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<p>FOIA FILES KIT - INSTRUCTIONS</p>
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<p>USING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
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REVISED EDITION
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Fund for Open Information and Accountability, Inc.
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339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012
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(212) 477-3188</p>
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<p>INSTRUCTIONS</p>
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<p> The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request any
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record maintained by a federal Executive branch agency. The
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agency must release the requested matieral unless it falls into
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one of nine exempt categores, such as "national security,"
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"privacy," "confidential source" and the like, in which case the
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agency may but is not compelled to refuse to disclose the
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records.
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This kit contains all the material needed to make FOIA
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requests for records on an individual, an orgnaization or on a
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particular subject matter or event.</p>
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<p>HOW TO MAKE A COMPLETE REQUEST</p>
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<p> Step 1: Select the appropriate smaple letter. Fill in the
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blanks in the body of the letter. Read the directions printed to
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the right of each letter in conjunction with the following
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instructions:
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For organizational files: In the first blank space insert
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the full and formal name of the organization whose files you are
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requesting. In the second blank space insert any other names,
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acronyms or shortened forms by which the organization is or has
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ever been known or referred to by itself or others. If some of
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the organization's work is conducted by sub-groups such as clubs,
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committees, special programs or through coalitions known by other
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names, these should be listed.
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For individual files: Insert the person's full name in the
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first blank space and any vaiations in spelling, nicknames, stage
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names, marriage names, titles and the like in the second blank
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space. Unlike other requests, the signatures of an individual
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requesting her/his own file must be notarized.
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For subject matter or event files: In the first blank space
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state the formal title of the subject matter or event including
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relevant dates and locations. In the second blank space provide
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the names of individuals or group sponsors or participants and/or
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any other information that would assist the agency in locating
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the material you are requesting.
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Step 2: The completed sample letter may be removed,
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photocopies and mailed as is or retyped on your own stationary.
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Be sure to keep a copy of each letter.
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Step 3: Addressing the letters: Consult list of agency
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addresses.
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FBI: A complete request requires a minimum of two letters.
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Sen done letter to FBI Headquarters and separate letter to each
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FBI field office nearest the location of the individual, the
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organization or the subject matter/event. Consdier the location
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of residences, schools, work and other activities.
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INS: Send a request letter to each district office nearest
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the location of the individual, the organization or the subject
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matter/event.
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Address each letter to the FOIA/PA office of the appropraite
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agency. Be sure to make clearly on the envelope: ATTENTION--FOIA
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REQUEST.</p>
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<p>FEE WAIVER</p>
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<p> You will notice that the sample letters include a request
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for fee waiver. Many agencies automatically waive fees if a
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request results in the release of only a small number of
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documents, e.g. 250 pages or less. Under the Act, you are
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entitled to a waiver of all search and copy fees associated with
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your request if the release of the information would primarily
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benefit the general public. However, in January 1983, the Justice
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Department issued a memo to all federal agencies listing five
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criteria which requesters must meet before they are deemed
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entitled to a fee waiver. Under these criteria, a requester must
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show that the material sought to be released is already the
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subject of "genuine public interest" and "meaningfully
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contributes to the public development or understanding of the
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subject"; and that she/he has the qualifications to understand
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and evaluate the materials and the ability to interpret and
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disseminate the information to th epublic and is not motivated by
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any "personal interest." Finally, if the requested information is
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already "in the public domain," such as in the agency's reading
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room, no fee waiver will be granted.
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You should always request a waiver of fees if you believe
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the information you are seeking will benefit the public. If your
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request for a waiver is denied, you should appeal that denial,
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citing the ways in which your request meets the standards set out
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above.</p>
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<p>MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF YOUR REQUEST</p>
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<p> Customarily, you will receive a letter from each agency
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within 10 days stating that your request has been received and is
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being processed. You may be asked to be patient and told that
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requests are handled cafeteria style. You have no alternative but
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to be somewhat patient. but there is no reason to be complacent
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and simply sit and wait.
