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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in October 2020 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in October 2020 Submitted Request Number Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Copy of the current special designation memorandum from the Attorney General DOJ-2018-002447 01/31/2018 10/09/2020 related to 18 USC 2516(1). Full Grant Records concerning the removal, reassignment, or other adverse actions taken against DOJ-2018-002776 02/14/2018 10/21/2020 federal employees since January 1, 2018. No Records Emails between Office of the Deputy Attorney General officials Zachary Terwilliger or DOJ-2018-002803 02/15/2018 10/30/2020 Patrick Bumatay and Jared Kushner. No Records Records of the Office of Information Policy containing specific keywords related to the DOJ-2018-005357 05/17/2018 10/30/2020 Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Correspondence between the Office of Legal Policy and Brett Kavanaugh from January DOJ-2018-007104 07/24/2018 10/02/2020 20, 2001, to May 30, 2006. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Communications between the Offices of the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, or Legislative Affairs concerning the testimony of U.S. Attorney John Huber before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Sub-Committee on DOJ-2019-001521 12/18/2018 10/29/2020 Government Operations since November 1, 2018. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Records concerning former the visit of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to DOJ-2019-002483 02/19/2019 10/27/2020 the Trump International Hotel on or about February 8, 2019. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Email of officials of the Office of the Pardon Attorney regarding the President's DOJ-2019-003257 03/26/2019 10/15/2020 clemency power or decisions. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA DOJ-2019-005168 06/06/2019 10/09/2020 Records concerning members of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Communications between the Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, and Office of Legislative Affairs and various private prison DOJ-2019-006049 07/23/2019 10/09/2020 organizations. Partial Grant/Partial Denial DOJ-2020-000583 10/31/2019 10/05/2020 Records concerning countering violent extremism. Full Grant Communications between Attorney General William Barr and Rudy Giuliani from May 1, DOJ-2020-001176 12/04/2019 10/09/2020 2019, to September 24, 2019. Full Grant Copy of the May 10, 2017 email referenced in Footnote 468 of Volume II of the Report FOIA-2020-00032 01/30/2020 10/09/2020 of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Copy of the May 10, 2017 email referenced in Footnote 468 of Volume II of the Report FOIA-2020-00493 03/10/2020 10/07/2020 of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Partial Grant/Partial Denial 1 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in October 2020 Submitted Request Number Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Communications between Attorney General William Barr and Craig Carpentino from FOIA-2020-01471 06/22/2020 10/14/2020 June 1, 2020, to June 19, 2020. No Records Correspondence between Attorney General William Barr and United States Attorney FOIA-2020-01472 06/22/2020 10/14/2020 Geoffrey Berman from June 1, 2020, to June 19, 2020. No Records Copy of the record from Attorney General William Barr communicating the dismissal of FOIA-2020-01511 06/25/2020 10/27/2020 U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman. Full Grant Records of the Office of the Attorney General and Office of the Deputy Attorney General FOIA-2020-01635 07/16/2020 10/14/2020 concerning Department of Justice grants with various entities. No Records Communications between the Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, and Office of the Associate Attorney General and the United States Postal Inspection Service concerning any voting or voting fraud task force since March 1, FOIA-2020-01642 07/17/2020 10/20/2020 2020. No Records FOIA-2020-01716 07/24/2020 10/13/2020 Records of Inspector Generl Michael Horowitz containing various terms. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Emails of former Acting Attorney General Dana Boente concerning Kathy Griffin from FOIA-2020-01939 08/13/2020 10/21/2020 January 20, 2017, to February 9, 2017. No Records FOIA-2020-02047 08/20/2020 10/29/2020 Personnnel records regarding Assistant Attorney General Beth Williams. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA FOIA-2020-02206 12/27/2016 10/20/2020 Records concerning the News Media Guidelines and the application of 28 CFR 50.10. Partial Grant/Partial Denial FOIA-2020-02211 09/04/2020 10/29/2020 Records concerning Judge Robin J. Cauthron. Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason Guidance and directives regarding new time requirements for the processing of FOIA-2020-02327 09/18/2020 10/19/2020 Freedom of Information Act requests due to the covid-19 pandemic. Full Grant Records concerning the implementation of the Civil Rights Reporting Portal since June 1, FOIA-2020-02335 09/22/2020 10/21/2020 2019. No Records FOIA-2020-02344 09/24/2020 10/29/2020 Copies of Freedom of Information Act requests concerning Jeffrey Epstein. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Copies of the Oath of Office for four officials of the United States District Court for the FOIA-2020-02347 09/23/2020 10/19/2020 Northern District of Illinois. No Records Emails of Attorney General William Barr that contain a specific term since February 14, FOIA-2020-02348 09/24/2020 10/27/2020 2019. No Records 2 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in October 2020 Submitted Request Number Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Records of the Office of Information Policy concerning Amy Coney Barrett or Barbara FOIA-2020-02352 09/25/2020 10/07/2020 Lagoa. No Records FOIA-2020-02355 09/25/2020 10/06/2020 Records concerning the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA Copies of two Freedom of Information Act requests, DOJ-2020-000660 and DOJ-2020- FOIA-2020-02414 09/25/2020 10/21/2020 000837. Full Grant Correspondence and meetings between Amy Coney Barrett and the Office of FOIA-2020-02432 09/30/2020 10/06/2020 Information Policy from April 1, 2017, to September 30, 2020. No Records Contact information for the Freedom of Information Act offices of the Department of FOIA-2021-00003 10/09/2020 10/30/2020 Homeland Security, Central Intelligence Agency, and Department of Defense. Full Grant Copy of the insurance bond of Judge Robin Cauthon of the Western District of FOIA-2021-00004 10/09/2020 10/27/2020 Oklahoma. Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason FOIA-2021-00055 10/15/2020 10/21/2020 Records concerning inmates and sexual assault. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA Records concerning a report of the Office of the Inspector General and a complaint filed FOIA-2021-00065 10/19/2020 10/27/2020 by former Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Andrew McCabe. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA Copy of the report of Attorney General William Barr on Russian interference in the 2016 FOIA-2021-00075 10/16/2020 10/27/2020 presidential election. Duplicate Request FOIA-2021-00076 10/16/2020 10/27/2020 Records from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason Records from the National Archives and Records Administration concerning a prior FOIA-2021-00120 10/16/2020 10/27/2020 Freedom of Information Act request. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA FOIA-2021-00121 10/16/2020 10/30/2020 Copy of the official photograph of President Donald Trump. Full Grant FOIA-2021-00122 10/16/2020 10/30/2020 Copy of an unspecified "application." Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason FOIA-2021-00125 10/16/2020 10/30/2020 Records concerning halfway houses. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA FOIA-2021-00129 10/21/2020 10/30/2020 Various budgets maintained by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA FOIA-2021-00132 10/23/2020 10/30/2020 Number of investigation files opened for Mexican Government officials. Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason FOIA-2021-00133 10/24/2020 10/30/2020 Records of Wisconsin police precincts. Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason 3 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in October 2020 Submitted Request Number Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request FOIA-2021-00136 10/26/2020 10/30/2020 Records concerning domestic violence and sexual assault reports. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA FOIA-2021-00137 10/23/2020 10/30/2020 A copy of a warrant verified by affidavit. Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason FOIA-2021-00141 10/27/2020 10/29/2020 Records concerning private companies. Improper FOIA Request for Other Reason FOIA-2021-00142 10/23/2020 10/29/2020 Records of the Central Intelligence Agency concerning Operation Northwoods. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA Records concerning a joint program of the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal FOIA-2021-00185 10/28/2020 10/30/2020 Bureau of Investigation named Operation Courtship. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA FOIA-2021-00196 10/29/2020 10/30/2020 Records concerning Lehigh University and a third party. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to the FOIA Records concerning background checks and other vetting information for former FOIA-2021-00202 10/29/2020 10/30/2020 Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt.
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