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FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in March 2017

Request Number Office Submitted Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002451 OIP 02/17/2017 03/01/2017 Records concerning I-49 projects. agency Correspondence between Amnesty International and Amnesty International USA and the Office of the Attorney General from January 1, 2001, to DOJ-2016-000744 OAG 11/16/2015 03/02/2017 December 31, 2013. Partial grant/partial denial

Emails from former Attorney General Eric Holder that refer to "media leaks" and/or "media leak" and/or "media leaks investigation" and/or "new media DOJ-2014-000128 OAG 06/06/2014 03/02/2017 policies" and/or "media guidelines." Partial grant/partial denial

Copies of questioniares submitted by the Trump transition team and the Other - Directed Requester to DOJ-2017-001985 OIP 01/30/2017 03/03/2017 responses thereto. Another Entity Subject to the FOIA DOJ-2017-002112 OLA 02/03/2017 03/06/2017 Communications with Sen. Bob Corker. Full grant Copies of DOJ-361, Certification of Identity, and the Department of Justice DOJ-2017-002718 OIP 03/06/2017 03/07/2017 Freedom of Information Act Reference Guide. Full grant All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002717 OIP 03/06/2017 03/07/2017 Records concerning the Hell's Angels. agency Copy of the Federal Communication Commission's Freedom of Information All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002628 OIP 02/28/2017 03/07/2017 Act annual report and raw data. agency Copy of the National Archives and Records Administration's Freedom of All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002627 OIP 02/28/2017 03/07/2017 Information Act annual report and raw data. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002566 OIP 02/27/2017 03/07/2017 Records concerning amendments to sentencing guidelines. agency DOJ-2017-002522 OLP 02/23/2017 03/07/2017 Oath of Office of Judge Lynn Hughes. Partial grant/partial denial

DOJ-2017-002285 OLP 02/13/2017 03/07/2017 Records concerning the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Partial grant/partial denial Copy of the May 24, 2002 memorandum entitled "Avoiding Collection and Investigative Use of 'Content' in the Operation of Pen Registers and Trap and DOJ-2017-002173 ODAG 02/07/2017 03/07/2017 Trace Devices." Other - Records Publically Available Copy of the Department of Justice report on the Chicago Police DOJ-2017-002185 OIP 02/07/2017 03/07/2017 Department. Other - Records Publically Available Copy of the May 24, 2002 memorandum entitled "Avoiding Collection and Investigative Use of 'Content' in the Operation of Pen Registers and Trap and DOJ-2017-002137 OIP 02/06/2017 03/07/2017 Trace Devices." Other - Records Publically Available Copies of non-disclosure agreements entered into by the Department of DOJ-2017-002118 OAG 02/06/2017 03/07/2017 Justice since November 8, 2016. No records

1 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in March 2017

Request Number Office Submitted Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Other - Publicly Available DOJ-2017-002006 OAG 01/31/2017 03/07/2017 Appointment affidavit for Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Information

Other - Directed Requester to DOJ-2017-002610 OLA 01/31/2017 03/07/2017 Appointment affidavit for Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik. Another Entity Subject to the FOIA Records concerning a Freedom of Information Act request related to DOJ-2016-003853 OIP 06/24/2016 03/08/2017 Sparrow Media. Partial grant/partial denial DOJ-2016-003850 OIP 06/24/2016 03/08/2017 Records concerning Freedom of Information Act fee waivers. Partial grant/partial denial

DOJ-2016-002915 OIP 05/03/2016 03/08/2017 Records concerning the processing of various administrative appeals. Partial grant/partial denial Records concerning the Freedom of Information Act "news media" fee DOJ-2016-002836 OIP 05/03/2016 03/08/2017 category. Partial grant/partial denial

