702 Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001 Tel: 202?462-1177 - Fax: 202?462-4507 20 February, 2015 The Honorable Lamar Smith Chairman, United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 2321 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson Ranking Member, United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 2468 Rayburn Of?ce Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Johnson: I am writing to apprise you of a matter concerning the integrity of the United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (the House Committee on Science.) Specifically, I am concerned that your Committee may have been provided with false or misleading information in a letter provided to you by ExxonMobil. I will lay out this concern in greater detail below. In 2006, the House Committee on Science began to examine research that appeared to be corrupted by the undue in?uence of special interests. As ABC News reported, the House Committee on Science was concerned that ExxonMobil was ?pushingjunk science intended to fool the public? on global warming.I The concern was a study funded by ExxonMobil and published by Dr. Willie Soon ofthe Harvard?Smithsonian Center for AstrOphysics. The Chairman ofa subcommittee ofthe House Committee on Science called that study "a facade of scientific respectability.?2 In response to your Committee?s concerns about the possibility of research being corrupted by special interests, ExxonMobil sent the Committee a letter dated November 6, 2007. That letter states, in the pertinent part: Dr. Soon is an employee of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, one ofthe country?s leading scientific organizations. More than 300 scientists at the Center are engaged in a broad program of research in astronomy, astrophysics, earth and space sciences and science education. Our grant through the ExxonMobi] Foundation neither requests nor directs 1 Justin Rood, ?Polar Bear Brawl: Dem Blasts Exxon Over Research,? ABCNews.com, October 23, 2007, see also: 2 . scienti?c studies from the Center. In the case ofthe Center?s contribution to the study you referenced in your letter, the authors note that the research conducted and the views expressed are independent of any funding sources. ATTACHMENT [emphasis added] According to documents made public by Smithsonian Institution under the Freedom of Information Act, a couple months after Exxon Mobil sent this letter, denying that they were directing studies from the Harvard?Smithsonian Center, they agreed to pay Dr. Soon, in part to create scientific studies. For instance, on January 14, 2008, Lauren Kerr with ExxonMobil Corporation sent an email to Dr. Soon that reads, ?Hi Willie the proposal looks fine.? ATTACHMENT On February 27, 2008, Amanda Preston with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics wrote in an email, ?Thanks very much for getting back to me last week about ExxonMobil?s support for Dr. Willie Soon?s research. We are very pleased at the outcome of this decision. I am attaching a proposal for your review and a request for payment.? She adds that the Center is also requesting indirect costs from Exxon to support the research. ATTACHMENT Attached to the February 27 email is a document titled, Proposal to ExxonMobil Corporation.? ATTACHMENT The second page of that document reads: Expected Outcomes: (1) Publication of both original and review papers on solar variability and climate change and various environmental impacts of that related change in leading scienti?c journals for the advancement of climate and meteorological selences. A separate page of that document notes that the ExxonMobil Foundation will pay the Center $21,946 in indirect costs. We are troubled to learn that two months after ExxonMobil assured the House Committee on Science that the company did not ?direct scienti?c studies from the Center,? the company began negotiating with Dr. Soon and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center, in part, for publication of scienti?c studies. Moreover, Smithsonian ascribes speci?c studies to ExxonMobil?s grants, for the years 2007?2010. These titles include the following: ?Exxon?Arctic Climate Change? ($55,000) and ?Exxon-Soon Solar Variability? ATTACHMENT According to 18 U.S.C. 100] ,3 it is illegal to provide Congress with a materially false, ?ctitious, or fraudulent statement or representation or to falsify, conceal, or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact. I hope this information will inform your interest in science matters and climate change policy. Ifyou have any questions, feel free to contact Jesse Coleman at jesse.coleman@greenpeace.org. 3 8/1/47/100] Sincerely, MM Ann Leonard Executive Director Greenpeace US cc: Suzanne McCarron, President, ExxonMobi] Foundation ATTACHMENT A 4-2388 16 i 22 . 