. We are working as expediently as possible to complete your request.

Regards,

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane SW
STOP-0655
Washington, D.C. 20528-0655
Phone: 202-343-1743 or 866-431-0486
Fax: 202-343-4011
E-mail: foia@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:foia@hq.dhs.gov>

This communication, along with any attachments, is covered by federal and state law governing electronic communications and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, use or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please reply immediately to the sender and delete this message. Thank you

From: FOIA

Good Morning,

Offices are still search and reviewing records. We will contact you if additional information is needed. Thank you.

Regards,

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane SW
STOP-0655
Washington, D.C. 20528-0655
Phone: 202-343-1743 or 866-431-0486
Fax: 202-343-4011
E-mail: foia@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:foia@hq.dhs.gov>

This communication, along with any attachments, is covered by federal and state law governing electronic communications and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, use or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please reply immediately to the sender and delete this message. Thank you

From: FOIA

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for contacting the DHS Privacy Office. We do apologize for the delay in responding but we are still conducting a search for responsive documents. We are working according as expeditiously as possible to complete this FOIA request.

Regards,

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane SW
STOP-0655
Washington, D.C. 20528-0655
Phone: 202-343-1743 or 866-431-0486
Fax: 202-343-4011
E-mail: foia@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:foia@hq.dhs.gov>

This communication, along with any attachments, is covered by federal and state law governing electronic communications and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, use or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please reply immediately to the sender and delete this message. Thank you

From: FOIA

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for contacting the DHS Privacy Office. We apologize for the delay, but we are still processing your request 2017-HQFO-00332. We are working as expeditiously as possible. Thank you.
Regards,
The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane SW
STOP-0655
Washington, D.C. 20528-0655
Phone: 202-343-1743 or 866-431-0486
Fax: 202-343-4011

From: FOIA

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for contacting the DHS Privacy Office. TSA has been tasked to search for and produce responsive documents. At this time they are still conducting a search for responsive documents. If additional information is necessary we will reach out to you. Thank you.

Regards,

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane SW
STOP-0655
Washington, D.C. 20528-0655
Phone: 202-343-1743 or 866-431-0486
Fax: 202-343-4011
E-mail: foia@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:foia@hq.dhs.gov>

This communication, along with any attachments, is covered by federal and state law governing electronic communications and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, use or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please reply immediately to the sender and delete this message. Thank you

From: FOIA

Good Morning,

Please contact the TSA FOIA Officer regarding your inquiry.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)<https://www.dhs.gov/foia-contact-information>
Freedom of Information Act Branch
601 S. 12th Street
11th Floor, East Tower, TSA-20
Arlington, VA 20598-6020
FOIA Officer/Public Liaison: Regina McCoy
Phone: 1-866-FOIA-TSA or 571-227-2300
Fax: 571-227-1406
E-mail: foia@tsa.dhs.gov<mailto:foia.tsa@dhs.gov>
TSA Website<https://www.tsa.gov/foia>

Thank you,

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane SW
STOP-0655
Washington, D.C. 20528-0655
Phone: 202-343-1743 or 866-431-0486
Fax: 202-343-4011
E-mail: foia@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:foia@hq.dhs.gov>

From: Transportation Security Administration

Good Morning, Attached is our final response to your request.  If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486. Regards, DHS Privacy Office Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone:  1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax:  202-343-4011
Visit our FOIA website

  • Final - Transferred to Component - (1) Letter to Requester

From: Transportation Security Administration

Good Morning,

Thank you for contacting the DHS Privacy Office. Due to the subject matter of your request 2017-HQFO-00332, it was transferred to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The Privacy Office cannot provide a status update for 2017-TSFO-00132, as it is under TSA’s purview. You may contact TSA’s FOIA Office directly with the information below:

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Freedom of Information Act Branch
601 S. 12th Street
11th Floor, East Tower, TSA-20
Arlington, VA 20598-6020
Acting FOIA Officer/Public Liaison: Deborah Moore
Phone: 1-866-FOIA-TSA or 571-227-2300
Fax: 571-227-1406
E-mail: foia@tsa.dhs.gov<mailto:foia.tsa@dhs.gov>
TSA Website<https://www.tsa.gov/foia>

Regards,

The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane SW
STOP-0655
Washington, D.C. 20528-0655
Phone: 202-343-1743 or 866-431-0486
Fax: 202-343-4011
E-mail: foia@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:foia@hq.dhs.gov>

This communication, along with any attachments, is covered by federal and state law governing electronic communications and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, use or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please reply immediately to the sender and delete this message. Thank you.

From: Transportation Security Administration

Good day Mr. Waltman,

My name is Michael Tobias and I am the FOIA analyst assigned to process your TSA FOIA request, 2017-TSFO-00132 (original request attached for reference).

If you are able, I was wondering if you would be willing to discuss this request with me sometime this week or next. If that would be acceptable, please provide a number you can reached at and any days/times that work well for you.

Thank you and have a great day!

Michael Tobias
Government Information Specialist
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Branch
CRL/OTE/TED

From: Transportation Security Administration

Good day,

The below email was sent on April 22, 2021 and no response has been received.

If you are no longer interested, we ask that you please respond to this email stating that you withdraw your request. If you would like us to continue, then please let us know within 30 days of the date of this e-mail. If we do not hear within 30 business days, then we will assume that you are no longer interested and administratively close out this request. Please be advised that this action is not a denial of your request and will not preclude you from filing other requests in the future.

Thank you and have a great day!

Michael Tobias
Government Information Specialist
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Branch
CRL/OTE/TED

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