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"This email is in response to your request, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, received in this Office on November 19, 2023, in which you seek unspecified documents in a case. You did not assume financial responsibility for processing your request.

Under NLRB Rules and Regulations, 29 C.F.R. § 102.117(c)(1), a FOIA request “must be in writing and must reasonably describe the records in a manner to permit its identification and location.” See also 5 U.S.C. 552 (a)(3)(A). Your request fails to reasonably describe the records sought and, therefore, has been interpreted to seek all records in the requested case file.

The FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(i), provides that each agency shall promulgate regulations specifying the schedule of fees applicable to the processing of FOIA requests. Under NLRB FOIA regulations, each request for records shall contain a specific statement assuming financial responsibility in full or to a specified maximum amount, for time which may be incurred in responding to the request. Further, a request for records will not be deemed received until a written assumption of fees is received. NLRB Rules and Regulations, Section 102.117(d)(2)(vi). Your request failed to provide a reasonable basis for showing that you should be placed in a particular fee category; therefore, fees will be imposed as provided for int he commercial use requester category. Section 102.117(d)(2)(ii)(E).

Please be advised that in order for us to process your request, you will need to inform us in writing that you are willing to assume full financial responsibility, or to a specified maximum amount, for any fees associated with your request. We estimate it will take approximately one and one-half of an hour to process your request, for an estimated cost of $55.50.

Unless you assume the fees associated with the processing of your request by close of business on Thursday, November 30, 2023, your request will be closed."

12/05/2023
Anonymous Anonymous
N/A

re: FOIA Request number 2024-NLFO-00317

Dear Anonymous Anonymous:

This is in response to your FOIA Request (copy attached) dated 11/19/2023, received by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) FOIA Branch on 11/19/2023, and docketed as 2024-NLFO-00317.

We have reviewed your request and determined that it is improper as it fails to assume sufficient fees to cover the processing of your request.

This administrative closure is not an adverse determination. If in the future you wish to obtain NLRB records, you must submit a new FOIA request that reasonably describes the records sought and includes an assumption of financial responsibility. Please visit our website at https://www.nlrb.gov/guidance/freedom-of-information-act-foia/foia-reference-guide for more information about the FOIA and the NLRB FOIA regulations.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, Theresa Westover at (202) 273-2847 or by e-mail at theresa.westover@nlrb.gov.
Sincerely,
Theresa Westover
Supervisory Attorney

FOIA Branch
National Labor Relations Board