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FOIA Logs for NASA Mgmt Office Description of document: FOIA CASE LOGS for: NASA Management Office - Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA for FY2005 - FY2008 Requested date: 14-November-2007 Released date: 09-January-2008 Posted date: 14-January-2008 Date/date range of document: 06-October-2004 – 07-January-2008 Source of document: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Pasadena, California 91109 JPL FOIA Officer Email: [email protected] Phone: 818.393.6779 Fax: 818.393.3160 The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference only. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals have made every effort to make this information as complete and as accurate as possible, however, there may be mistakes and omissions, both typographical and in content. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information provided on the governmentattic.org web site or in this file From: JPL-FOIA <[email protected]> Date: 2008/01/10 Thu AM 11:50:11 CST Subject: FOIA Request JPL-08-012 FOIA Request JPL-08-012 RC000/NMO January 9, 2008 Re: FOIA Request JPL-08-012 Your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for release of information from the files of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was received in FOIA processing at the NASA Management Office-Jet Propulsion Laboratory on November 14, 2007. You requested the following: an electronic copy of the FOIA Case Logs for NASA Management Office - JPL for the time period FY2005 and FY2006 and FY2007 to the present. Please find FOIA Logs for FY2005 to present attached. Personal addresses of requesters were redacted from this log. The removal of this information constitutes a partial denial pursuant to the FOIA, Title 5, USC, Section 552, Exemption (b)(6). You have appeal rights concerning these actions. You may appeal this initial determination to the NASA Administrator. Your appeal must: (1) be addressed to the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Mail Stop: P, 300 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20546, (2) be identified clearly on the envelope and in the letter as an Appeal under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); (3) include a copy of the request for the agency record, and a copy of the adverse initial determination; (4) state, to the extent possible, the reasons why you believe the initial determination should be reversed; and (5) be sent to the Administrator with thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the receipt of this initial determination. I trust this will be of assistance to you. Thank you. Sincerely, Dennis B. Mahon Freedom of Information Act Public Liaison Officer and Records Manager Enclosures FOIA Log Dennis B. Mahon Freedom of Information Act Public Liaison Officer and Records Manager National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory Suite RC000 Office of Program and Institutional Integration/NMO 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 180-200C Pasadena, CA 91109-8001 Phone: (818) 393-6779 Fax: (818) 393-3160 ORIGINATOR ORIGINATOR ZIP LOG NUMBER RECV'D IN FOIA ORIGINATOR NAME ORIGINATOR COMPANY ORIGINATOR ADDRESS ORIGINATOR CITY STATE CODE LOG NUMBER 2008-001 10/1/2007 Scott Brotherton 2008-001 2008-002 10/1/2007 Jeffrey Goldader The Baldwin School 701 Montgomery Ave. Bryn Mawr PA 19010-3505 2008-002 2008-003 10/1/2007 Thomas Lynch Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP 1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW, FL 12 Washington DC 20036-4305 2008-003 2008-004 10/4/2007 Monica Jones Input 10790 Parkridge Blvd., Ste. 200 Reston VA 20191-4372 2008-004 2008-005 10/23/2007 David Brinegar David Brinegar and Company 249 Transit St. Providence RI 02906-3039 2008-005 2008-006 10/23/2007 Astrid Boelt German Aerospace Center Linder Hoehe Koeln Germany 51147 2008-006 2008-007 10/23/2007 Ketty Ciandrini ETH-Bibliothek Interbibliothekarischer Leihverkehr Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich 2008-007 2008-008 10/23/2007 Anne Calder Miller Environmental, Inc. 2210 S. Dupont Dr. Anaheim CA 92806-6104 2008-008 2008-009 10/29/2007 Tom Karpel ITT Systems Division 4410 E. Fountain Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80916 CO 80916-2153 2008-009 2008-010 11/9/2007 Thomas Fiske 2008-010 2008-011 11/14/2007 Ophir Katzir 2008-011 2008-012 11/14/2007 Michael Ravnitzky 1905 August Dr. Silver Spring MD 20902-4034 2008-012 2008-013 12/18/2007 Heather Fortney Carleton University Library - Interlibrary Loans Department 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 CANADA 2008-013 2008-014 1/7/2008 Scott Brotherton 2008-014 DOCUMENT REQUESTED DISPOSITION “…drawings including views from the +/- X, +/- Y and +/- Z axis for the Mariner family of spacecraft. This includes Mariner 2, 4, 6/7, 9, and 10. I would also like to request the Ranger family. This would include the Total Grant Block I (Ranger 1), Block II (Ranger 3-5), Block III (Ranger 6-9).