Vizio/LeEco (FOIA request)
Tracking # |
2018-08-102 |
Submitted | June 7, 2018 |
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From: Eriq Gardner
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
-All records, documents, or communications from January 1, 2016 to the present related or pertaining to the proposed acquisition of Vizio, Inc., by LeEco, a Chinese electronics firm.
I request that I not be charged search or review fees because I qualify as a representative of the news media, pursuant to FOIA and the applicable federal regulations. I am a senior editor at The Hollywood Reporter, where I write daily about legal and regulatory matters.
At 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(ii), the FOIA describes “a representative of the news media” as “any person or entity that gathers information of potential interest to a segment of the public, uses its editorial skills to turn the raw materials into a distinct work, and distributes that work to an audience.” In writing about legal issues for the general public, I provide extensive commentary on governmental "raw materials."
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,
Eriq Gardner
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 June 7, 2018. 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: Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
Good afternoon Mr. Gardner
Attached to this email you will find an acknowledgment of your FOIA request that was dated June 7, 2018 and sent to the US Department of the Treasury.
Terri Robertson
FOIA and Transparency
Privacy, Transparency and Records
U.S. Department of the Treasury
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 June 7, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #2018-08-102.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has received the information you submitted to the FOIA@TREASURY.gov<mailto:FOIA@TREASURY.gov> mailbox.
If you are submitting a FOIA request, this courtesy reply does not replace the acknowledgement letter which will include a FOIA case number once your request has been entered into our FOIA Request Tracking System.
If you are seeking the status of a pending FOIA request for which you have a FOIA case number, please call (202) 622-0930 to obtain the status of your request.
Please visit our FOIA Library at http://www.treasury.gov/FOIA/Pages/reading_room.aspx.
Thank you for contacting the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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From: Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
Good afternoon Mr. Gardner
Attached to this email you will find final correspondence to your US Department of the Treasury FOIA request dated June 7, 2018.
Terri Robertson
FOIA and Transparency
Privacy, Transparency and Records
U.S. Department of the Treasury
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