Communications between officials at the Department of Justice, including but not limited to Attorney General , and officials at the company 21st Century Fox, including but not limited to chairman Rupert Murdoch and other officials, related to mergers, acquisitions and DOJ-2017-002626 OAG 02/28/2017 03/08/2017 competition issues since November 9, 2016. No records All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002766 OIP 03/08/2017 03/09/2017 Records concerning a former employee of the Board of Economic Warfare. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002757 OIP 03/07/2017 03/09/2017 Records concerning the Prison Rape Elimination Act. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002705 OIP 03/03/2017 03/09/2017 Records concerning the Congressional Budget Justification for FY 2018. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002751 OIP 03/03/2017 03/09/2017 Records concerning a specific federal case. agency Records concerning President 's businesses and conflicts of All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002654 OIP 02/28/2017 03/09/2017 interest within Russia and other countries. agency Any instructions, communications, or other guidance provided to the Office of Information Policy pertaining to policies, standards, and procedures governing the review of Freedom of Information Act requests since January DOJ-2017-002238 OIP 02/10/2017 03/09/2017 20, 2017. No records

2 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in March 2017

Request Number Office Submitted Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request

Any instructions, communications, or other guidance provided to the Office of Public Affairs pertaining to policies, standards, and procedures governing DOJ-2017-002237 PAO 02/10/2017 03/09/2017 the review of Freedom of Information Act requests since January 20, 2017. Request withdrawn Any instructions, communications, or other guidance provided to the Office of Legislative Affairs pertaining to policies, standards, and procedures governing the review of Freedom of Information Act requests since January DOJ-2017-002236 OLA 02/10/2017 03/09/2017 20, 2017. Request withdrawn

Any instructions, communications, or other guidance provided to the Office of Legal Policy pertaining to policies, standards, and procedures governing DOJ-2017-002235 OLP 02/10/2017 03/09/2017 the review of Freedom of Information Act requests since January 20, 2017. Request withdrawn Any instructions, communications, or other guidance provided to the Office of the Associate Attorney General pertaining to policies, standards, and procedures governing the review of Freedom of Information Act requests DOJ-2017-002234 OASG 02/10/2017 03/09/2017 since January 20, 2017. Request withdrawn Any instructions, communications, or other guidance provided to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General pertaining to policies, standards, and procedures governing the review of Freedom of Information Act requests DOJ-2017-002233 ODAG 02/10/2017 03/09/2017 since January 20, 2017. Request withdrawn Any instructions, communications, or other guidance provided to the Office of the Attorney General pertaining to policies, standards, and procedures governing the review of Freedom of Information Act requests since January DOJ-2017-002232 OAG 02/10/2017 03/09/2017 20, 2017. Request withdrawn All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002764 OIP 02/07/2017 03/09/2017 Records concerning the Foreign Agent Registration Act. agency Any written guidance received by the Office of Information Policy since January 20, 2017, regarding consultations with the White House in response to certain document requests, including but not limited to Freedom of DOJ-2017-002747 OIP 03/07/2017 03/10/2017 Information Act requests. No records Documents that identify the person or persons who have held the title of Chief of Staff, Office of the Attorney General of the United States anytime Other - Directed Requester to DOJ-2017-002685 OAG 03/02/2017 03/10/2017 after January 20, 2017. Another Entity Subject to the FOIA Records concerning the Department of Justice investigation into the death DOJ-2017-002364 OLA 02/16/2017 03/10/2017 of an individual. Partial grant/partial denial

3 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in March 2017

Request Number Office Submitted Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Oath of Office for Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and United States Court of Appeals for the DOJ-2017-002363 OLP 02/15/2017 03/10/2017 Seventh Circuit. Partial grant/partial denial All records sent from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Attorney General regarding possible violations of the Horse Protection Act since DOJ-2017-002260 OAG 02/12/2017 03/10/2017 October 1, 2013. No records DOJ-2015-000116 ODAG 02/09/2015 03/10/2017 Records concerning the No Social Security for Nazis Act. No records DOJ-2015-000115 OAG 02/09/2015 03/10/2017 Records concerning the No Social Security for Nazis Act. No records

DOJ-2017-001955 OAG 01/30/2017 03/10/2017 Records concerning the death of individuals in federal custody since 2013. No records Records concerning a meeting held on or about January 2015 at the White DOJ-2015-000096 OAG 01/29/2015 03/10/2017 House with representatives of Clemency Project 2014. No records Communications with the White House regarding raids, investigations, prosecution and any other law enforcement activity related to medical and recreational marijuana cultivators and distributors in northern California DOJ-2015-000126 OAG 02/18/2015 03/13/2017 since December 1, 2014, No records

