Responses to Congressional Committees (Department of State)

To Whom It May Concern:

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

A copy of all responses sent to Congressional committees between Jan.1, 2008 and the date that this request is processed. These communications are stored together and should be easily accessible.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,

Michael Morisy

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 6, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #F-2013-07650.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 6, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #F-2013-07650.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 6, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #F-2013-07650.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 6, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #F-2013-07650.

Thank you for your help.

Date: 10/10/2013
FOIA Request Number: F-2013-07650

MuckRock News
Dept MR 5472
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
requests@muckrock.com


Dear Mr. Michael Morisy:

The Office of Information Programs and Services (“IPS”) is in the process of reviewing open Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests and would like to provide you with the status of your case. Your request, dated 05/06/2013, was opened 05/06/2011, and assigned to WEP. WEP is ready to conduct searches, but find the scope of your request overly general and board. Please provide us with a subject matter of your interest, (name, issue, committee member, etc.) A few unique key words for this search would be helpful. Currently, your request listed below: A copy of all responses sent to Congressional committees between 0/01/2008 to 05/06/2013. I look forward to your responds.

The State Department’s mission is global in nature and in turn the records that document our mission are global in nature too. The Department maintains its records both domestically and at hundreds of posts located around the world. Moreover, many of the Department’s records contain national security information and are classified pursuant to executive order or other sensitive information that is exempt from release under the FOIA. All of these factors combine to make for a complex and lengthy administrative FOIA process. We sincerely regret the delay in processing your request and are providing you with this status update to keep you informed about your case. IPS receives, on average, more than 17,000 FOIA requests each fiscal year and works very hard to respond to all requests in as timely a manner as possible.


Regards,


Yujen Alison Stites
FOIA Program Analyst/Case Manager
A/GIS/IPS/CR/WEP
Department of State
StitesYA@state.gov