FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in December 2020
Submitted Request Number Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request Communications concerning the consideration of race in postsecondary education admissions between the Department of Justice and Eric Dreiband or Jones Day since January DOJ-2017-006367 08/30/2017 12/01/2020 20, 2017. No Records
FOIA-2021-00167 10/23/2020 12/01/2020 Memoranda concerning the Kids Internet Design and Safety Act. No Records
DOJ-2018-007611 08/14/2018 12/01/2020 Records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force since September 1, 2017. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Copies of the position descriptions for various officials of the Office of Information Policy in FOIA-2020-02294 09/16/2020 12/01/2020 2019. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2021-00281 11/10/2020 12/01/2020 Statistical information concerning United States Penitentiary Canaan. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA FOIA-2021-00216 10/30/2020 12/02/2020 Press releases pertaining to the Netflix film "Cuties." No Records
DOJ-2017-003435 04/03/2017 12/02/2020 Calendar of Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Copies of retention schedules for the Offices of the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney FOIA-2021-00231 10/30/2020 12/02/2020 General, Legal Policy, Legislative Affairs, and Information Policy since 2005. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2021-00368 11/20/2020 12/02/2020 Records concerning the System for Award Management. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA Records concerning the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Department of Homeland Security FOIA-2021-00372 11/23/2020 12/02/2020 Fusion Center since May 25, 2020. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA Copy of the notes associated with the March 28, 2019 telephone conversation between DOJ-2019-004767 05/17/2019 12/03/2020 Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General William Barr. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
FOIA-2021-00328 11/19/2020 12/03/2020 Records concerning the hacking of various retailers. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA FOIA-2021-00371 11/24/2020 12/03/2020 Records concerning a third party. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2021-00374 11/27/2020 12/03/2020 Records concerning a former federal inmate. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2021-00346 11/21/2020 12/04/2020 Records concerning the authority of the Deputy Attorney General. Full Grant Copies of a Proof of Claim form from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (B10), 18 USC 152, and 18 FOIA-2021-00388 11/30/2020 12/04/2020 USC 357. Full Grant
Copies of notes memorializing conversations between Attorney General William Barr and DOJ-2019-004392 05/01/2019 12/04/2020 Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
Records memorializing a telephone call between Special Counsel Robert Mueller and DOJ-2019-004393 05/02/2019 12/04/2020 Attorney General William Barr. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
1 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in December 2020
Submitted Request Number Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Copies of notes taken during a March 28, 2019 telephone conversation between Special DOJ-2019-005259 06/11/2019 12/04/2020 Counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General William Barr. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
Copies of the notes taken by Attorney General William Barr during conversations with DOJ-2019-004399 05/02/2019 12/04/2020 Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
FOIA-2021-00389 11/30/2020 12/04/2020 Copy of a report from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2021-00347 11/21/2020 12/07/2020 Record concerning the authority of the Associate Attorney General. Full Grant
Communications between the Office of the Attorney General and the Ohio Secretary of State or members of the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity concerning Husted v. DOJ-2017-006029 08/11/2017 12/07/2020 A Phillip Randolph Institute from January 1, 2017, through August 11, 2017. No Records
FOIA-2021-00410 12/03/2020 12/07/2020 Records concerning United States Penitentiary Canaan. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
Communications between the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and Andrew McCabe regarding the creation of a Special Counsel, and records pertaining to the selection of DOJ-2018-004309 04/19/2018 12/08/2020 Robert Mueller as Special Counsel from March 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018. Full Grant List of all current officials of the Office of Information Policy, including email address, titles, FOIA-2021-02444 10/02/2020 12/08/2020 and salary. No Records
FOIA-2021-02446 10/02/2020 12/08/2020 Listing of current officials of the Office of Legal Policy. No Records FOIA-2021-02447 10/02/2020 12/08/2020 Listing of current officials of the Office of Legislative Affairs. No Records
FOIA-2021-02448 10/02/2020 12/08/2020 Listing of current officials of the Office of Public Affairs. No Records FOIA-2021-02450 10/02/2020 12/08/2020 Listing of current officials of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General. No Records
FOIA-2021-02501 10/02/2020 12/08/2020 Listing of current officials of the Office of the Associate Attorney General. No Records Records released subsequent to Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence v. Department FOIA-2021-00073 10/20/2020 12/08/2020 of Justice . Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA FOIA-2021-00403 12/02/2020 12/08/2020 Records concerning D.B. Cooper's hijacking of flight #305. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA Records concerning United States ex rel. Holderith, et al. v. One Step Diagnostic, Inc. , et al., FOIA-2021-00414 12/04/2020 12/08/2020 Case No. 12-CV-2988 (S.D. Tex.). Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2020-02219 09/04/2020 12/09/2020 Records regarding the FOIA STAR fields "Coordination" and "Significant." Full Grant
2 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in December 2020
Submitted Request Number Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
FOIA-2021-00093 10/16/2020 12/09/2020 Copies of Department of Justice Views Letters from 2011, 2012, and 2017. Full Grant Records concerning federal powers or authorities to issue and/or enforce quarantine orders FOIA-2021-00299 11/10/2020 12/09/2020 in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak since December 31, 2019. Full Grant
FOIA-2021-02449 10/02/2020 12/09/2020 Listing of current officials of the Office of the Attorney General. No Records
DOJ-2019-000228 10/12/2018 12/09/2020 Records concerning the Department of Justice "zero tolerance" program. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
DOJ-2019-001196 11/30/2018 12/09/2020 Records concerning the Department of Justice "zero tolerance" program. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
