WikiLeaks (U.S. Office of Management and Budget)
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| Tracking # |
19-311 |
| Multi Request | WikiLeaks |
| Submitted | May 20, 2019 |
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From: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I seek any and all documents in the agency's possession that pertain to the WikiLeaks website or organization from January 2006 to the present date, including but not limited to emails, memos, notes, briefings, reports and other documents related to, mentioning or generated as a result of:
* guidance and instructions for employees regarding visiting the website or otherwise reading or learning about it in the news
* internal reactions to the website's existence and disclosures
* damage reports regarding the website and its disclosures
* efforts to identify, investigate and/or mitigate potential leaks to the website
* efforts to identify, investigate and/or mitigate potential unauthorized viewing of the website or news reports analyzing it and/or its contents
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,
Emma Best
From: U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Greetings: This email acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) dated and received in this office on May 21, 2019. Your request has been logged in and is being processed. For your reference, the OMB FOIA number is 19-311.
Thank you,
Dionne Hardy
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From: U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Good Afternoon: See Attached Letter.
Thanks.
From: Emma North-Best
The request is not overly broad, per case law. See Shapiro v. CIA, No. 14-00019, 2016 WL 1069646 (D.D.C. Mar. 17, 2016) (Cooper, J.). Further, giving only fourteen days to reply after taking more than a year over what the law allows for your own responses is in poor taste, if not bad faith.
From: U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Good Morning:
I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) dated May 21, 2019 and assigned tracking number 2019-311. Given the passage of time since the submission of your FOIA request and OMB's backlog of FOIA requests, we reached out to you via email on June 5, 2020 to inquire if you remain interested in having your FOIA request processed. In the communication, we noted that a non-response will be treated as an indication that you are no longer interested and that we will close your FOIA request. Because the specified time has passed without a response, we are administratively closing this FOIA request.
If you are not satisfied with the response to this request, you may administratively appeal by writing to OMB. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within 90 days of the date of the response to your request. You may also contact the FOIA Requester Service Center at 202-395-FOIA, as well as our FOIA Public Liaison at 202-395-7545 for any further assistance or to discuss any aspect of your request. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769.
Thank you.
OMB FOIA Team
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