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U.S. Department of Transportation 1/11/2012 Office of The Secretary of Transportation FOIA REQUESTS SEARCH RESULTS Control No Requestor Last Name Requesting Firm Date Logged Subject 2011-0001 Jones the National Security 10/04/2010 All documents related to implementing the Archive FOIA Guidance that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and White House Counsel Bob Bauer instructed DOT to take in a 3/16/10 memo to all agency and department heads. 2011-0002 Barry Nutter McClennen & Fish 10/04/2010 Copies of all documents or recorded LLP materials concerning the Barnstable Municipal Airport located at 480 Barnstable Road, Hyannis, MA for the period between January 1, 2005 and the present date. 2011-0003 Maxwell US Office of Personnel 10/04/2010 Management/FIS/FOIA/PA Office 2011-0004 Watson Rob Wiley, PC 10/07/2010 A copy of the contract between Bancroft and Sons Transportation, Inc. 3390 High Prairie Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75050, DOT # 225397 and the federal government and United States Postal Service. (See Request) 2011-0005 Moneme Carmen Group Incorporated 10/20/2010 A copy of the team sheet and associated documents for the Denver Union Station Project, financed with $145 million dollars through the Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act program. 2011-0006 10/20/2010 Records limited to drug testing procedures, the test themselves, risks and problems with urine tests for illegal drug use. 2011-0007 10/20/2010 Any and all correspondence within the control of DOT related to my termination from the FAA Office of Chief Counsel on 9/20/2010 and the subsequent do not admit order. 2011-0008 MacFarlane COX-TV 10/20/2010 Copies of all travel expense reports/records for trips made to Illinois and/or Pennsylvania by Secretary LaHood in 2009 and 2010. 2011-0009 Stachewicz FOIA Group, Inc. 10/20/2010 A copy of the final Federal Data Center Consolidation Plan submitted to OMB by August 30, 2010. Page 1 of 34 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY USE OF INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS RESTRICTED. Federal, Departmental, and Agency policies and procedures are to be followed regarding secured storage, retrievability, access controls, retention, and disposal of the records. This material is subject to the safeguards of the Privacy Act of 1974, USC 552a, as amended. U.S. Department of Transportation 1/11/2012 Office of The Secretary of Transportation FOIA REQUESTS SEARCH RESULTS Control No Requestor Last Name Requesting Firm Date Logged Subject 2011-0010 Tucker National Corporate 10/20/2010 Copy of a response email from the Research Assistant Secretary for Aviation and Int'l Affairs, to United Airlines dated 3/1/10, regarding Small Community Air Service Development Program 2009. 2011-0011 Olivas Michael Cordova Law Firm 10/20/2010 Copies of documents concerning the motor carrier (Amado Trucking), DOT No. 241605, date of accident October 6, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ. (See incoming) 2011-0012 Olivas Michael Cordova Law Firm 10/20/2010 Request copies of documents concerning the motor carrier (Kenan Advantage Group) mailing address 4366 Mt. Pleasant NW, North Canton, OH 44720, under U.S. DOT No. 90831, date of accident: September 24, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ, etc. (see incoming) 2011-0013 10/20/2010 Copies of all documents related to my person or entity that is file wth your office. 2011-0014 MacFarlane COX-TV 10/20/2010 Copies of all correspondence in 2010 from the Secretary to Members of Congress that are held in the Secretary's personal correspondence file. 2011-0015 Ravnitzky 10/26/2010 Request copies of any correspondence to or from the Republican Governors Association in the correspondence files of the Office of the Secretary as far as January 1, 2000 (see request) 2011-0016 Miller FedSources 10/29/2010 Documents related to Task Order DTOS59-10-F-00043 awarded to NC4 Public Sector, LLC including the statement of work. 2011-0017 Shaposhnikov Alcalde & Fay 10/29/2010 A copy of the complete full application of grant-winning projects under DOT Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER II) for South Park Bridge Replacement Seattle, Washington; Memorial Bridge Replacement Portsmouth, NH & Kittery, ME); and Ann Arbor Bridges, MI. (See Request) 2011-0018 Dobson Huffmaster 11/03/2010 Any and all violations from the agencies in question for the time period of November 1, 2008 to date, that includes date, time and place of violation. (See Request) Page 2 of 34 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY USE OF INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS RESTRICTED. Federal, Departmental, and Agency policies and procedures are to be followed regarding secured storage, retrievability, access controls, retention, and disposal of the records. This material is subject to the safeguards of the Privacy Act of 1974, USC 552a, as amended. U.S. Department of Transportation 1/11/2012 Office of The Secretary of Transportation FOIA REQUESTS SEARCH RESULTS Control No Requestor Last Name Requesting Firm Date Logged Subject 2011-0019 McClanahan Kohn Kokn & Colapinto 11/03/2010 Copies of any and all records, including LLP cross-referenced, pertaining to contracts between DOT and Kelly, Anderson, and Associates, Inc. (KAA) to perform investigations for the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and any and all records describing OIG investigations performed by KAA personnel. 