82/84 Daniel Nelson Vice President Was-hinge: November 6. 2007 The Honorable Brad Miller Chairman Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Committee on Science and Technology Suite 2320 Rayburn House Of?ce Building Washington. 20515-6301 Dear Congressman Miller: Rex Tillerson asked that I respond to your October 17. 2007 letter requesting information ab0ut ExxonMobii's support of scientific research. with particular reference to an article by a number of scientists. including Dr. Willie Soon. published in Ecological Comglexity. Dr. Soon is an employee of The Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. one of the country's leading scientific organizations. More than 300 scientists at the Center are engaged in a broad program of research in astronomy. astrophysics. earth and space sciences and science education. Our grant through the ExxonMobil Foundation neither requests nor directs scientific studies from the Center. in the case of the Center's contribution to the study you referenced in your letter. the authors note that the research conducted and the views expressed are independent of any funding sources. it is our understanding. contrary to your assertions. that in fact this particular scientific study was approved for publication following a peer review process. ExxonMobil recognizes the importance of continued scientific study into the health of Arctic ecosystems. In response to your request. we have enclosed information regarding twenty- lwo scientific studies partially supported by ExxonMobil that have appeared in scientific journals since 2002. These studies were undertaken to enable us to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. (Note: It is possible other published studies may have been indirectly supported by ExxonMobil and this indirect support occurred without our knowledge as part of compliance with legal and regulatory requirements]. We note that you have again requested 2007 information regarding grants that have been awarded in the current year by the Corporation or Foundation. We must again decline to provide incomplete data since the year is not complete and further grants are being contemplated. Consistent with past practice. we will voluntarily release information on 200? grants. by recipient. purpose and amount. in early 2008. As always. i would welcome the opportunity to discuss this with you or members of your staff. Sincerely. I Enclosure Exxon Mabil Corporation anon If Street. NW. Suits: 7m DC. 20006 ExxonMobil Funded Arctic Fauna Studies Since 2002 Arctic Fauna Species Journal issue or issuing Agency and Date [Article Title Authors {Af?liations} a 1 'Ca oboe [Rangil?er tarandus granlt) 2 Eomrnon- Eider I. vnig rum) hyperboreus) arctos) 4? . 5 Long-Tailed Duclr {Clangula hyernalis) (Clangula hyemalis). Eider (Somaten'a). and i is Luigi-Tailed otjck Scoter (Melanitta) '5 (Clangula hyemalis} and Common Eiders (Somaleria vnigraJ '8 Polar Bear (Ureus maritimusl .9 Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus] .10 Polar Bear [Ursus mantimus] (Somaten?a molissima 3 Glaucous Gulls (Larva?fa i655: 'JE?Bi?s?i?? ?1'562?13?7'5 grzooa) ican?ui?h?rietd-Natura list 119(2)- - 131-135- Wildlile Society Bulletin, 32;?57- =771 (2004) Arctic Vol 53, No. 2 (June 2665) - 129-125 P. 65-78 ?u -.-. 4 Gd?ibaarMs'm 1530-34 (20on it 'o?cs Study: MMS ?ooaosr s. GeoLooi'?AL some 7. Open-File Report 2005-1337 Polar Biology. Volume 29. Number 1 1 I October. 2005 Polar Biology. Volume 30. Number 11 (October. 200? mitt: Vol. 59. No- 1' (Manhattan iCaribou distribution near an oil?eld road on 'ghioei, L.E.. KR. Parker. and MA Cronin Alaska?s North Slope. 197?8-2001 {common Eider {Sorbei?na'molissima v-nigrirririfNoel.? mo. E. Johnson. Stephen R?H'O'Doherty. Gillian iNesl Coverand Depreciation on Central AlaskaniM.. and Butdrer. Matthew K. (LGL. Entrix) g?eeufort Sea Barrier Islands .. -.