NASA-Space Force
| Tracking # |
18-HQ-F-00801 |
| Submitted | Aug. 10, 2018 |
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Communications
From: Matthew Guariglia
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any emails, memos, letters, or communications sent or received by Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jim Bridenstine, that reference "Space force".
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 Guariglia
From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dear Mr. Guariglia,
I have attached our acknowledgement for your request with NASA.
Respectfully,
Robert Young
From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dear Mr. Guariglia,
I am sending correspondence pertaining to your FOIA request with NASA.
Respectfully,
Robert Young
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 10, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Oct. 9, 2018. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #18-HQ-F-00801.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dear Mr. Guariglia,
Your request is currently under review in the Office of General Council as per our usual process when we use an exemption. I will follow-up with them for a status.
Also, you stated in your request to get in touch before fees were assessed, please give me a call at (202) 358-1030. We were going to indicate that a large portion of the records which were responsive to your request are responsive simply because they contain the term "space force". The majority of which consist of spam not responded to, and items such as daily communications briefings, which are sent to a large portion of employees and tend to summarize items. We are able to process the unique documents that mention or discuss the space force without accumulating fees, however there would be fees if we were to process the remainder since there are a few thousand pages of these emails resembling spam.
Respectfully,
Robert Young
From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Matthew,
Thank you for your time today over the phone. As discussed, we are going to exclude the Daily Communications Briefings, Executive News Summaries, and the 1807 pages of emails which have the pattern of spam.
We will provide the unique documents and expect there to be no fees for providing this information.
If you confirm this is the case, kindly provide a short reply thereto and it will be very appreciated.
Thanks,
Robert Young
From: Matthew Guariglia
Hello Mr. Young,
Thank you for your help on this request. I look forward to the arrival of the material.
Best,
Matthew Guariglia
From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FYI, we should be issuing our response early next week.
Robert
From: Matthew Guariglia
Hello Robert,
Just following up on this request. Thank you for all your help on this.
Best,
Matt Guariglia
From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dear Mr. Guariglia:
On November 6, 2018 the NASA FOIA unit issued its final response for the above referenced FOIA request seeking any emails, memos, letters, etc. sent or received by NASA Administrator that references "Space Force." However, we keep getting faxed status requests concerning your request. Kindly advise if you received our response.
Nikki Gramian
Principal Agency FOIA Officer
NASA HQ
(202) 358-0625
From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Matthew,
I have attached our response for this request.
Respectfully,
Robert Young
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