OIP Closed FOIA Log - August 2014...Nov 04, 2014 · FOIA-2014-04107 OIP 8/13/14 Writ in the Nature...
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2010-01375 ODAG 8/1/14 Records related to the creation of the National Security Division
(NSD)
Partial Grant/Partial Denial (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) Information the release of which
would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of the
personal privacy of a third party;
Records or information compiled
for law enforcement purposes, the
release of which could reasonably
be expected to constitute an
unwarranted invasion of the
personal privacy of a third party
FOIA-2014-03727 OIP 8/4/14 Contact information for the Office of the Attorney General Full Grant
FOIA-2014-03715 OIP 8/5/14 Copy of final report "PRU file no FWS-2013-55" Determined that records
were improperly referred
and forwarded records to
EOUSA for further review
FOIA-2014-03718 OIP 8/5/14 Information pertaining to a state court case Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03771 OIP 8/5/14 Seeking assistance on personal matters and on how to file criminal
charges
Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03842 OIP 8/5/14 Information pertaining an individual's Bank of America mortgage Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03867 OAG 8/5/14 Copy of the August 12, 2013 Attorney General memorandum on
the Department policy on charging mandatory minimum
sentences and recidivist enhancements in certain drug cases,
amendment 782, and Budget Control Act of 2010
Full Grant
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Exemption(s)
Applied (if Description of Exemption(s) (if
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request applicable) applicable)
FOIA-2014-01235 OASG 8/6/14 Records pertaining to the Buffalo/Niagara Falls Cosa Nostra Full Denial (b)(3); (b)(5);
(b)(6); (b)(7)(C)
Information that is prohibited from
disclosure by another federal law;
Certain inter- and intra-agency
communications protected by legal
privileges; Certain inter- and intra-
agency communications protected
by legal privileges; Information the
release of which would constitute
a clearly unwarranted invasion of
the personal privacy of a third
party; Records or information
compiled for law enforcement
purposes, the release of which
could reasonably be expected to
constitute an unwarranted
invasion of the personal privacy of
a third party
FOIA-2014-03943 OIP 8/6/14 Records pertaining to a third party Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03944 OIP 8/6/14 Requesting records pertaining to a third party Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03866 OIP 8/8/14 Information on how to file a complaint Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04051 OIP 8/8/14 Transcript of a conversation between the Federal Bureau of Referred requester and/or
Investigation and former Forsyth, Georgia, city council member request to more appropriate
James Calloway entity (EOUSA)
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2013-00044 PAO 8/11/14 Copies of communication between Tracy Schmaler and employees
of and representatives of Media Matters for America or Media
Matters Action Network
Partial Grant/Partial Denial (b)(6) Information the release of which
would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of the
personal privacy of a third party
FOIA-2014-03685 OIP 8/11/14 A copy of an appeal letter dated March 5, 2014 Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03870 OAG 8/11/14 Records pertaining to William Leonard Laurence (deceased) Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (FBI)
FOIA-2014-03915 OIP 8/11/14 A listing of all bargaining unit eligible employees from DOJ and
DHS's Customs and Border Protection
Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (JMD and DHS's CBP)
FOIA-2014-03916 OIP 8/11/14 A listing of all bargaining unit eligible employees from DOJ and
DHS's Customs and Border Protection
Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (JMD and DHS's CBP)
FOIA-2014-04014 OIP 8/11/14 Records concerning the murder of Burton Stuart Isaacs Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04022 OIP 8/11/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04023 OIP 8/11/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04025 OIP 8/11/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided relevant
information and assistance
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2014-04052 OIP 8/11/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04059 OIP 8/11/14 Records pertaining to a third party Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04060 OIP 8/11/14 Records pertaining to a third party Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04065 OIP 8/11/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04067 OIP 8/11/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04095 OIP 8/11/14 Seeking "any records you have" Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03686 OIP 8/12/14 Investigative information pertaining to financial records from
1979, including wire transfers from Bahrain and Hong Kong
Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03692 OIP 8/12/14 Records of the former Office of the Alien Property Custodian
related to two specific patents
Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (NARA)
FOIA-2014-03789 OIP 8/12/14 Documents related to an investigation against Joel A. Holiner,
M.D. and Holiner Psychiatric Group, P.A. for False Claims Act
violations
Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (Civil Division);
provided other relevant
information and assistance
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Exemption(s)