-.. Dit?eld Dearetopment and Glaucous Gull Johnson. Stephen FL. ihyperboreus) Distribution and Abundance in iJ. iCentral Alaskan Beautort Sea Lagoons. rero- 2001 -. TGe?netic variation and relatedness-in?nity" . bears (Ursus arctos} in the Prudhoe Bay region and adjacent areas in northern Alaska -. fcronirfMAH R. Shideler. L. Watts-and?EJ. Nelson . !Elfet:t of underwater seismic surveys on matting Deborah L. Lacroirr. Richard B. Lanclot, John A. Reed. male Long-tailed Duct-rs in the Beaufort Sea. {and Trent L. McDonald Alaska i .-..- - - - long-tailed Duck. Sonia?tone older' and Scoter lNoel. LE. SR. Johnson. and GMTO'thertji. 2005. Melanilta distributions in central Alaska Beaufort;(LGL. Entrix) Sea lagoons. Monitoring'?eauton Sea Waterfowl and Marine :Paui L_Flinti. John A. Read Christian Fransonz. Birds ?Tuula E- Hotlrn?nSJames B. Grands. Marl-t D. Howelld. Richard B. Lanctol5.Deborah Laoroirt'l. and Christian P. Dau5 Polar Bear Population Status in the sobbith :El'tt: VIRegehr and Staven'cf?imslrup. US. Geological Beaufort Sea Survey; and tan Stirling. Canadian Wildlife Sewioe Recent observations of intraspecaftc predation and cannibalism among polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea Steven C. Amstrup. Ian Stirling. Tom 5. Smith. Craig Perham and Gregory W. Thiernann Landward and eastward shift of Alaskan polar bear denning assocrated with recent sea ice changes A Fischbach. AmstrUp and C. Douglas Page at 2 JnN-t4?2oe ts 22 . 83/214 TUTQL . B4 Exxon Mobil Funded Art Fauna Studies Since 2002 11 if 1?5" 14' 15? 16' 17 18 Polar Bear (Ursus man'tirnus) someones: maritimus) 'maritirnus) I Potar?eartUrsus ?maritimusl Polar?BearTUrs-us maritimus) ?_P'o'lar Sear tUrsus maritirnus} 'tSOIar' Bear (Ursus man'timus} FtinQed hiSpidaJ Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) ?dc aooi-oti {the Use o'rsea?loe Habitat by Female Polar i Canadian Journal of Zoology. iMicrosatettite DNA and mitochondrial DNA Volume 54. Not-now 5. 1 May 2005 luariat'ron in polar boars {Ursus maritimus} from . pp. the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Alaska Wild?re?Society?Bulie'tln. Volume Using satellite radiotelernetry data to delineate Steven C. Emstrup. Trent L. McDonald. and George M. 32. issue 3 (September 2094). pp. iand manage wildlife populations EDumer 551 are 3 - - .. . arosci??o'e Vol?Sinai; April one; .pp 337-344 :Cronin. Amstiup. 813.; Sc?hner. KT. I - electing ?enning Polar: Bears viith Fool?raid: I - Looklng Infrared (FUR) Imagery .. IStevenh. Geoff York. Trent L. 'MEEoliaid. Ryan iNielson. Kristin Simac - - - [turner (0563's). Steven C. Amstrupt Bears in the Beaufort Sea iRyan Nielsun {Western EcoSysterns Technology. Inc) lTrent McDonald [Western EcoSystems Technology. inc.) (prepared for the US Department ol the interior. MMS. Alaska 0C3 Region. Jan 2004} It s. llamas. mitigate; Tu?i'ng" {Footsie Choice?nihoeiing?to Generate- [George-ti. comer Selection Methods and [Resource Selection Functions for Female Polar I'Ryan Nielsen [Westem EcoSystems Technology. Inc.) Applications. Proceedings ot the 1stlBears in the Beaufort Sea 1Trent McDonald {Westem EcoSystems Technology. Inc-) Conterenoe on Resource Selection I 1 Modeling. January 2903. Laramie. 1 Wyoming, pp It)? - 120. . -- US. Geological Survey Open:File TEst-irnatih? Bears in the Report 2006-1337. 20 p. Southern Beaufort Sea Steve C- and ?roFt-i. Alaska Science Center LAtlocating harvests among polar bear stocks in S. C.. Git-it. Dome-r. the Beaufon Sea. iMcDonald USGS. I- Stirling: and T. L. Arctic. Voter. No 1 (tiara: 2004; Implications ot'Wan'n Temperatures and an - flan Stirling [Eirtadian Wildlife Service) art?ct fhom as 6. pp 59-57 Unusual Rain Event :Srnith (E.M.C. Eco Marine Corporation and Drakeheath for the Survival at Ringed Seals on the Coast of Kennels] Southeastern Baf?n island Waterbirds 2005 Temperature andt5redation Effects on Abundance and Distribution 0! Lesser Snow Geese in the Sagauanirktok River Delta. Alaska Johnson, Stephen R. Noel. Lynii E. Entrix) Watertilrds 2004 Snow Goose Nesting and Brood-rearing Distributions in the River Delta. Alaska. 1980-2002 Noel. L.E-. Johnson. Stephen R.. and Butcher. Matthew K. (LGL. Enlnx] Pagez ol2 JEN-142628 1 6 22 P. 84/24 ATTACHMENT Amanda Preston From: Willie Soon [wsoon@cia.harvard.odu] Sent: Tuesday. January 15. 2008 8:24 AM To: Sara Yorke: Amanda Preston Subject: (2) let?s submit this proposal for to Enron-Mobil Attachments: KenLaurenOB-Jam as KerrLaurenOS-Ja 15--Sun-USClim. dear Sara and Amanda. can you help submit this proposal to Lauren Kerr Exxon Mobil Corporation 2000 Street NW. Suite 710 Washington. 0.0. 