Reassignment of SSA disability hearings from ALJ Robert Egan to other ALJ's, including ALJ Susan Poulos.

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* Tracking Number: SSA-2020-005576
* Requester Name: Samuel Michaels
* Date Submitted: 08/26/2020
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

records including internal and external communications mentioning or relating to SSA's reassignment of disability hearings from ALJ Robert Egan to other ALJ's, including ALJ Susan Poulos.

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,

Samuel Michaels

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Mr. Michaels:
Thank you for your FOIA request, SSA-2020-005576.  In order to process your request accurately, please clarify the following:
1. What types of internal and external communications are you asking for (e.g., letters, emails, etc.)?
2. What timeframe are you requesting (i.e. from month/date/year to month/date/year)?
3. If requesting email correspondence, please provide:
a. the names of those individuals whose emails you want searched.
b. the search terms applicable to your request.
Your answers to the above questions will help us adequately respond to your request.
Please do not reply to this email correspondence, i.e., to this email address.  If you have an account with FOIAonline, you can correspond directly with us by logging into your account.  If you need to correspond with us regarding your FOIA request but do not have an account with FOIAonline, please send your correspondence to FOIA.Public.Liaison@ssa.gov.  The FOIA Public Liaison mailbox was created to assist the public with their FOIA requests, as well as to provide assistance to individuals requesting access to their own records under the Privacy Act.  When you email this mailbox, we encourage you to limit the amount of personally identifiable information you provide in your email correspondence.  While SSA operates within a secure network, we have no control of the data we receive while it is in transit to or from our FOIA Public Liaison mailbox.  Please include your FOIA tracking number in your email.
Sincerely,
The FOIA Team
Social Security Administration

Dear Mr. Michaels,
We need clarification to assess the fees associated with your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, SSA-2020-005576.  Please provide answers to the following questions:

* What types of internal and external communications are you asking for (e.g., letters, emails, etc.)?
* We are interpreting your request for internal communications to be between SSA employees. Can you clarify what you mean by external communications?
* Can you provide a timeframe for the responsive records (i.e., from month/date/year to month/date/year)?
* If requesting email correspondence, please provide:  the name(s) or position title(s) of the SSA employee(s) whose emails you want searched; and the search terms applicable to your request.
This information is needed in order to search for responsive records. This is our second attempt to contact you.  Our first attempt to contact you was by email on August 28, 2020. We are unable to provide an accurate fee estimate based on the information you provided. Please respond to us within five business days of this email.  If we do not receive a response from you by close of business on September 17, 2020, we will administratively close your request.
Please do not reply to this email correspondence, i.e., to this email address.  If you have an account with FOIAonline, you can correspond directly with us by logging into your account.  If you need to correspond with us regarding your FOIA request but do not have an account with FOIAonline, please send your correspondence to FOIA.Public.Liaison@ssa.gov.  The FOIA Public Liaison mailbox was created to assist the public with their FOIA requests, as well as to provide assistance to individuals requesting access to their own records under the Privacy Act.  When you email this mailbox, we encourage you to limit the amount of personally identifiable information you provide in your email correspondence.  While SSA operates within a secure network, we have no control of the data we receive while it is in transit to or from our FOIA Public Liaison mailbox.  Please include your FOIA tracking number in your email.
Sincerely,
The FOIA Team
Social Security Administration

Mr. Michaels:
We made 2 attempts to contact you via email for clarification regarding your request on 8-28-20 and on 9-10-20 with a final response date of COB on 9-17-20. As of this writing, you have not responded. We are closing your case administratively due to no response for clarification.
Please do not reply directly to this email correspondence. If you have an account with FOIAonline, you can correspond directly with us by logging into your account. If you need to correspond with us regarding your FOIA request but do not have an account with FOIAonline, please send your correspondence to FOIA.Public.Liaison@ssa.gov. The FOIA Public Liaison mailbox was created to assist the public with their FOIA requests, as well as to provide assistance to individuals requesting access to their own records under the Privacy Act. When you email this mailbox, we encourage you to limit the amount of personally identifiable information you provide in your email correspondence. While SSA operates within a secure network, we have no control of the data we receive while it is in transit to or from our FOIA Public Liaison mailbox. Please include your FOIA tracking number in your email.
Sincerely,
The FOIA Team
Social Security Administration

Greetings,

According to our records, we contacted you via email from no-reply@foiaonline.gov<mailto:no-reply@foiaonline.gov> for clarification on 08/28/2020 and 09/10/2020 with no response. Within our second attempt for clarification email, we stated that if we do not receive a response from you by close of business on September 17, 2022, we will administratively close your request. We did not receive a response, therefore we closed your request. If you wish to pursue the request further, you will need to submit a new request using https://foia.ssa.gov<https://foia.ssa.gov/> as you are past the appeal window of 90 days for SSA-2020-005576. We recommend including answers to the following questions within your new request:

1. What types of internal and external communications are you asking for (e.g., letters, emails, etc.)?
2. We are interpreting your request for internal communications to be between SSA employees. Can you clarify what you mean by external communications?
3. Can you provide a timeframe for the responsive records (i.e., from month/date/year to month/date/year)?
4. If requesting email correspondence, please provide: the name(s) or position title(s) of the SSA employee(s) whose emails you want searched; and the search terms applicable to your request.
When you email the FOIA Public Liaison mailbox, we encourage you to limit the amount of personally identifiable information you provide in your email correspondence. While SSA operates within a secure network, we have no control of the data we receive while it is in transit to or from our FOIA Public Liaison mailbox.
Thank you,
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Teams
Social Security Administration