Applied (if Description of Exemption(s) (if
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request applicable) applicable)
FOIA-2014-03932 OIP 8/12/14 Records pertaining to Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos,
TX
Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03342 OAG 8/13/14 Copy of Attorney General Eric Holder's calendar and schedule,
from September 1, 2012 to August 1, 2012
Partial Grant/Partial Denial (b)(5); (b)(6);
(b)(7)(E);
(b)(7)(F)
Certain inter- and intra-agency
communications protected by legal
privileges; Information the release
of which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of the
personal privacy of a third party;
Records or information compiled
for law enforcement purposes, the
release of which would disclose
techniques and procedures for law
enforcement investigations or
prosecutions
FOIA-2014-03391 OAG 8/13/14 A directive issued by the Attorney General regarding Descamps v. No records; Provided
United States additional information and
assistance
FOIA-2014-03612 OAG 8/13/14 A Department of Justice Directive issued to United States No records: Provided
Attorneys regarding Descamps v. United States additional information and
assistance
FOIA-2014-03682 OLP 8/13/14 Appointment Affidavits, Oath of Office, and Senate Confirmation
document pertaining to Judge Richard A. Schell of the United
States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Partial Grant/Partial Denial (b)(6) Information the release of which
would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of the
personal privacy of a third party
FOIA-2014-03868 OAG 8/13/14 A directive issued by the Attorney General regarding Descamps v. No records; Provided
United States additional information and
assistance
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2014-03946 OIP 8/13/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03947 OIP 8/13/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03952 OIP 8/13/14 Records pertaining to a third party Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (BOP) FOIA-2014-04077 OIP 8/13/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04107 OIP 8/13/14 Writ in the Nature of Discovery dated August 8, 2014 Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04108 OIP 8/13/14 Asking various legal questions Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04109 OIP 8/13/14 Cop of an "Act of State Document" Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04110 OIP 8/13/14 Requesting an investigation into various allegations Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04114 OIP 8/13/14 Records related to the case United States v. Louisiana Generating
LLC (Civil Action No. 09-100-JJB-DLD)
Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (EOUSA)
FOIA-2014-04122 OIP 8/13/14 Immigration records pertaining to a third party Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity DHS's (USCIS)
FOIA-2014-03768 OIP 8/14/14 Records on "a new privacy act law for electronic devices" Provided relevant
information and assistance
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Exemption(s)
Applied (if Description of Exemption(s) (if
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request applicable) applicable)
FOIA-2014-03896 OIP 8/14/14 Records from June 28, 1914 through December 31, 2013,
pertaining to the United States Government “deliberately seeking
to kill” individuals or groups suspected of perpetrating atrocities
Provided copies of
previously-processed related
records; Referred requester
and/or request to more
appropriate entity (NSD,
NARA)
FOIA-2014-03897 OIP 8/14/14 Records from June 28, 1914 through December 31, 2013,
pertaining to the United States Government “deliberately seeking
to kill” individuals or groups suspected of perpetrating atrocities
Provided copies of
previously-processed related
records; Referred requester
and/or request to more
appropriate entity (NSD,
NARA)
FOIA-2011-00878 OLA 8/15/14 Copies of internal memoranda, correspondence and legal analysis
pertaining to the Internet Safety Act 2009
Partial Grant/Partial Denial (b)(5); (b)(6);
(b)(7)(C)
Certain inter- and intra-agency
communications protected by legal
privileges; Certain inter- and intra-
agency communications protected
by legal privileges; Information the
release of which would constitute
a clearly unwarranted invasion of
the personal privacy of a third
party; Records or information
compiled for law enforcement
purposes, the release of which
could reasonably be expected to
constitute an unwarranted
invasion of the personal privacy of
a third party
FOIA-2014-04079 OIP 8/15/14 Copies of personnel records pertaining to a specific individual
within the Fort Wayne Police Department
Provided relevant
information and assistance
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2014-04115 OIP 8/15/14 Records on "New York legislative law on Directive 4921" Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04119 OIP 8/15/14 Records on "Constitutional Challenge Rule 1.6" Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04024 OIP 8/18/14 Records pertaining to "Task Orders" Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (JMD)
FOIA-2014-04053 OIP 8/18/14 Records pertaining to a third party Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (FBI)
FOIA-2014-04061 OIP 8/18/14 Records pertaining to the unsealing of a court filing Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (EOUSA)
FOIA-2014-04138 OIP 8/18/14 Immigration records pertaining to a third party Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (USCIS)
FOIA-2014-04152 OIP 8/18/14 Records related to FOIA requests made to the Executive Office for