20006 Ph . ramp um F: Assistant: Gellner trump Inn 6 asap7? Any way you can help me stretch this proposal to maximize my work at SAO would be appreciated Willie ps: i have answered Lauren?s questions Original Message Subject: Re: would it be OK for me to submit my sun-climate research proposal to Exxon-Mobil for 2008 support? Date: 3 14 - From: To: .?J?Vl?le Soon CC: Hi \Mllie - the proposal looks ?ne. Please have the Center send me an invoice for 2008. for General Support for your work. Can you clarify for me. on page two there's a reference to ?original? and "review" papers - does that mean not peer reviewed, and peer reviewed? l'd love to see a cepy of the DVD. Who is releasing it - Smithsonian? Lauren Kerr Exxon Mobil Corporation 8 033 2000 Street NW. Suite 710 \A-ashm ion, DC 20006 Ph: F: Assistant: Linn Gellner l-000034 ATTACHMENT Amanda Preston From: Amanda Preston saptesioii@r.ta.harvard.edu> Sent: Wednesda Fobrua 27. 2008 2:44 PM To: Subject: Proposal to Support Dr Willie Soon Attachments: Soon Proposal 2008.pdf; Request for Payment (Soon 2008).pdf E: Soon Proposal Request for 2008.pdf (87 (Soon 2008. Dear Lauren, Thanks very much for getting back to me last week about EnonMobil's support of Dr. V'Wllie Soon's research. We are very pleased at the outcome of this decision. i am attaching a preposal for your review and a request for payment. You may recall that I mentioned the adjustment in our indirect costs upwards from the 15% that Walt Buchholtz and I negotiated when he was still in your position. You will see in the attached that the project cost increases to ~$76.000. I look forward to hearing good news from you soon. With best regards and thanks, Amanda Amanda Preston Advancement and External Affairs Harvard?Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden Street. MS 45 Cambridge, MA 02138-1516 Voice: 617-495-7321 Fax: 617-495?7105 Blackbe 6517-2854329 Cell: Email: 81-000024 ATTACHMENT Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Understanding Solar Variability and Climate Change: Signals from Temperature Records of the United States A Proposal to ExxonMobi! Corporation Dr. Willie Soon, Principal Investigator Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Solar, Stellar and Planetary Sciences Division (617-495-7488; wsoon@cfa.harvard.edu) February, 2008 Research Target and Proposal: This proposal seeks $76,106 from ExxonMob'il Corporation for year one of this two-year project, "Understmia'ing Solar Variability and Climate Change: Signals ?om Temperature Records of the United States. Dr. Willie Soon proposes to conduct an intensive up-to?date science review of solar variability and climate change (see Soon 2007a), with emphasis on the signals from temperature records of the Li 8., that will be a clear improvement of previous studies The goals for the ?rst year'are to collect and assess the scienti?c quality of the available temperature records from the United States, aggregated into Four inter-related spatial domains; 1) a rural city (re, a city that is minimally disturbed by urban development), 2) an individual state. 3) regional U.S. area and 4) the whole contenninous US. The goals for the second year are to study any plausible connection of these U.S. temperature records with estimated solar irradiance history for the past 112 years from 1895 to 2006. The previously published research paper by Soon (2005) identi?es both the multidecadal variation in total solar irradiance and the 1-year solar UV irradiance forcings to be important in explaining the observed Arctic surface air temperature change over the past 13!) years or so. The overall goal for this two~year program is to extend our basic understanding on how the variable solar itradiancc outputs could be physically connected to the Earth climate system The ability to con?rm or reject the statistical correlations shown in Figure I will be ot?cnormous scienti?c importance. The ultimate physical understanding will arise from detailed assessments on how the solar irradiance is related to the cloud field as well as how the solar irradiance may systematically and persistently modulate the land surface heat ?uxes sensible and latent heats) on multidecadal to centennial time scales. A parallel hypothesis regarding the role of risng atmospheric carbon dioxide (see eg, Soon 20071)) in warming the surface temperatures of the United States on these four spatial scales will also be evaluated. 1 Sl-000025 Total Solar Total Solar [Radiance 1358f . (1) mm. 3 ?a 1:137 . a tees {i 55 - 1365f u! la?dh in; ?35323 - - I 1830 1900 1920 1940 1930 1930 2000 1m - .