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A good strategy is to telephone the FOIA office in each
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agency after about a month if nothing of substance has been
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received. Ask for a progress report. The name of the person you
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talk with and the gist of the converstaion should be recorded.
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try to take notes during the conversation focusing especially on
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what is said by the agency official. Write down all the details
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you can recall after the call is completed. Continue to call
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every 4 to 6 weeks.
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Good recordkeeping helps avoid time-consuming and
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frustrating confusion. A looseleaf notebook with a section
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devoted to each request simplifies this task. Intervening
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correspondence to and from the agency can be inserted bewteen the
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notes on phone calls so that all relevant material will be at
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hand for the various tasks: phone consultations, writing the
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newsletter, correspondence, articles, preparation for media
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appearances, congressional testimony or litigation, if that
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course is adopted.</p>
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<p>HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU GET EVERYTHING YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ...
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AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU DO NOT</p>
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<p> After each agency has searched and processed your request,
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you will receive a letter that announces the outcome, encloses
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the released documents, if any, and explains where to direct an
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appeal if any material has been withheld. There are four possible
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outcomes:
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1. Request granted in full: This response indicates that
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the agency has released all records pertinent to your request,
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with no exclusions or withholdings. The documents may be enclosed
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or, if bulky, may be mailed under separate cover. This is a very
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rare outcome.
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Next Step: Check documents for completeness (see
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instructions below).
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2. Requested granted in part and denied in part: This
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response indicates that the agency is releasing some material but
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has withheld some documents entirely or excized some passages
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from the documents released. The released documents may be
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enclosed or, if bulky, mailed under separate cover.
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Next step: Check documents released for completeness (see
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instructions below) and make an administrative appeal of denials
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or incompleteness (see instructions below).
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3. Request denied in full: This response indicates that
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the agency is asserting that all material in its files pertaining
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to your request falls under one or the nine FOIA exemptions.
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These are categories of information that the agency may, at its
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discretion, refuse to release.
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Next step: Make an administrative appeal (see instructions
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below). Since FOIA exemptions are not mandatory, even a complete
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denial of your request can and should be appeals.
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4. No records: This response will state that a search of
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the agency's files indicates that it has no records corresponding
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to those you requested.
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Next step: Check your original request to be sure you have
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not overlooked anything. If you receive documents from other
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agencies, review them for indications that there is matieral in
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the files of the agency claiming it has none. For example, look
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for correspondence, or references to correspondence, to or from
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that agency. If you determine that there are reasonable grounds,
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file an administrative appeal (see instructions below).</p>
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<p>HOW TO CHECK FOR COMPLETENESS</p>
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<p> Step 1: Before reading the documents, turn them over and
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number the back of each page sequentilaly. The packet may contain
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documents from the agency's headquarters as well as several field
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office files. Separate the documents into their respective office
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packets. Each of these offices will have assigned the
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investigation a separate file number. Try to find the numbering
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system. Usually the lower righthand corner of the first page
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carries a hand-written file and document number. For instance, an
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FBI document might be marked "100-7142-22". This would indicate
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that it is the 22nd document in the 7142nd file in the 100
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classification. As you inspect the documents, make a list of
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these file numbers and which office they represent. In this way
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you will be able to determine which office created and which
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office received the document you have in your hand. Often there
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is a block stamp affixed with the name of the office from whose
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files this copy was retrieved. the "To/From" heading on a
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document may also give you corresponding file numbers and will
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help you puzzle out the origin of the document.
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When you have finally identified eahc document's file and
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serial number and separated the documents into their proper
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office batches, make a list of all the serial numbers in each
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batch to see if there any any missing numbers. If there are
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missing serial numbers and some documents have been withheld, try
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to determine if the missing numbers might reasonably correspond
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to the withheld documents. If not, the realease may be incomplete
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and an administrative appeal should be made.