Specific communications between the Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Attorney John Durham, or Leonard C. Boyle, and the White House or DOJ-2019-005519 06/21/2019 12/09/2020 Congress since February 14, 2019. Partial Grant/Partial Denial Emails of former Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio, as well as Mr. DOJ-2019-004561 05/09/2019 12/10/2020 Panuccio's calendars from January 1, 2018, through March 30, 2018 No Records Communications pertaining to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private DOJ-2017-000833 11/21/2016 12/10/2020 email server. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
FOIA-2021-00442 12/09/2020 12/10/2020 Records concerning a third party. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
Communications with state governments pertaining the lawsuits by state governments to DOJ-2017-006486 09/06/2017 12/11/2020 challenge the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Full Grant
Emails between Matthew Whitaker and Sam Clovis from September 22, 2017, through May DOJ-2019-000819 11/13/2018 12/11/2020 4, 2018, and emails of Matthew Whitaker concerning Clovis since September 22, 2017. No Records
DOJ-2018-007460 08/07/2018 12/11/2020 Records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
DOJ-2018-007485 08/08/2018 12/11/2020 Records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
DOJ-2018-007613 08/14/2018 12/11/2020 Records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
DOJ-2018-008282 09/11/2018 12/11/2020 Records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
DOJ-2018-008493 09/20/2018 12/11/2020 Records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
3 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in December 2020
Submitted Request Number Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
(1) Calendar of Attorney General Jeff Sessions since February 8, 2018, (2) records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force, and (3) meetings between the Office of the DOJ-2018-007649 08/16/2018 12/11/2020 Attorney General and the Alliance Defending Freedom. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
DOJ-2018-006498 07/09/2018 12/14/2020 Records concerning immigration detention centers. Full Grant
FOIA-2021-02494 10/05/2020 12/14/2020 Records concerning denaturalization, Operation Janus, and Operation Second Look. Full Grant Copies of any Department of Justice policies regarding Department officials selling FOIA-2021-00311 11/13/2020 12/14/2020 protection to white collar criminals and/or organized crime. No Records
FOIA-2021-00370 11/24/2020 12/14/2020 Records concerning an alleged hacking of HBO in 2017. No Records
FOIA-2021-00321 11/18/2020 12/14/2020 Copies of records provided to the Biden presidential transition team. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
Copies of photographs taken at the March 7, 2019 Department of Justice event on "Tech FOIA-2021-00327 11/19/2020 12/14/2020 Industry Forum to Address Technical-Support Fraud." Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2021-00427 12/04/2020 12/14/2020 Copy of an investigative report. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2021-00428 12/04/2020 12/14/2020 Records of Correctional Institution Moshannon Valley. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
Copies of sections of the Guide to the Freedom of Information Act covering Exemptions 6 FOIA-2021-00437 12/08/2020 12/15/2020 and 7. Full Grant Communications between Rob Collins and the Offices of the Attorney General or Legal DOJ-2017-005290 07/12/2017 12/15/2020 Policy from January 31, 2017, through April 7, 2017. No Records
FOIA-2021-00445 12/10/2020 12/15/2020 Copies of records disclosed in response to another Freedom of Information Act request. No Records
FOIA-2021-00452 12/13/2020 12/15/2020 Records concerning the Office of Professional Responsibility. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2020-02270 09/11/2020 12/16/2020 Records regarding administrative appeals A-2020-01472, A-2020-01501, and A-2020-01502. Full Grant
DOJ-2018-001988 01/09/2018 12/16/2020 Communications with Speaker Paul Ryan from December 1, 2017, to January 5, 2018. No Records
DOJ-2018-007480 08/07/2018 12/16/2020 Records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
4 FOIA Requests Closed by OIP in December 2020
Submitted Request Number Date Date Closed Summary of Request Disposition of Request
Communications between the Department of Justice and third parties concerning the DOJ-2018-008358 09/17/2018 12/16/2020 Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
Records from the Departmental Executive Secretariat containing specific terms and internal DOJ-2019-000148 10/05/2018 12/16/2020 memorandum concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
DOJ-2019-000409 10/22/2018 12/16/2020 Records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
DOJ-2019-000499 10/22/2018 12/16/2020 Records concerning the Religious Liberty Task Force. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
Records concerning the potential renewal or amendment of the Cooperative Agreement between the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and VeriSign FOIA-2020-02185 09/02/2020 12/16/2020 Inc. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
FOIA-2021-00453 12/13/2020 12/16/2020 Records concerning the Office of Professional Responsibility. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
FOIA-2021-00002 10/09/2020 12/18/2020 Records concerning administrative appeal 2010-3166. No Records
A memorandum that shows if the case management system used by OIP in 2005 to 2017 FOIA-2021-00450 12/13/2020 12/18/2020 was called the Legal Information Office Network System. No Records
FOIA-2021-00458 12/13/2020 12/18/2020 Records concerning the log-in procedures for the Legal Information Office Network System. No Records
FOIA-2021-00462 12/16/2020 12/18/2020 A specific email sent to the address [email protected]. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
Emails received by the Department of Justice between January 20, 2017, and April 28, 2017, from any Republican National Committee domain, including but not limited to emails from DOJ-2017-003808 04/28/2017 12/21/2020 rnchq.org. No Records
FOIA-2021-00463 12/16/2020 12/21/2020 Copies of specific emails sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Directed Requester to Another Entity Subject to FOIA
Specific records determined to be not responsive to DOJ-2018-006451 and DOJ-2018- DOJ-2020-001863 01/16/2020 12/28/2020 007115. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
Records concerning the Report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the March 5, 2019 meeting between Attorney General William Barr and Special Counsel Mueller, and the June DOJ-2019-004047 04/22/2019 12/31/2020 8, 2018 memorandum written by Attorney General Barr. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
Communications between the Office of the Inspector General and Special Counsel's Office FOIA-2020-01224 03/01/2018 12/31/2020 since March 1, 2018. Partial Grant/Partial Denial
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