FBI/DOJ FOIA consult (Vermont State Police)

Emma North-Best filed this request with the Vermont State Police of Vermont.
Multi Request FBI/DOJ FOIA consult
Due Aug. 29, 2019
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

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From: Emma North-Best


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Vermont Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Copies of any emails, letters, memos or other records of consultations regarding public records requests (FOI/FOIL/FOIA etc.) with either the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency components.

I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.

As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.

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 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma Best

From: Vermont State Police

Emma Best
Via Email: requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>

Dear Ms. Best,

I am writing regarding your public records request, received August 26, 2019 for "[c]opies of any emails, letters, memos or other records of consultations regarding public records requests (FOI/FOIL/FOIA etc.) with either the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency components."

Because of "the need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a voluminous amount of separate and distinct records that are demanded in a single request," and "the need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all practicable speed, with another agency having a substantial interest in the determination of the request," the ten business day extension is invoked to process your request. See 1 V.S.A. § 318(b)(5)(B) and (C).

In order to deal with circumstances such as these, 1 V.S.A. § 318(d) permits a public agency to ask the requester to narrow the scope of their public records request. To expedite our response, we invite you to narrow your request by specifying a date range in which you are interested. Please note that we are not able to access emails dated before 2012.

If you would like to narrow your request in any way, or if you have any other questions, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Ms. Grier D. Martin
Public Records Request Specialist
Vermont Department of Public Safety
45 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671
Phone: (802) 241-5378
Email: Grier.Martin@vermont.gov<mailto:Grier.Martin@vermont.gov>

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