Office- or department-wide emails, DOJ Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties

Joshua Eaton filed this request with the Department of Justice, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

Tracking #

DOJ-2017-001844 (DAG), 119120

DOJ-2017-001844 (DAG)
Submitted Jan. 24, 2017
Est. Completion None
Status
Withdrawn

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From: Joshua Eaton

Subject: MR#32431-327876 - Freedom of Information Request: Office- or department-wide emails, DOJ Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

All office- or department-wide emails sent or received between Jan. 20, 2017, and the date your office processes this request, inclusive.

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 email 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,
Joshua Eaton

From: OIP-NoReply@usdoj.gov

Subject: FOIA Request DOJ-2017-001844 Submitted

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This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://foiaonline.regulations.gov:443/foia/action/public/view/request?objectId=090004d28111d4ef)
* Tracking Number: DOJ-2017-001844
* Requester Name: Joshua Eaton
* Date Submitted: 01/24/2017
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: FOIA request

From: Hibbard, Douglas (OIP)

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request

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Mr. Eaton,

This concerns your FOIA request of January 24, 2017, seeking "all office- or department-wide emails sent or received" since January 20, 2017. I just wanted to seek clarity as to which office you are seeking such records from. Your request appears to the addressed to the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties. As such, we can conduct a searching within that office, but I wanted to confirm that that was the intention of your request.

Thank you,

Doug Hibbard
Senior Advisor, Initial Request Staff
Office of Information Policy

From: Joshua Eaton

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request: Office- or department-wide emails, DOJ Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties

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Dear Mr. Hibbard,

Thanks for following up. My intention was to request both (1) DOJ-wide emails, and (2) Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties-wide emails. Does that make sense?

Best,
Joshua

From: Hibbard, Douglas (OIP)

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request: Office- or department-wide emails, DOJ Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties

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I assume that your request is seeking records similar that found in this news article: https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/heres-who-is-running-the-justice-department-right-now?utm_term=.trEvgQxnW#.sdjar21dA. As that record suggests, such memoranda are generally disseminated by the Justice Management Division (JMD) and, as a Department employee who would have been in receipt of any such record, the only record that would be responsive to your request that I am aware of is that referenced in the above article.

For your information, we have received a similar request to yours from another requester. Upon discussing the matter with him, he agreed to have his request routed to JMD, as the Department component most likely to disseminate such Department-wide communications. While I cannot recall any memoranda other than one discussed above, a search of JMD would provide a fulsome answer should there be any addition records responsive to your request that I am either not aware of or simply do not remember receiving. If you would be willing to limit part (1) of your request to Department-wide memorandum issued by JMD, we will route your request to them for further processing.

With regard to item (2) of your request, are you seeking any (a) OPCL emails sent Department-wide or (b) OPCL emails sent to just all OPCL staff members? Either way, we can conduct a search in OPCL for your request, but I wanted to be clear on the scope of records you are seeking.

From: Joshua Eaton

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request: Office- or department-wide emails, DOJ Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties

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Dear Mr. Hibbard,

I'm happy to have part (1) of my request routed to JMD. Is that office also responsible for less formal department-wide guidance, like the email references in this story (though at a different agency): http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-usda-idUSKBN1582OB ?

On part (2), I'm looking for OPCL emails sent to just all OPCL staff members.

Thanks for taking the time to sort this stuff out for me!

Best,
Joshua

From: Hibbard, Douglas (OIP)

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request: Office- or department-wide emails, DOJ Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties

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I would suspect that such "less formal" guidance would also come from JMD, as most Department-wide communications originate with them.

At this time, we will route part (1) of your request to JMD for further processing and will conduct a search in OPCL for any records responsive to part (2) of your request. For your information, the tracking number associated with this request is DOJ-2017-001844 (DAG).

From: Joshua Eaton

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request: Office- or department-wide emails, DOJ Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties

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Many thanks!

Best,
Joshua

From: OIP-NoReply@usdoj.gov

Subject: Your FOIA Request (DOJ-2017-001844)

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Attached is this Office's acknowledgment of the above-referenced request.

From: Joshua Eaton

Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request #DOJ-2017-001844 (DAG)

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To Whom It May Concern:

I would like to withdraw request #DOJ-2017-001844 (DAG).

Thank you for your time and help.

Sincerely,
Joshua Eaton

From: Department of Justice, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties

Subject: Assigned JMD FOIA TRACKING NUMBER: 119120 (Intranet Quorum IMA00144029)

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April 18, 2019 Mr. Joshua Eaton MuckRock News
411A Highland Ave
Dept Mr 32431
Somerville, MA 02144-2516 Re: Request for all office- or department-wide emails sent or received from 01/20/2017 - present Assigned JMD FOIA TRACKING NUMBER: 119120 Dear Mr. Eaton: I am writing on behalf of the Justice Management Division (JMD) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated 1/24/2017 in which you requested records concerning the subject identified above.  Your request has been assigned the above tracking number. We apologize for the delay in our response.  Given the passage of time, before we expend additional resources on this request, I would like to confirm whether you are still interested in receiving this information. If you are still interested, please respond within 30 working days of the date of this letter by either: Writing to: JMD FOIA 2 Constitution Square Suite 8E-300 145 N Street, NE Washington, DC 20530 E-mailing: JMDfoia@usdoj.gov Please refer to your assigned JMD FOIA TRACKING NUMBER whenever you contact the Department regarding this request. Your request will be processed as soon as possible, consistent with our existing workload. If you are no longer interested in receiving this information, you do not need to take any further action, and your request will be closed out after 30 working days from the date of this letter. Sincerely, Karen E. McFadden FOIA Contact Justice Management Division

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