…” “…scale outline drawings of the Mariner 10 and Mars Pathfinder Lander spacecraft. I request views from all six axes, +X, -X, +Y, -Y, +Z, and –Z if possible..…” Total Grant “…The IDI Contract… …All documents relating to or showing NASA’s basis or justification for awarding the Technical Support Task Order scope of work to IDI as part of the IDI Contract… All communications relating No Records to NASA’s evaluation of IDI’s performance of the Technical Support Task Order scope of work…” “…documents regarding contract #961507 awarded to RAYTHEON COMPANY under the SCIENCE DATA SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION (SDSIO) requirement. Specifically, I am requesting copies Total Grant of the following information/documents: SOW…” “…copy of neutron transport simulations for Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)…” Partial Grant “…JPL Technical Reports… ...Donald Rapp, "Solar energy on Mars, Volume 1. Basics" JPL D-31342-vol.1 (Dec. 2004). Donald Rapp, "Solar energy on Mars, Volume 2. Calculations of Solar Energy on Mars" JPL D- Total Grant 31342-vol. 2 (Dec. 2004)…” “…the following report: Bunton, Wiley R., Michael Diethlem, and Karen Haigler “Romberg quadrature subroutines for single and multiple integrals” TM 314-221, July 1, 1969 and Bunton, Wiley R., and Michael Diethelm Total Grant “Modifications to the JPL Romberg Subroutines” TM 314-247, September 1, 1970…” “…copies of all other bids for… …RFP No. KS-2662-652156…” Not An Agency Record “…documents regarding the JPL M&O subcontract #1251857… …copy of the subcontract, any modifications to that subcontract, and a statement of work or performance work statement…” “all information you have on John Patrick Meehan, MD.” No Records “report regarding Thermal Testing, No. JPL D-11958... ...composed by Mr. Steven L. Cornford...” Total Grant “an electronic copy of the FOIA Case Logs for NASA Management Office - JPL for the time period FY2005 and FY2006 and FY2007 to the present.” Partial Grant 2 reports (full text) and we were wondering if you could supply them for us or let us know where we could obtain them. Here are the titles we are looking for: High Velocity Penetrator Mission for the Outer Planets Total Grant by H. Harris and M. Adams, April 1994. Deep Space 2 The Mars Microprobe Project and Beyond, by S. E. Smrekar and S. A. Gavit, 1998. scale drawings. I would like to request drawings including views from the +/- X, +/- Y and +/- Z axis for the following spacecraft: Dawn, Deep Impact, Deep Space 1, Genesis, Near, Sojourner, Stardust, and Spitzer (SIRTF). ORIGINATOR ORIGINATOR ZIP LOG NUMBER RECV'D IN FOIA ORIGINATOR NAME ORIGINATOR COMPANY ORIGINATOR ADDRESS ORIGINATOR CITY STATE CODE LOG NUMBER 2007-001 10/5/2006 Stacy Penland Freedom InfoSource, Inc. 4110 Twin Falls St. Irving TX 75062-2909 2007-001 2007-002 10/11/2006 Steve Stalos 2007-002 2007-003 10/6/2006 Todd Mack Washington Document Service, Inc. 1250 Connecticut Ave, NW Ste. 200 Washington DC 20036-2603 2007-003 2007-004 10/6/2006 Deborah Trump bd Systems, Inc. 285 Van Ness Ave., Ste 200 Torrance CA 90501-6232 2007-004 2007-005 10/10/2006 Joel West San Jose State University BT 555 One Washington Square San Jose CA 95192-0070 2007-005 Bibliothécaire et conseillère en information Librarian and Information 2007-006 10/13/2006 Margaret Gross Officer MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation 21025 Trans Canada Highway St. Anne de Bellevue, Qc CANADA H9X 3R2 2007-006 2007-007 11/16/2006 Steven Hubert The Law Office of Steven Hubert 32 Court St., Ste 207 Brooklyn NY 11201-4404 2007-007 2007-008 11/21/2006 Scott Brackett Smiths Aerospace 3290 Patterson Ave., S.E. Grand Rapids MI 49512-1934 2007-008 2007-009 12/8/2006 Elizabeth Steponkus Federal Sources, Inc. 8400 Westpark Drive, 4th Floor McLean VA 22102-3522 2007-009 2007-010 1/16/2007 Duane Fletcher Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. 1120 Spring St., Ste. 1001 Seattle WA 98104-3504 2007-010 2007-011 1/25/2007 Kaitlynn Connelly Input 10790 Parkridge Blvd., Ste. 200, Rm. 7532 Reston VA 20191-4372 2007-011 2007-012 1/30/2007 Roger Bass 2007-012 2007-013 2/5/2007 Dwayne Day 2007-013 2007-014 2/7/2007 Elizabeth Steponkus Federal Sources, Inc. 8400 Westpark Drive, 4th Floor McLean VA 22102-3522 2007-014 2007-015 2/7/2007 Elizabeth Steponkus Federal Sources, Inc. 8400 Westpark Drive, 4th Floor McLean VA 22102-3522 2007-015 2007-016 2/14/2007 Timothy Ellis Harris Corporation [email protected] 2007-016 2007-017 2/21/2007 Catherine Nielsen 2007-017 2007-018 2/22/2007 Ronnie Shaw QSS Group, Inc.
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