Copies of Freedom of Information Act requests regarding communications between Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey DOJ-2017-002791 OIP 03/08/2017 03/14/2017 Kislyak, including any records release in response thereto. No records Records concerning the use of consent decrees by the Department of DOJ-2017-002815 ODAG 03/07/2017 03/14/2017 Justice since January 20, 2017. No records Records concerning the use of consent decrees by the Department of DOJ-2017-002803 OAG 03/07/2017 03/14/2017 Justice since January 20, 2017. No records Correspondence concerning the U.S. Cyber Command program named "Nitro Zeus" or the planned cyber operation directed at Iran's Fordo nuclear DOJ-2016-000005 OAG 02/16/2016 03/14/2017 facility. No records Records pertaining to residential mortgage-backed securities settlement DOJ-2016-005435 PAO 09/16/2016 03/15/2017 agreements. Full grant DOJ-2015-000262 ODAG 06/05/2015 03/15/2017 Records concerning former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. No records DOJ-2015-000258 OASG 06/05/2015 03/15/2017 Records concerning former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. No records DOJ-2015-000260 OAG 06/05/2015 03/15/2017 Records concerning former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. No records DOJ-2017-002795 OAG 03/09/2017 03/15/2017 Records concerning Alexander Acosta. No records DOJ-2017-002701 OAG 03/03/2017 03/15/2017 Records concerning Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. No records

4 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in March 2017

Request Number Office Submitted Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Records pertaining to Attorney General Holder's August 2013 directive concerning the development of local guidelines for when federal charges DOJ-2015-000132 OAG 02/18/2015 03/15/2017 should be filed. No records Index of the Department of Justice files of former Principal Deputy DOJ-2017-002442 OASG 02/21/2017 03/16/2017 Associate Attorney General Neil Gorsuch. Partial grant/partial denial All records signed or sent by former Principal Deputy Associate Attorney DOJ-2017-002328 OASG 02/15/2017 03/16/2017 General Neil Gorsuch. Other - Records Publically Available Records concerning former Attorney General Holder's review of DOJ-2013-000077 OAG 05/31/2013 03/17/2017 Department policies concerning journalists. Partial grant/partial denial

DOJ-2017-002723 OAG 03/06/2017 03/17/2017 Records concerning specific Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court orders. Full denial based on exemptions

Records concerning former Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General DOJ-2017-002574 OASG 02/24/2017 03/17/2017 Neil Gorsuch and the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act. Other - Records Publically Available All records signed or sent by former Principal Deputy Associate Attorney DOJ-2017-002381 OASG 02/16/2017 03/17/2017 General Neil Gorsuch. Other - Records Publically Available Records concerning former Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General DOJ-2017-002196 OASG 02/08/2017 03/17/2017 Neil Gorsuch. Other - Records Publically Available Records concerning former Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General DOJ-2017-001891 OASG 01/26/2017 03/17/2017 Neil Gorsuch. Other - Records Publically Available DOJ-2017-001885 OIP 12/30/2016 03/20/2017 Records concerning the Dakota Access Pipeline. Full grant Records concerning "Mohammad Raghead" and the July 9, 2014 news report published by The Intercept about Muslim American citizens being subjected to surveillance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and DOJ-2014-000166 PAO 07/09/2014 03/20/2017 National Security Administration. Partial grant/partial denial DOJ-2017-002997 PAO 03/16/2017 03/20/2017 Records concerning Alexander Acosta. No records DOJ-2017-002971 OAG 03/15/2017 03/20/2017 Copies of applications for the position of Special Counsel/Prosecutor. Request withdrawn Appointment affidavit and Oath of Office for Judge Andrew J .Kleinfeld, DOJ-2017-002862 OLP 03/10/2017 03/20/2017 Ninth Circuit, and Paul G. Hatfield, District of Montana. Duplicate request

Copy of the Office of the Inspector General report entitled An Assessment of DOJ-2017-002835 OIP 03/09/2017 03/20/2017 the 1996 Department of Justice Task Force Review of the FBI Laboratory. Full grant DOJ-2013-000081 OAG 05/30/2013 03/21/2017 Records concerning the wire tapping of journalists. Partial grant/partial denial Records relating to production of video concerning former Attorney General DOJ-2015-000247 PAO 05/21/2015 03/21/2017 Holder, "The People's Lawyer." No records

