OGE and House Oversight

Ms. Tsao,

This acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all records involving the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and its relationship with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from November 9, 2016, to the date on which the request is processed. Your request, which OGE received on February 8, 2017, was assigned tracking number OGE FOIA FY 17/176 and is being processed.

You may now track the status of your FOIA request online at:
https://extapps2.oge.gov/FOIAStatus/FOIAInfo.nsf/SearchByFOIANumber?OpenForm. Please enter the individualized tracking number above for status information, including the estimated date of completion. Status information is updated on an hourly basis.

Thanks,
Jen

Jennifer Matis
OGE FOIA Team

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I updated the estimated date of completion to be April 28, 2017. FYI, most of the records responsive to your request have already been requested and released three times and have accordingly been posted to our electronic reading room on our website here<https://www.oge.gov/Web/OGE.nsf/Freedom%20of%20Information%20Act%20(FOIA)/B9B880B7B93AF8EF85257EF5006DAAB6?opendocument>. They are described as "Records of Communications between OGE staff and HOGR staff from November 1, 2016, through February 8, 2017."
Thanks,
Jen

Jennifer Matis
OGE FOIA Team

Ms. Tsao:

I'm writing to seek clarification in reference to your request for "All records involving your agency and its relationship with the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the US House of Representatives from November 9, 2016, to the date on which this request is processed. Please conduct your search to include, but not be limited to, emails and other communications, schedules and meeting notes, and after-action reports related to the Committee acting as a deliberative body as well as related to its individual members acting in their capacities as Committee members."

It is not clear what you mean by all records "involving" OGE and its relationship with HOGR. Accordingly, I have interpreted your request to seek, during the stated time frame: (1) all emails and other written communications between the Office of Government Ethics and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (including individual members acting on behalf of the Committee and Committee staff); and (2) any schedules, meeting notes, after-action reports, or other records memorializing or summarizing OGE interactions with the Committee (including individual members acting on behalf of the Committee and Committee staff).

If this interpretation is incorrect, please let me know ASAP what specific categories of records should also be included (or excluded). If it is more convenient for you, feel free to call me at the number below to discuss. Otherwise, I will continue to process the request as interpreted.

Thanks,
Jen

Jennifer Matis
OGE FOIA Team
202-482-9216

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Ms. Tsao:

Just checking in because I haven't heard back from you, and you didn't provide a phone number at which you can be reached. If we don't hear back from you by COB Wednesday, I'm going to proceed with processing your request as indicated in my last email.
Thanks,
Jen

Jennifer Matis
OGE FOIA Team
202-482-9216

Please see attached correspondence and records.

Thanks,
Jen

Jennifer Matis
OGE FOIA Team

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