Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel Emails Homeland Security & Emergency Management Agency

This Office adjudicates administrative FOIA appeals on behalf of the Mayor. We received the attached appeal based upon a FOIA decision (or lack of decision) issued by your agency. Please provide us with your response to the appeal within five (5) business days of this communication.

Please include the following in your response:

• The justification for your decision not to grant review of records as requested;
• A Vaughn index of documents withheld, and an affidavit or declaration of a knowledgeable official or employee testifying to the decision to withhold documents; and
• A copy of the public record or records in dispute on the appeal; provided, that if the public record contains personal, sensitive, or confidential information, you may redact such information.

If no response is received, a final decision will be made on the record before us.

Please be advised that your agency’s response may be shared with the requester when the final decision is issued. Therefore, please clearly mark any confidential information contained in your response.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,
Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel (MOLC)
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 407
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 727-8812

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4 attachments

• Freedom_of_Information_Act_Request_for_CCTV_Footage_and_Request_for_Fee_Waiver.pdf 63K
• Lorem _HSEMA_GovQA Request Form.pdf 563K
• Statement_of_Circumstances.pdf 67K
• Statement_of_Denial.pdf 330K