Trump Inauguration Estimates & Communications

Hi Brandon,

I am routing this request to you for processing. Let me know if it turns
out another office needs to search for responsive records.

As usual I've cc'd the requester so they know who will be handling their
request.

Thanks,

C.

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Ms. Charis Wilson, PhD, CRM
NPS FOIA Officer
12795 W. Alameda Parkway
PO Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225-0287
303-969-2959
Fax: 303-969-2557
1-855-NPS-FOIA
npsfoia@nps.gov <charis_wilson@nps.gov>

Hi Brandon,

I am routing this second request from Mr. Morisy to you for processing It
is slightly different from his earlier request which he sent using the
e-mail address requests@muckrock.com. Let me know if it
turns out another office needs to search for responsive records.

As usual I've cc'd the requester so they know who will be handling their
request.

Thanks,

C.

____________________

Ms. Charis Wilson, PhD, CRM
NPS FOIA Officer
12795 W. Alameda Parkway
PO Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225-0287
303-969-2959
Fax: 303-969-2557
1-855-NPS-FOIA
npsfoia@nps.gov <charis_wilson@nps.gov>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 9:13 PM
Subject: Freedom of Information Request: Trump Inauguration Estimates &
Communications (Secret Service)
To: npsfoia@nps.gov

January 21, 2017
National Park Service
FOIA Officer
12795 W. Alameda Parkway
P.O. Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225

To Whom It May Concern:

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

A copy of any crowd estimates created before, during, or after the
Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017. Please provide any estimates
generated not only for the Inauguration itself, but any estimates for large
events monitored by this agency in the Washington, DC area that take place
from January 15, 2017 to January 31, 2017.

Please provide estimates generated by this agency or provided by other
entities, including other agencies, news organizations, and private
contractors. Please also include any accompanying methodological
documentation, as well as any presentations or reports generated to explain
these numbers.

Please also provide any communications between this agency and any
organizations or individuals representing the Inaugural Committee or the
White House that discuss crowd estimates or attendance.

Please also include any communications that mention the use of
magnetometers between the Secret Service and any White House officials as
well as any communications between the Secret Service's press office and
the media that mention the term "magnetometer." For reference when
fulfilling this request, a Secret Service employee told a reporter that no
magnetometers were used during Inaugural activities, as reported in the
following news article:

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/secret-service-slaps-down-wh
ite-house-claim-that-magnetometers-shrank-inaugural-crowd-size/

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,

Michael Morisy

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For mailed responses, please address (see note):
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PLEASE NOTE: This request was filed by a MuckRock staff reporter. Also note
that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than
"MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as
undeliverable.
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Dear Mr. Morisy,

We are in receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated
January 21, 2017. Your request has been assigned control number NPS
2017-00453.

​Since January 21, the National Park Service has received a high volume of
requests related to the 2017 Presidential Inauguration and 1st Amendment
demonstrations, as well as ​to the communications with the new
Administration. As many of the requests we have received overlap in the
documents they are requesting, we are currently compiling batches of
documents responsive in full or in part to these requests. Once our
processing is complete, we will be posting these batches of documents on
the NPS FOIA Reading Room (https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/foia-frd.htm).

We will notify you as we make uploads of documents over the coming weeks.
Please note that later this month, I will be transitioning out of my role
as FOIA Officer and Christopher Watts will become the FOIA Officer for the
National Capital Region of the National Park Service. Christopher is cc'd
on this correspondence.

Sincerely,

Brandon Bies
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Brandon S. Bies
Legislative Coordinator and FOIA Officer
National Capital Region
202-619-7097

Dear Mr. Morisy,

We are in receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated
January 21, 2017. Your request has been assigned control number NPS
2017-00453.

​Since January 21, the National Park Service has received a high volume of
requests related to the 2017 Presidential Inauguration and 1st Amendment
demonstrations, as well as ​to the communications with the new
Administration. As many of the requests we have received overlap in the
documents they are requesting, we are currently compiling batches of
documents responsive in full or in part to these requests. Once our
processing is complete, we will be posting these batches of documents on
the NPS FOIA Reading Room (https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/foia-frd.htm).

We will notify you as we make uploads of documents over the coming weeks.
Please note that later this month, I will be transitioning out of my role
as FOIA Officer and Christopher Watts will become the FOIA Officer for the
National Capital Region of the National Park Service. Christopher is cc'd
on this correspondence.

Sincerely,

Brandon Bies
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Brandon S. Bies
Legislative Coordinator and FOIA Officer
National Capital Region
202-619-7097