F-2014-01815 FOLLOW UP RESPONSE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06408543
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: July 11, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2022
• Case Number: F-2015-00885
• Publication Date: August 21, 2014

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Central Intelligence Agency
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Washington, D.C. 20505
21 August 2014
Ms. Heather Akers-Healy
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 12154
P.O. Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
Reference: F-2014-01815
Dear Ms. Akers-Healy:
This acknowledges receipt of your 11 August 2014 letter regarding your 14 June 2014
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for:
"Contracts, agreements, purchase orders, and any correspondence or communications
with Google Special Services, Inc. or Google Federal, including email..."
Specifically, your letter is in response to our 2 July 2014 letter in which we asked you to
clarify your request. You are now requesting contracts, agreements, purchase orders, and
correspondence and communications that are related to Google Special Services, Inc. or Google
Federal, including email. We can conduct a search on your modified request.
I must consider your request for a fee waiver under the standards the Agency FOIA
regulations outline, which you will find at Part 1900 of Title 32 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, and Department of Justice guidance. I have reviewed your request under those
standards to determine "if disclosure of the information is in the public interest because it is
likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the
government and is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester." Your request does
not meet these standards because disclosing the information you seek is not "likely to contribute
significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the United States
Government." I therefore deny your request for a fee waiver.
You may appeal this decision, in my care, within 45 days from the date of this letter.
Should you choose to appeal the denial of your request for a fee waiver, you are encouraged to
provide an explanation supporting your appeal. Agency regulations also specify that if the
Agency has started to process a request, the Agency may only accept an appeal of a fee waiver
denial if the requester agrees to be responsible for the costs in the event of an adverse
administrative or judicial decision.
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Based on the information provided in your letter, we determined that your request falls
into the "all other" fee category, which may require you to pay charges to cover the cost of
searching for and reproducing responsive records (if any) beyond the first 100 pages of
reproduction and the first two hours of search time, which are free. Copies are ten cents per
page.
Before we can begin processing your request, we must receive your commitment to pay
all fees incurred under the conditions stated above. We will hold your request in abeyance for 45
days from the date of this letter pending your response.
Sincerely,
Michele Meeks
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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