VA DC Records related

To Whom It May Concern:

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

All record titles and statutes can be found in the VA Records Control Schedule 10-1 from November 2017, available here: https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/rcs10/rcs10-1.pdf
1. Any and all "referrals and Notifications of Violations of Criminal Conflict of Interest Statutes and other Potential Violations files", pursuant to section 1030.4 of the control schedule, related to VA employees in San Diego and Los Angeles facilities for the past five(5) years.
2. Any and all "Medical Inspector's Investigation Records" and "Medical Inspector's Site Visit Reports", pursuant to sections 1160.1 and 1160.2 of the control schedule, related to VA facilities in San Diego and Los Angeles for the past five(5) years.
3. Any and all "Research Misconduct Case Records Involving Allegations Referred for an Inquiry and/or Investigation", "Research Misconduct Case Records Involving Allegations that are Not Referred for an Inquiry and/or Investigation" and "Case Records Maintained Throughout VHA for Government-wide Suspensions and Debarments Based on Research Impropriety", pursuant to sections 8600.1, 8600.2 and 8600.3 of the control schedule, related to VA facilities in San Diego and Los Angeles for the past five(5) years.

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,

Brad Racino

Good afternoon,

I'm following up on my FOIA request from July 3, 2018. I have not received an acknowledgment and would appreciate a response. Thank you for your help with this.

I am confirming receipt of your acknowledgment letter. Thank you for your help and I'll look forward to hearing from Ms. Dawes regarding this FOIA.

-Brad

Good afternoon,

Where does this FOIA request stand? Thank you.

Good afternoon,

Please advise me as to the status of this request. Thank you.

Hello,

I'd like an update on this request please. I've been trying to get an update for more than a month.

Thank you Amarah. I understand you are working as diligently as possible.

As the FOIA suggests, this is a request that involves a serious potential public health risk involving active research and researchers at two major VA institutions that service hundreds of thousands of veterans.

Because of that and recent developments we've uncovered, I'd like to respectfully cite 5 U.S.C. §552 (E)(v)(I) 5 U.S.C. and §552 (E)(v)(II) and request expedited processing since "a failure to obtain requested records on an expedited basis under this paragraph could reasonably be expected to pose an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of an individual" and "with respect to a request made by a person primarily engaged in disseminating information, urgency to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal Government activity."

Please let me know if your office concurs.