Overtime Submitted to FEMA by the Boston Police Department
| Tracking # |
2021-FEFO-00458 |
| Submitted | March 13, 2021 |
| Due | April 12, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: David Weimer
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All overtime slips and data submitted to FEMA by the Boston Police Department for approval for federal aid in 2020
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,
David Weimer
From: Federal Emergency Management Agency
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From: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Dear David Weimer,
Request Number 2021-FEFO-00458 has been assigned to the request you submitted. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference request number 2021-FEFO-00458.
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Department of Homeland Security
From: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Dear David Weimer,
The status of your FEMA FOIA request #2021-FEFO-00458 has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
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From: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Dear David Weimer,
The status of your FEMA FOIA request #2021-FEFO-00458 has been updated to the following status 'On Hold - Need Info/Clarification'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
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Department of Homeland Security
From: Federal Emergency Management Agency
March 15, 2021 SENT VIA E-MAIL TO:requests@muckrock.com Re: FOIARequest Number 2021-FEFO-00458 Acknowledgment Dear Mr. David Weimer: This correspondenceacknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to theDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA), dated and received in this office on March 15, 2021. You areseeking all overtime slips and data submitted to FEMA by the Boston PoliceDepartment for approval for federal aid in 2020. Your request has beenassigned the following tracking number 2021-FEFO-00458. Dueto current working conditions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, pleaseexpect a delay in our response. Please be assured that we continueour commitment to provide timely FOIA responses and are processing your FOIArequest as soon as possible. In regards to your request for afee waiver, the DHS FOIA Regulations at 6 CFR § 5.11(k)(2) set forth sixfactors DHS is required to evaluate in determining whether the applicable legalstandard for a fee waiver has been met: (1) Whether the subject of therequested records concerns “the operations or activities of the government;”(2) Whether the disclosure is “likely to contribute” to an understanding ofgovernment operations or activities; (3) Whether disclosure of the requestedinformation will contribute to the understanding of the public at large, asopposed to the individual understanding of the requestor or a narrowsegment of interested persons; (4) Whether the contribution to public understandingof government operations or activities will be “significant;” (5) Whether therequester has a commercial interest that would be furthered by the requesteddisclosure; and (6) Whether the magnitude of any identified commercial interestto the requestor is sufficiently large in comparison with the public interestin disclosure, that disclosure is primarily in the commercial interest of therequestor. Upon review of your request and anevaluation of the six factors identified above, DHS has determined that it willconditionally grant your request for a fee waiver. The fee waiverdetermination will be based upon a sampling of the responsive documentsreceived from the various DHS program offices as a result of the searchesconducted in response to your FOIA request. DHS will, pursuant toDHS regulations applicable to non-commercial requestors, provide two hours ofsearch time and process the first 100 pages at no charge to you. Ifupon further determination that, DHS determines that the disclosure of the informationcontained in those documents does not meet the factors permitting DHS to waivethe fees then DHS will at that time either deny your request for a fee waiverentirely or allow for a percentage reduction in the amount of the feescorresponding to the amount of relevant material found that meets the factorsallowing for a fee waiver. In either case, DHS will promptly notifyyou of its final decision regarding your request for a fee waiver. Due to the increasing number ofFOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay inprocessing your request. Consistent with the DHS FOIA Regulations 6 C.F.R.§ 5.5(a), FEMA processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt. AlthoughFEMA’s goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request,FOIA does permit a 10-day extension of this time period in certaincircumstances. As your request seeks documents that will require athorough and wide-ranging search, FEMA will invoke a 10-day extension for yourrequest pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B). If you would like tonarrow the scope of your request, please contact our office. We willmake every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner. Please be advised that while we have received yourrequest for documents, it is unclear what documents you are seeking. FEMA providesa wide variety of funding types to organizations throughout the country and beforewe can move forward with your request we require to know the kind of aid documentationyou are seeking. Are you seeking Public Assistance, Grant awards, or Contractawards that were awarded to the Boston Police Department? Furthermore, we alsorequire a date range for which to reference when conducting the search fordocuments as well. Please resubmit your requestcontaining a reasonable description of the records you are seeking. If we do not hear from you within10 days from the date of this correspondence, with the requested information,your request will be administratively closed. If you have any questions orwould like to discuss this matter, please contact the assigned FOIA specialistdirectly at, nicholas.santos@associates.fema.dhs.gov. (mailto:nicholas.santos@associates.fema.dhs.gov) For a faster response please contact the FOIAspecialist by email. You may also contact FEMA at , (202) 646-3323,or you may contact FEMA’s Public Liaison in the same manner. Please referenceFOIA request number 2021-FEFO-00458. (mailto:FEMA-FOIA@fema.dhs.gov) FEMA-FOIA@fema.dhs.gov Thank you for your interest inFEMA. Sincerely, Disclosure Branch Information Management Division Office of the Chief AdministrativeOfficer Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Department of HomelandSecurity
From: David Weimer
Hello,
Thanks for this information. At a recent public hearing, the Boston Police Department referred to approved and denied overtime reimbursements to the department from FEMA.
I would like either
a) an spreadsheet accounting of overtime reimbursement, allocation, or payment approved and denied to the Boston Police Department as part of federal aid related to the COVID pandemic between 1 March 2020 and 31 December 2020, inclusive
or, if that is not a record you have,
b) the overtime submitted to FEMA by the Boston Police Department, in whatever form that was, for reimbursement, allocation, or payment of overtime as part of federal aid related to the COVID pandemic between 1 March 2020 and 31 December 2020, inclusive.
with thanks,
From: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Dear David Weimer,
The status of your FEMA FOIA request #2021-FEFO-00458 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
HTTPS://foiarequest.dhs.gov
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security
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