5 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in March 2017

Request Number Office Submitted Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Records relating to production of video concerning former Attorney General DOJ-2015-000246 OAG 05/21/2015 03/21/2017 Holder, "The People's Lawyer." No records Records concerning the alleged wiretapping of the Trump campaign by DOJ-2017-003064 OAG 03/20/2017 03/22/2017 President Obama. Full denial based on exemptions DOJ-2017-002739 OAG 02/22/2017 03/22/2017 Records concerning transgender protections in public schools. Full grant

Copies of three publications: "Guidelines on Constitutional Litigation," "The Constitution in the Year 2000: Choices Ahead in Constitutional DOJ-2017-002273 OLP 02/13/2017 03/22/2017 Interpretation," and "Original Meaning Jurisprudence: A Sourcebook." Full grant Closing memoranda regarding investigations into two deaths of prisoners in DOJ-2013-000019 ODAG 12/05/2012 03/23/2017 U.S. custody. Partial grant/partial denial Closing memoranda regarding investigations into two deaths of prisoners in DOJ-2013-000014 OAG 12/05/2012 03/23/2017 U.S. custody. Partial grant/partial denial Records concerning the collection of phone records associated with the DOJ-2013-000062 ODAG 05/14/2013 03/23/2017 Associated Press. Partial grant/partial denial Records concerning the collection of phone records associated with the DOJ-2013-000061 PAO 05/14/2013 03/23/2017 Associated Press. Partial grant/partial denial Records concerning the collection of phone records associated with the DOJ-2013-000060 OAG 05/14/2013 03/23/2017 Associated Press. Partial grant/partial denial All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002821 OIP 03/07/2017 03/23/2017 Records concerning the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana. agency DOJ-2017-002580 OAG 02/24/2017 03/23/2017 Records concerning the prosecution of federal prisoners. No records DOJ-2017-003140 ODAG 02/24/2017 03/23/2017 Records pertaining to the term “fake news” since January 1, 2016. No records DOJ-2017-003141 OASG 02/24/2017 03/23/2017 Records pertaining to the term “fake news” since January 1, 2016. No records DOJ-2017-002535 OAG 02/24/2017 03/23/2017 Records concerning the term "fake news." No records Records reflecting any recusals or conflicts of interest by Department of Justice attorneys relating to any matter concerning the detention facility at DOJ-2015-000363 OLA 09/11/2015 03/24/2017 Guantanamo Bay. Partial grant/partial denial Records reflecting any recusals or conflicts of interest by Department of Justice attorneys relating to any matter concerning the detention facility at DOJ-2015-000361 OAG 09/11/2015 03/24/2017 Guantanamo Bay. Partial grant/partial denial Records reflecting any recusals or conflicts of interest by Department of Justice attorneys relating to any matter concerning the detention facility at DOJ-2015-000362 ODAG 09/11/2015 03/24/2017 Guantanamo Bay. Partial grant/partial denial

6 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in March 2017

Request Number Office Submitted Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Correspondence between the Department of Justice and Congress concerning contact between Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Russian All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002790 OLA 03/08/2017 03/24/2017 officials since June 2016. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002992 OIP 03/16/2017 03/27/2017 Records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-003081 OIP 03/15/2017 03/27/2017 Copy of SF-86 for Attorney General Jeff Sessions. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002967 OIP 03/14/2017 03/27/2017 Records concerning prison reform programs in the State of New York. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002941 OIP 03/13/2017 03/27/2017 Records concerning federal contracts with Hawker Beechcraft Corporation. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002899 OAG 03/13/2017 03/27/2017 Records pertaining to Operation Wetback. agency Copies of the official position description of anyone who started work in the All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002897 OIP 03/12/2017 03/27/2017 Office of the Attorney General since January 20, 2017. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002909 OIP 03/10/2017 03/27/2017 Records concerning Alexander Acosta. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-002889 OIP 03/10/2017 03/27/2017 Records concerning the 13th Annual Crimes Against Children Conference. agency DOJ-2015-000175 ODAG 03/10/2015 03/27/2017 Records concerning Gov. Chris J. Christie. Partial grant/partial denial DOJ-2017-002823 OAG 03/07/2017 03/27/2017 Records concerning Executive Order 13768. No records DOJ-2015-000183 OAG 03/19/2015 03/28/2017 Records related to the artificial insemination of Adriana Perez. Duplicate request Records concerning any request by the Government of Bermuda referring or DOJ-2017-002935 ODAG 03/13/2017 03/28/2017 related to the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. No records Records concerning any request by the Government of Bermuda referring or DOJ-2017-002934 OAG 03/13/2017 03/28/2017 related to the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. No records

