SAEC Indian Health Service
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| Tracking # |
18-026 |
| Submitted | Dec. 5, 2017 |
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From: Vanessa Nason
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the freedom of information act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all statistics, data, reports, audits, policies, and procedures pertaining to the following items regarding sexual assault evidence collection at Indian Health Service-operated facilities:
• all standard operating procedures regarding the SAEC process
• any written policies or procedures regarding practices at all IHS-operated facilities on the acquisition of or handling of rape kit evidence, including protocols for its collection, testing, and delegation and transfer to all other possibly relevant locations, laboratories, or agencies
• the number of kits collected from the period of January 1, 2000 through the date this request is processed
• all audits involving this agency regarding the collection or backlog of SAEC kits
• All facilities with sexual assault forensic examiners on staff or on call
•Policies regarding dispensing emergency contraception to rape victims
• all proposed alterations or yet-to-be-implemented changes to the policies and procedures regarding the collection, testing, and use of SAEC kits
If there any questions about this request, please feel free to call us at the MuckRock office at 617-299-1832.
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 7 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Vanessa Nason
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,
Vanessa Nason
From:
Dear Ms. Nason:
Please see attached. Thank you and best regards.
Sincerely,
Natasha Taylor
Intake Team Lead
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 5, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
Good Morning Ms. Vanessa Nason,
We received your FOIA request and attached is our acknowledgment letter which includes your FOIA case number 18-026.
Please refer to your FOIA case number when checking on the status of your request. If you have any questions, please contact:
Monique Y. Hartgrove
Government Information Specialist
Division of Regulatory Affairs/FOIA
5600 Fishers Lane, Mailstop 09E70
Rockville, Maryland 20857
301-945-3197 (o) 301-594-0899 (f)
monique.hartgrove@ihs.gov<mailto:monique.hartgrove@ihs.gov>
Thank you,
Eris Pinto
Office Automation Clerk
Indian Health Service
5600 Fishers Lane, Mailstop 09E70
Rockville, MD 20857
From: Department of Health and Human Services
Greetings Vanessa Nason,
The Indian Health Service (IHS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office is reaching out to you regarding your FOIA request number 18-026.
As the COVID crisis has had a significant impact on both staffing and resources, the IHS FOIA Office is in the process of reviewing pending open FOIA requests to try and eliminate the outstanding backlog. The purpose of this email is to ask if you remain interested in the records identified in this request. In addition, it has been the experience of the FOIA Office that narrowing requests with the requester has moved cases more quickly through the process. Please consider narrowing your request at this time.
If you remain interested, please contact this office by email at ihsfoiamailbox@ihs.gov<mailto:ihsfoiamailbox@ihs.gov> and indicate that you would like this case to continue to completion. Also, please indicate if you would like to work with IHS to narrow your request, which would entail a discussion via telephone or email with an IHS FOIA staff member. The IHS will not proceed with your request until notification is received from you making it clear that you remain interested.
Please respond back within 20 business days, no later than 3/25/2021, or IHS will presume that you are no longer interested and administratively close this request. However, should you need additional time, please note that there is no bar for refiling this request at a later date.
Thank you for your consideration and your interest in the Indian Health Service.
Regards,
IHS FOIA Office
From: Department of Health and Human Services
Good morning Vanessa Nason,
Please be advised that the time to respond to case # 18-026 still interested email has expired, as a result this case is now closed (see the attached emails referencing time for closure). There is no bar to filing a new
Your FOIA case is closed.
Thank you,
Jim Souther
Government Information Specialist
Indian Health Service
5600 Fishers Lane, Mail stop: 09E47
Rockville, MD 20857
IHSFOIAMailbox@ihs.gov<mailto:IHSFOIAMailbox@ihs.gov>
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18-026, IHS FOIA Request-Still Interested-ACTION REQUESTED
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