2011-0020 Hendrix Desmond, Nolan, Livaich & 11/05/2010 Copies of all of the documents DOT Cunningham provided to Susan Vineyard per her FOIA request FY 2006-166 dated April 3, 2005, including all documents that were originally sent to Ms. Vineyard on August 17, 2007 and all documents that were later certified and sent to her upon her request. 2011-0021 Dillon Central Time Coalition 11/12/2010 Information pertaining to the modification of the Eastern Standard Time Zone and Central Standard Time Zone. 2011-0022 Christian 11/12/2010 Cash, or cash equivalent given prior to January 1, 2008 as deposit, etc in the amount of $2,500 or greater that has not been refunded for things like road improvement. (See Request) 2011-0023 Israel Center for Public Integrity 11/12/2010 Copies of all correspondence or records pertaining to requests from individuals and/or organizations requesting FOIA logs from your agency, dated between January 1, 2009 and the date you process this request. (See Request) 2011-0024 Johnson 11/17/2010 A copy of all memos, emails, letters, policy documents, which communicate a policy, process, or direction by which any component of the White House, or the political appointees of DOT shall be notified or given an opportuity to review documents whenever DOT receives incoming FOIA requests deemed to be politically sensitive. (See Request) 2011-0025 Johnson Fed Sources 11/18/2010 copy of the basic awarded contract, including the statement of work RE: Contract #DTOSS5910C00442, awarded to Apogee Engineering, Inc. Page 3 of 34 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY USE OF INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS RESTRICTED. Federal, Departmental, and Agency policies and procedures are to be followed regarding secured storage, retrievability, access controls, retention, and disposal of the records. This material is subject to the safeguards of the Privacy Act of 1974, USC 552a, as amended. U.S. Department of Transportation 1/11/2012 Office of The Secretary of Transportation FOIA REQUESTS SEARCH RESULTS Control No Requestor Last Name Requesting Firm Date Logged Subject 2011-0026 Smathers MuckRock 11/18/2010 copies of all emails and corresponding attachments sent to:, cc: or bcc: or from Ray LaHood or any person who communicates on his behalf where the email contains any of the following keywords in the subject or body: (see request) 2011-0027 Bass Bloomberg News 11/18/2010 copies of written or electronic correspondence to the U.S. Department of Transportation sent between January 1, 2010, and the present, from the following members of the U.S. House of Representatives (see request) 2011-0028 Blanco Rumberger, Kirk and 11/18/2010 Request copy of the investigation file of Caldwell the flight delay -- Carvajal v. American Airlines, Inc. our file No: 115801 --and all related documents, including but not limited to any statements taken of any witnesses, etc. (see request) 2011-0029 Mawhorr Law Offices of John H. 11/18/2010 request information about any DOT Brooke regulation, which pertains to safety, that would control, govern or regulate any of the activity described in fact pattern (see request) 2011-0030 Bush 11/18/2010 Request documents regarding agency directive on implementing President Obama's January 21, 2009 Executive Order on Open Government and Attorney General Eric Holder's guidance for federal agencies on Freedom of Information Act, including the offices that received the guidance, etc (see request) 2011-0031 Korte USA Today 11/26/2010 Copies of an accounting of DOT congressional earmarks or demonstration projects with unobligated balances aka FMIA N06 reports. 2011-0032 Suzuki Office of International Trade 11/26/2010 DOT, Maritime Administration appeal documents. 2011-0033 Trout 12/10/2010 Application for TIGER II funding by the City of Ludington, Michigan and any letters of support or opposition 2011-0034 Cox 12/10/2010 Copy of the TIGER grant agreement between the DOT and Norfolk 2011-0035 Boulange 12/10/2010 Copies of all records of self (See request) Page 4 of 34 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY USE OF INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS RESTRICTED. Federal, Departmental, and Agency policies and procedures are to be followed regarding secured storage, retrievability, access controls, retention, and disposal of the records. This material is subject to the safeguards of the Privacy Act of 1974, USC 552a, as amended. U.S. Department of Transportation 1/11/2012 Office of The Secretary of Transportation FOIA REQUESTS SEARCH RESULTS Control No Requestor Last Name Requesting Firm Date Logged Subject 2011-0036 12/10/2010 Copies of all criminal case bonding information (See request) 2011-0037 Hernandez DOJ/FBI 12/10/2010 Copies of all records concerning a deceased individual named George Michael Steinbrenner III (See request) 2011-0038 Budnick Oregon State Capitol 12/10/2010 Copies of FOIA log entries covering requests made to USDOT in general, as well as FHWA and DOT OIG since July 1, 2007.
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