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Step 2: Read all the document released to you. Keep a list
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of all document referred to the text--letters, memos, teletypes,
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reports, etc. Each of these "referred to" documents should turn
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up in the packet released to you. If any are not in the packet,
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it is possible they may be among those document withheld; a
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direct inquiry should be made. In an administrative appeal, ask
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that each of these "referred to" documents be produced or that
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the agency state plainly that they are among those withheld. Of
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course, the totals of unproduced vs. withheld must be within
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reasons; that is, if the total number of unproduced documents you
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find referred to the text of the documents produced exceeds the
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total number of documents withheld, the agency cannot claim that
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all the referred to documents are accounted for by the withheld
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categoty. You will soon get the hand of making logical
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conclusions from discrepancies in the totals and missing document
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numbers.
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Another thing to look for when reading the released
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documents if the names of persons or agencies to whom the
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document has been disseminated. the lower left-hadn corncer is a
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common location for the typed list of agencies or offices to whom
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the document has been directed. In addition, there may be
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additional distribution recorded by hand, there or elsewhere on
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the cover page. There are published glossaries for some agencies
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that will help in deciphering these notaitons when they are not
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clear. Contact FOIA, Inc., if you need assistance in deciphering
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the text.
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Finally, any other file numbers that appear on the document
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should be noted, particularaly in the subject of the file is of
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interest and is one you have not requested. You may want to make
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an additional request for some of these files.</p>
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<p>HOW TO MAKE AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL</p>
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<p> Under the FOIA, a dissatified requester has the right of
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administrative appeal. the name and address of the proper appeal
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office will be given to you by each agency in its final response
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letter.
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This kit contains a sample appeal letter with suggesting for
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adapting it to various circumstances. However, you need not make
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such an elaborate appeal; in fact, you need not offer any reasons
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at all but rather simply write a letter to the appeals unit
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stating that "this letter constitutes an appeal of the agency's
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decision." Of course, if you have identified some real
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discrepanices, you will want to set them for fully, but even if
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you have not found any, you may simply ask that the release be
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reviewed.
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If you are still dissatisfied after the administrative
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appeal process, the FOIA gives you the right to bring a lawsuit
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in federal district court on an expedited basis.</p>
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<p>SAMPLE FBI REQUEST LETTER</p>
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<p>Date:</p>
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<p>To: FOIA/PA Unit
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Federal Bureau of Investigation</p>
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<p> This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.</p>
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<p> I request a complete and thorough search of all filing
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systems and locations for all records maintained by your agency
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pertaining to and/or captioned: ______
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_____________________________________________________
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[describe records desired and/or insert full and
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_____________________________________________________
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formal name]
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_____________________________________________________</p>
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<p>_____________________________________________________</p>
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<p>including, without limitations, files and documents captioned, or
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whose captions include</p>
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<p>_____________________________________________________
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[insert changes in name, commonly used names,
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_____________________________________________________
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acronyms, sub-groups, and the like]
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_____________________________________________________</p>
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<p>_____________________________________________________</p>
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<p> This request specifically includes "main" files and "see
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references," including, but not limited to numbered and lettered
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sub files, "DO NOT FILE" files, and control files. I also request
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a search of the ELSUR Index,a nd the COINTELPRO Index. I request
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that all records be produced with the administrative pges.
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I wish to be sent copies of "see reference" cards,
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abstracts, serach slips, including search slips used to process
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this request, file covers, multiple copies of the same documents
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if they appear in a file, and tapes of any electronic
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surveillances.
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I wish to make it clear that I want all records in you
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roffice "identifiable with my request," even though reports on
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those records have been sent to Headquarters and even though
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there may be duplication between the two sets of fils. I do not
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want just "interim" documents. I want all documents as they
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appear in the "main" files and "see references" of all units of
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your agency.