Immigration Review
Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (EOIR)
FOIA-2014-03948 OIP 8/19/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2014-03949 OIP 8/19/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03950 OIP 8/19/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03951 OIP 8/19/14 Records pertaining to a third party Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04094 OIP 8/19/14 Information regarding a FOIA request he previously submitted Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04137 OIP 8/19/14 Information produced for the Drug Enforcement Agency on the
impact of marijuana legalization in Colorado or elsewhere in the
country
Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (DEA)
FOIA-2014-03925 OAG 8/20/14 Attorney General's Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations Full Grant
FOIA-2014-03953 OIP 8/20/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-03954 OIP 8/20/14 Records pertaining to third parties Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2014-04206 OIP 8/20/14 Records concerning a third party Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (NARA)
FOIA-2014-04207 OIP 8/20/14 Records concerning a third party Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (NARA)
FOIA-2014-03864 OIP 8/22/14 Copies of official Freedom of lnformation Act request forms Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04002 OIP 8/22/14 Records pertaining to a third party Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04066 OIP 8/22/14 Records pertaining to a third party Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04235 OIP 8/23/14 Records concerning a federal case Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (EOUSA)
FOIA-2014-04236 OIP 8/23/14 Records concerning a federal case Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (EOUSA)
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2014-04111 OIP 8/25/14 Machine readable sets of federal agency quarterly FOIA reports Full Grant of publicly
available material for DOJ;
Referred requester directly
to other federal agencies for
their data
FOIA-2014-04190 OIP 8/25/14 Inquiring into status of submitted complaint Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04193 OIP 8/25/14 Records pertaining to alleged surveillance Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04250 OIP 8/26/14 Records regarding George Manuel Bosque; specifically, his 1980
grand larceny and grand theft auto case related to his robbery of a
Brink's armored truck
Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (FBI)
FOIA-2014-03893 OIP 8/27/14 Records from June 28, 1914 through December 31, 2013,
pertaining to the United States Government “deliberately seeking
to indefinitely detain any individual who or group that is
suspected of perpetrating atrocities"
No Records; Referred
requester and/or request to
more appropriate entity
(NARA); Provided other
relevant information and
assistance
FOIA-2014-03894 OIP 8/27/14 Records from June 28, 1914 through December 31, 2013,
pertaining to the United States Government “deliberately seeking
to indefinitely detain any individual who or group that is
suspected of perpetrating atrocities"
No Records; Referred
requester and/or request to
more appropriate entity
(NARA); Provided other
relevant information and
assistance
FOIA-2014-03929 OIP 8/27/14 Information on the FOIA Full Grant
FOIA-2014-03930 OIP 8/27/14 Cop of the Department of Justice FOIA Reference Guide Full Grant
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2014-04081 OIP 8/27/14 Records pertaining to a third party and to requester Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (FBI, NARA)
FOIA-2014-04084 OIP 8/27/14 Requesting information pertaining to specific legal questions Provided requester with DOJ
FOIA Reference Guide;
Provided other relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04085 OIP 8/27/14 Records pertaining to a 2010 Oil and Natural Gas Information
sharing Working Group Table Top Exercise
Determined that records
were improperly referred
and forwarded records to
OJP for further review
FOIA-2014-04082 OIP 8/28/14 Copy of the Department of Justice FOIA Reference Guide Full Grant
FOIA-2014-04090 OIP 8/28/14 Copy of the "Judicial Review Act" Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04078 OIP 8/29/14 Requesting that an immigration case be re-opened Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (EOIR); Provided other
relevant information and
assistance
FOIA-2014-04261 OIP 8/29/14 Making various allegations against an organization Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04266 OIP 8/29/14 Records on a settlement agreement with a private medical
practice
Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (HHS)
FOIA-2014-04284 OIP 8/29/14 Video of shooting in Beavercreek, OH Provided relevant
information and assistance
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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in August 2014
Request Number Office Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Exemption(s)
Applied (if
applicable)
Description of Exemption(s) (if
applicable)
FOIA-2014-04287 OIP 8/29/14 Video of shooting in Beavercreek, OH Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04302 OIP 8/29/14 Records related to federal court case Referred requester and/or
request to more appropriate
entity (EOUSA)
FOIA-2014-04305 OIP 8/29/14 Seeking information about an employment application. Provided relevant
information and assistance
FOIA-2014-04323 OIP 8/29/14 Inquiring into status of a FOIA request Provided relevant
information and assistance
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