Vela Albert Pike Statue
| Tracking # |
NPS-2020-01037 |
| Submitted | June 25, 2020 |
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From: Jimmy Tobias
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments and text messages, sent or received by David Vela that reference in any way the statue of General Albert Pike in Washington D.C., the only outdoor statue of a Confederate general in Washington D.C. This request seeks records produced since June 15, 2020.
I am a reporter for The Guardian and other outlets, and request expedited processing of this request.
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,
Jimmy Tobias
From: National Park Service
Mr. Tobias,
Your request has been received and has been assigned tracking number NPS-2020-01037. All future correspondence relating to this request should reference this tracking number.
In accordance with 43 CFR 2.15 the National Park Service processes requests on a first-in, first-out basis within several processing tracks. Your request has been placed in the normal track. There are currently 3 expedited, 12 simple, and 124 normal requests ahead of this request in the processing queue.
Our response is due by July 30, 2020. If you do not receive our response by that date you may file an appeal by writing to:
Freedom of Information Act Appeals Officer
Office of the Solicitor
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
MS-6556-MIB,
Washington, D.C. 20240
foia.appeals@sol.doi.gov
Your failure-to-timely-respond appeal may be filed anytime after the estimated response date provided above and the date we issue our final response. The appeal should be marked, both on the envelope and the face of the appeal letter, with the legend "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPEAL." Your appeal should be accompanied by a copy of your original request and copies of all correspondence between yourself and the National Park Service related to this request, along with any information you have which leads you to believe our response to be in error. Note, any appeal received after 5 p.m. EST will be considered to have been received on the next business day.
Sincerely,
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
Please send replies to this NPSFOIA@nps.gov Address
***** PLEASE NOTE Until further notice I will be unable to receive faxes, physical mail, or packages sent via Fed Ex or UPS as our office is closed. Please send materials electronically******
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on . Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: National Park Service
Mr. Tobias,
We have completed our search. However, during the initial review we determined that some of the responsive materials contained potential US Park Police equities. Therefore, the responsive materials were sent to the USPP FOIA Office for additional review. I have reached out to them to request an update on their progress in reviewing the materials. Also, please be sure to reference the tracking number in the subject line of your emails, as it helps our ability to respond to status inquiries more rapidly. That will be especially true once we move to our new tracking system, which uses the tracking number as the primary search criteria and search results detail, rather than subject keywords.
Sincerely,
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
Please send replies to this NPSFOIA@nps.gov Address
***** PLEASE NOTE Until further notice I will be unable to receive faxes, physical mail, or packages sent via Fed Ex or UPS as our office is closed. Please send materials electronically******
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on . Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: National Park Service
Mr. Tobias,
As we previously advised you we have completed our search and during the initial review of those materials, we determined that some of the responsive materials contained US Park Police equities. Therefore, the responsive materials were sent to the USPP FOIA Office for additional review. I have reached out to them again to request an update on their progress in reviewing the materials.
Also, please be sure to reference the tracking number (NPS-2020-01037) in the subject line of your emails in all future communications regarding this request. Doing so facilitates our ability to respond to status inquiries. Omitting the tracking number may results in delays in our responding to inquiries.That will be especially true once we move to our new tracking system, which uses the tracking number as the primary search criteria and search results detail, rather than subject keywords.
Sincerely,
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
Please send replies to this NPSFOIA@nps.gov Address
***** PLEASE NOTE Until further notice I will be unable to receive faxes, physical mail, or packages sent via Fed Ex or UPS as our office is closed. Please send materials electronically******
From: National Park Service
Mr. Tobias,
Attached please find our response to your request.
Sincerely,
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
Please send replies to this NPSFOIA@nps.gov Address
***** PLEASE NOTE Until further notice I will be unable to receive faxes, physical mail, or packages sent via Fed Ex or UPS as our office is closed. Please send materials electronically******
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