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If documents are denied in whole or in part, please specify
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which exemption(s) is(are) claimed for each passage or whole
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document denied. Please provide a complete itemized inventory and
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a detailed factual justification of total or partial denial of
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documents. Give the number of pages in each document and the
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total number of pages pertaining to this request. For
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"classified" material denied pleae include the following
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information: the classification (confidential, secret or top
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secret); identity of the classifer; date or event for automatic
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declassification, classification review, or down-grading; if
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applicable, identity of official authorizing extension of
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automatic declassification or review; and if applicable, the
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reason for extended classification.
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I request that excized material be "blacked out" rather
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thatn "whited out" or cut out and that the remaining non-exempt
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portions of documents will be released as provided under the
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Freedom of Information Act.
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Please send a memo (copy to me) to the appropriate units in
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your office to assure that no records related to this request are
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destroyed. Please advise of any destruction of records and
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include the date of and authority for such destruction.
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As I expect to appeal any denials, please specify the office
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and address to which an appeal should be directed.
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I believe my request qualifies for a waiver of fees since
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the release of the requested information would primarily benefit
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the general public and be "in the public interest."
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I can be reached at the phone listed below. Please call
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rather than write if there are any questions or if you need
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additional information from me.
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I expect a response to this request within ten (10) working
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days, as provided for in the Freedom of Information Act.</p>
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<p>Sincerely,</p>
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<p>name: _______________________________________________</p>
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<p>address: ____________________________________________</p>
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<p> ____________________________________________</p>
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<p>telephone: __________________________________________</p>
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<p>signature: __________________________________________</p>
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<p>SAMPLE AGENCY REQUEST LETTER</p>
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<p>DATE:
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TO: FOIA/PA Unit</p>
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<p> This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
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I request a complete and thorough search of all filing
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systems and locations for all records maintained by your agency
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pertaining to and/or captioned
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______________________________________________________
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[describe records desired and/or insert full and
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______________________________________________________
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formal name]
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______________________________________________________</p>
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<p>______________________________________________________</p>
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<p>including, without limitation, files and documents captioned, or
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whose captions include:</p>
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<p>______________________________________________________
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[insert changes in name, commonly used names,
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______________________________________________________
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acronyms, sub-groups and the like]
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______________________________________________________</p>
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<p>______________________________________________________</p>
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<p> I also request all "see references" to these names, a search
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of the ELSUR Index or any similar technique for locating records
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of electronic surveillance.
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This request is also a request for any corresponding files
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in INS Headquarters or regional offices.
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Please place any "missing" files pertaining to this request
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on "special locate" and advise that you have done this.
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If documents are denied in part or whole, please specify
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which exemption(s) is(are) claimed for each passage or whole
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document denied. Please provide a complete itemized inventory and
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detialed factual justification of total or partial denial of
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documents. Specify the number of pates in each document and th
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ttoal number of pages pertaining to this request. For classified
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material denied, please include the following information: the
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classification rating (confidential, secret, or top secret);
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identify the classifier; date or event for automatic
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declassification, classification review or downgrading; if
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applicable, identify the official authorizing extension of
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automatic declassification or reviw; and, if applicable, give the
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reason for extended classification.
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I request that excised material be "blacked out" rather than
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"whited out" or cut out. I expect, as provided by the Freedom of
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Information Act, that the remaining non-exempt portions of
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documents will be released.
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Please send a memo (copy to me) to the appropriate units in
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your office or agency to assure that no records related to this
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request are destroyed. Please advise of any destruction of
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records and include the date of and authority for such
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destruction.
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As I expect to appeal any denials, please specify the office
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and address to which an appeal should be directed.
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I believe my request qualifies for a waiver of fees since
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the release of the requested information would primarily benefit
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the general public and be "in the public interest."
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I can be reached at the phone listed below. Please call
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rather than write if there are any questions or if you need
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additional information from me.