Correspondence from certain Office of the Deputy Attorney General and Office of the Associate Attorney General staff with the U.S. Marshals Service DOJ-2015-000039 ODAG 11/19/2014 03/29/2017 regarding inflight use of cellular surveillance devices. No records

Communication between Senator Russell Feingold and the Office of the DOJ-2015-000296 OAG 06/19/2015 03/29/2017 Attorney General from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2010. Full grant

DOJ-2017-003180 OLA 03/24/2017 03/29/2017 Copy of the "beachhead list" associated with the Trump Transition Team. Full grant

7 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in March 2017

Request Number Office Submitted Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Communications with the government of the Ukraine concerning specific DOJ-2017-003111 OAG 03/21/2017 03/29/2017 individuals and corporations. No records Communications with the government of the Ukraine concerning specific DOJ-2017-003112 OAG 03/21/2017 03/29/2017 individuals and corporations. No records

DOJ-2017-003095 OAG 03/20/2017 03/29/2017 Copies of U.S. Attorney resignation letters. Full denial based on exemptions

DOJ-2017-003100 ODAG 03/20/2017 03/29/2017 Copies of U.S. Attorney resignation letters. Full denial based on exemptions Records pertaining to the Executive Order on reducing regulation and DOJ-2017-003150 OASG 03/03/2017 03/29/2017 controlling regulatory costs. No records Records pertaining to the Executive Order on reducing regulation and DOJ-2017-003149 ODAG 03/03/2017 03/29/2017 controlling regulatory costs. No records DOJ-2017-002693 OAG 03/03/2017 03/29/2017 Records concerning Executive Order 13771. No records Listing of all officials hired since November 9, 2016, as members of DOJ-2017-002488 OLA 02/22/2017 03/29/2017 President Trump's "landing team." Full grant Correspondence between Amnesty International and Amnesty International USA and the Office of Public Affairs from January 1, 2001, to December 31, DOJ-2016-000749 PAO 11/16/2015 03/30/2017 2013. Other - Records Publically Available Copy of former Attorney General Holder's memorandum to U.S. Attorneys DOJ-2017-002696 OAG 03/03/2017 03/30/2017 concerning discretion in charging individuals. Other - Records Publically Available DOJ-2016-005708 OLP 09/26/2016 03/31/2017 Records regarding judges commissions. Partial grant/partial denial DOJ-2016-005707 OAG 09/26/2016 03/31/2017 Records regarding judges commissions. No records All records referred to another DOJ-2017-003206 OIP 03/27/2017 03/31/2017 Copies of various ethics waivers. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-003178 OLA 03/24/2017 03/31/2017 Records concerning the Federal Bureau of Investigation biometric card. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-003193 OIP 03/24/2017 03/31/2017 Records concerning Family Health Network, LLC. agency Records concerning a draft Executive Order entitled "Establishing a All records referred to another DOJ-2017-003202 OIP 03/24/2017 03/31/2017 Government-Wide Initiative to Respect Religious Freedom." agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-003161 OIP 03/23/2017 03/31/2017 Records concerning a former Assistant United States Attorney. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-003023 OIP 03/17/2017 03/31/2017 Information concerning United States of America v Wells Fargo Bank. agency All records referred to another DOJ-2017-003075 OIP 03/15/2017 03/31/2017 Copies of the tax returns of President Donald Trump. agency

8 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in March 2017

Request Number Office Submitted Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Records pertaining to the term “ammunition” as defined under 18 U.S.C. § DOJ-2017-002902 OAG 03/10/2017 03/31/2017 921(a)(17)(A). No records Listing of meetings between Attorney General Jeff Sessions with foreign DOJ-2017-002686 OAG 03/02/2017 03/31/2017 Ambassadors in the last 5 years. Full grant

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