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I expect a response to this request within ten (10) working
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days, as provided for in the Freedom of Information Act.</p>
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<p>Sincerely,</p>
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<p>name: _______________________________________________</p>
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<p>address: ____________________________________________</p>
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<p> ____________________________________________</p>
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<p>telephone: (___)_______________________________________</p>
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<p>signature: __________________________________________</p>
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<p>SAMPLE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL LETTER</p>
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<p>Date:
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To: FOIA/PA Appeals Office
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RE: Request numer [Add this if the agency has given your request
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a number]
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This is an appeal pursuant to subsection (a)(6) of the
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Freedom of Information Act as amended (5U.S.C. 552).
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On [date], I received a letter from [name of official] of
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your agency denying my request for [describe briefly the
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information you are after]. This reply indicated that an appeal
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letter could be sent to you. I am enclosing a copy of my exchange
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of correspondence with your agency so that you can see exactly
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what files I have requested and the insubstantial grounds on
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which my request has been denied.
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[Optional paragraph, to be used if the agency has withheld
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all or nearly all the material which has been requested]:
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You will note that your agency has withheld the entire (or
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||
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nearly the entire) document (or file, or report, or whatever)
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||
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that I requested. Since the FOIA provides that "any reasonably
|
||
|
secregable portion of a record shall be provided to any eprson
|
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|
requesting such record after deletion of the portions which are
|
||
|
exempt," I believe that your agency has not complied with the
|
||
|
FOIA. I believe that there must be (additional) segregble
|
||
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portions which do not fall within FOIA exemptions and which must
|
||
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be released.
|
||
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[Optional paragraph, to be used in the agency has used the
|
||
|
(b)(1) exemption for national security, to withhold information]
|
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Your agency has used the (b)(1) exemption to withhold
|
||
|
information [I question whether files relating to events that
|
||
|
took place over twenty years ago could realistically harm the
|
||
|
national security.] [Because I am familiar with my own activities
|
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|
during the period in question, and know that none of these
|
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|
activities in any way posed a significant threat to the national
|
||
|
security, I question the designation of my files or portions of
|
||
|
my file as classified and exempt from disclosure beca8use of
|
||
|
national security considerations.]
|
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|
[Sample optional argument to be used if the exemption which
|
||
|
is claimed does not seem to make sense; you should cite as many
|
||
|
specific instances as you care to of items withheld from the
|
||
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documents that you ahve received. We provide two examples which
|
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|
you might want to adampt to your own case.]
|
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|
"On the memo dated _____________ the second paragraph
|
||
|
withheld under the (b)(1) exemption appears to be describing a
|
||
|
conversation at an open meeting. If this is the case, it is
|
||
|
impossible that the substance of this converation could be
|
||
|
properly classified." Or, "The memo dated _____ refers to a
|
||
|
meeting which I attended, but a substantial portion is deleted
|
||
|
because of the (b)(6) and (b)(7)(c) exemptions for unwarranted
|
||
|
invasions of personal privacy. Since I already know who attended
|
||
|
this meeting, no privacy interest is served by the withholding."
|
||
|
I trust that upon examination of my request, you will
|
||
|
conclude that the records I requested are not properly covered by
|
||
|
exemption(s) [here repeat the exemptions which the agency's
|
||
|
denial letter claimed applied to your request] of the amended
|
||
|
FOIA, and that you will overrule the decision to withhold the
|
||
|
information.
|
||
|
[Use if an itemized inventory is not supplied originally]
|
||
|
If you choose instead to continue to withhold some or all of
|
||
|
the material which was denied in my initial request to your
|
||
|
agency, I ask that you give me an index of such matieral,
|
||
|
together with the justification for the denial of each item which
|
||
|
is still withheld.
|
||
|
As provided in the Act, I will expect to receive a reply to
|
||
|
this administrative appeal letter within twenty working days.
|
||
|
If you deny this appeal and do not adequately explain why
|
||
|
the material withheld is properly exempt, I intend to initial a
|
||
|
lawsuit to compel its disclosure. [You can say that you intend to
|
||
|
sue, if that is your present inclination; you may still decide
|
||
|
ultimately not to file suit.]</p>
|
||
|
<p>Sincerely yours,</p>
|
||
|
<p>name: ____________________________________________</p>
|
||
|
<p>address: ____________________________________________</p>
|
||
|
<p> ____________________________________________</p>
|
||
|
<p>signature: ___________________________________________</p>
|
||
|
<p>[Mark clearly on envelope: Attention: Freedom of Information
|
||
|
Appeals]</p>
|
||
|
<p>FBI ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS</p>
|
||
|
<p>FBI Headquarters, J. Edgar Hoover Bldg, Washington, D.C., 20535,
|
||
|
202-324-5520 (FOI/PA Unit)</p>
|
||
|
<p>Field Offices
|
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<span class="GPE">Albany</span>, NY 12207, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 518-465-7551
|
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<span class="GPE">Albuquerque</span>, NM 87101, Federal Office Bldg., 505-247-1555
|
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|
Alexandria, VA 22314, 300 N. Lee St., 703-683-2681
|
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<span class="GPE">Anchorage</span>, AK 99510, Federal bldg., 907-272-6414
|
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|
Atlanta, GA 30303, 275 Peachtree St. NE, 404-521-3900
|
||
|
<span class="GPE">Baltimore</span>, MD 21207, 7142 Ambassador Rd., 301-265-8080
|
||
|
Birminghan, AL 35203, Room 1400, 2121 Bldg. 205-252-7705
|
||
|
Boston, MA 02203, J.F. Kennedy Federal Office Bldg., 617-742-5533
|
||
|
<span class="GPE">Buffalo</span>, NY 14202, 111 W. Huron St., 716-856-7800
|
||
|
<span class="GPE">Butte</span>, MT 59701, U.S. Courthouse and Federal Bldg., 406-792-2304
|
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|
Charlotte, NC 28202, Jefferson Standard Life Bldg., 704-372-5485
|
||
|
Chicago, IL 60604, Everett McKinley Dirksen Bldg., 312-431-1333
|
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Cincinnati, OH 45202, 400 U.S. Post Office & Crthse Bldg., 513-421-4310
|
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|
Cleveland, OH 44199, Federal Office Bldg., 216-522-1401
|
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|
<span class="GPE">Columbia</span>, SC 29201, 1529 Hampton St., 803-254-3011
|
||
|
Dallas TX 75201, 1810 Commrce St., 214-741-1851
|
||
|
Denver, CO 80202, Federal Office Bldg., 303-629-7171
|
||
|
Detroit, MI 48226, 477 Michigan Ave., 313-965-2323
|
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El Paso, TX 79901, 202 U.S. Courthosue Bldg., 915-533-7451
|
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|
Honolulu, HI 96850, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., 808-521-1411
|
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|
Houston, TX 77002, 6015 Fed. Bldg and U.S.Courthouse, 713-224-1511
|
||
|
<span class="NORP">Indianapolis</span>, IN 46202, 575 N. <span class="GPE">Pennsylvania</span> St., 317-639-3301
|
||
|
Jackson, MS 39205, Unifirst Federal and Loan Bldg., 601-948-5000
|
||
|
Jacksonville, FL 32211, 7820 Arlington Expressway, 904-721-1211
|
||
|
Kansas City, MO 64106, 300 U.S. Courthouse Bldg., 816-221-6100
|
||
|
Knoxville, TN 37919, 1111 <span class="PERSON">Northshore</span> Dr., 615-588-8571
|
||
|
Las Vegas, NV 89101, Federal Office Bldg., 702-385-1281
|
||
|
Little Rock, AR 72201, 215 U.S Post Office Bldg., 501-372-7211
|
||
|
Los Angeles, CA 90024, 11000 Wilshire Blvd, 213-272-6161
|
||
|
Louisville, KY 40202, Federal Bldg., 502-583-3941
|
||
|
Memphis, TN 38103, Clifford Davis Federal bldg., 901-525-7373
|
||
|
Miami, FL 33137, 3801 Biscayne Blvd., 305-573-3333
|
||
|
<span class="GPE">Milwaukee</span>, WI 53202, Federal Bldg and U.S. Courthouse, 414-276-4681
|
||
|
Minneapolis, MN 55401, 392 Federal Bldg., 612-339-7846
|
||
|
Mobile, AL 36602, Federal Bldg., 205-438-3675
|
||
|
Newark, NJ 07101, Gateway I, Market St., 201-622-5613
|
||
|
New Haven, CT 06510, 170 Orange St., 203-777-6311
|
||
|
New Orleans, LA 70113, 701 Loyola Ave., 504-522-4671
|
||
|
New York, NY 10007, 26 Federal Plaza, 212-553-2700
|
||
|
Norfolk, VA, 23502, 870 N. Military Hwy., 804-461-2121
|
||
|
Oklahoma City, OK 73118, 50 Penn Pl. NW, 405-842-7471
|
||
|
Omaha, NB 68102, 215 N. 17th St., 402-348-1210
|
||
|
Philadelpha, PA 19106, Federal Office Bldg., 215-629-0800
|
||
|
Phoenix, AZ 85004, 2721 N. central Ave., 602-279-5511
|
||
|
Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Federal Office Bldg., 412-471-2000
|
||
|
<span class="GPE">Portland</span>, OR 97201, Crown Plaza Bldg., 503-224-4181
|
||
|
<span class="GPE">Richmond</span>, VA 23220, 200 W. Grace St., 804-644-2531
|
||
|
<span class="GPE">Sacramento</span>, CA 95825, Federal Bldg., 916-481-9110
|
||
|
St. Louis, MO 63103, 2704 Federal Bldg., 314-241-5357
|
||
|
Salt Lake City, UT 84138, Federal Bldg., 801-355-7521
|
||
|
San Diego, CA 92188, Federal Office Bldg., 619-231-1122
|
||
|
San Francisco, CA 94102, 450 Golden Gate Ave., 415-552-2155
|
||
|
San Juan, PR 00918 U.S. Courthouse and Fed. Bldg., 809-754-6000
|
||
|
Savannah, GA 31405, 5401 Paulson St., 912-354-9911
|
||
|
Seattle, WA 98174, 915 2nd Ave., 206-622-0460
|
||
|
Springfield, IL 62702, 535 W. Jefferson St., 217-522-9675
|
||
|
Tampa, FL 33602, Federal Office Bldg., 813-228-7661
|
||
|
Washington, DC 20535, 9th and <span class="GPE">Pennsylvania</span> Ave. NW, 202-324-3000</p>
|
||
|
<p>FEDERAL AGENCIES (SELECTED ADDRESSES)</p>
|
||
|
<p>Central Intelligence Agency
|
||
|
Information and Privacy Coordinator
|
||
|
Central Intelligence Agency
|
||
|
Washington, D.C. 20505
|
||
|
202-351-5659</p>
|
||
|
<p>Civil Service Commission
|
||
|
Appropriate Bureau (Bureau of Personnel Investigation,
|
||
|
Bureau of Personnel Information Systems, etc.)
|
||
|
Civil Service Commission
|
||
|
1900 E Street, N.W.
|
||
|
Washington, D.C. 20415
|
||
|
202-632-4431</p>
|
||
|
<p>Commission on Civil Rights
|
||
|
General Counsel, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
|
||
|
1121 Vermont Ae., N.W. Room 600
|
||
|
Washington, D.C. 20415
|
||
|
202-254-6610</p>
|
||
|
<p>Consumer Product Safety Commission
|
||
|
Office of the Secretary
|
||
|
Consumer Product Safety Commission
|
||
|
1111 18th St., N.W.
|
||
|
Washington, D.C. 20207
|
||
|
202-624-7700</p>
|
||
|
<p>Department of Defense/Dept. of Air Force
|
||
|
Freedom of Information Manager
|
||
|
Headquarters, USAF/DADF
|
||
|
Washington, D.C. 20330-5025
|
||
|
202-697-3467
|
||
|
|
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