- r' 1?1? TT 1" Central 0:3. I a - isle?E was? 5 - 3 1365?s a 1864 i 1&3 - .- - 1660 1900 1920 1040 1960 1960 2000 Year A Sun? limate Coincident: - - -- - in (mm-mama; a 3 1337} 9 3 I 5 3 13:58rm; Eris[920 1940 193-0 1930 2000 1830 1900 [m r't' l' Fr"; 1?1 I 1?1 @Jcanuwn?mnulLi 1367 Ed . 1580 1900 1920 1940 1060 1960 2000 Year Figure l: A plausible connection of the solar irradiance (red curves in all four plots; based on Hoyt and Schatten 1993-rescaled to the mean absolute value1 measured by the ACRIM radiometers) compared with US temperature records in four spatial domains (the blue dotted curves are for l) Atchinson, KS, 2) State of Kansas, 3) Central region of the U.S., and 4) Conterminous U.S.). These results extend the previous relation found for the Arctic shown in Soon (2005). The scienti?c hypothesis for this sun-climate relation will be carefully formulated and examined in the proposed project. [Temperature Data Source: S. National limatic Data Center, drunoaanov/ on/ Ch mule-j Expected Outcomes: (1) Publication of both original and review papers on solar variability and climate change and various environmental impacts of that related change in leading scienti?c journals for the advancement of climate and meteorological sciences. Soon (2007a) calls for the solar physics conununtty In Emily establish this value emphasizing its great importance the mean climatolog in climate models. mean climatology in clinme models can be subjected to a miner arbitrary tuning given that the absolute level of total solar irmdiance is not determined to any level of con?dence. mm values ranging from l3721o 1360 \Wrn?. 2 t2) Development of tools, including power-point presentations and concise scienti?c essays, for unbiased and more accurate science accounting that will more powerfully serve informed public policy making. (3) Better public education with active participations by Dr. Soon in all national and international forums interested in promoting the basic understanding of solar variability and climate change. Research Team: Dr. Willie Soon at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, which is a member of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will lead and direct this scienti?c research program. In addition, the PI may solicit interest for collaborative efforts from interested colleagues at no additional cost to the proposal. Funding Request: This research proposal requests $76,106 from the Exxon-Mobil Corporation for work to start March, 2008, extending for a duration of about one year. The funding is primarily to support approximately four months of Dr. Soon?s full?time research at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and minimal administrative and clerical support for the project, as well as a small amount of travel to a scienti?c meeting or publication costs. The Observatory?s indirect costs for the project are also included. Salary and Bene?ts: Dr. Willie Soon (30 days) $49,370 Administrator (1 day) 749 Secretarial (2.5 days) 917 Indirect costs 21,946 Total Salaries and Bene?ts: $72,982 Other Costs: Travel 1,790 Publications 1,050 . Indirect costs gag Total Other Costs: 3 3,124 TOTAL ALL COSTS: $76,106 Refmnm Hoyt D. V. and Scha?cn K. H. (1993) A discussion of plausible solar irradiance vuitdims. HOD-W92. Journal of Geophysical Research 98 (Al 18895?18906 [with updates li'uru Dr. Nicola Scafettn. Dike University, private communication May 31, 2007]. Soon (2005) Variable solar irradianc: as a plausible agent for wiatiom in the Arctic-wide surface rewrds ofth part 130 years. Geophysical Resamh Letters 32: L16712. Soon (20071) Some Issues ofSolar Irradiation Variability and Climatic Responses: A Brinwaiew. Invited Talk the Arr-Him Geophysical Union Fall Meeting [December 10-14. 2007). . Soon (2007b) lmplicaaiom of the secondary role of carbon dioxide and methane forcing in climate change: Past. present, and futnrn Physical Geography 23. 97.125. 3 ESTIMATE 0F COST Period of Performance: January 15, 2008 through December 31, 2008 Loaded Producllve Labor. l-jlre Dollars Dr. Soon. Pl 494 525.209 Program 8 5495 Secretary .20. ?5.697, Total Productive Labor .53 26.311 Leave 19.5% 7131 Total Dlrect Labor 31.442 Bene?ts 26.5% 3,332 Direct Operating Overhead Base 39.774 Direcl Operating Overhead 30% 11.932 Travel -see schedule 1,789 Printing and Reproduction - see schedule 1.050 8. A Base 54.545 A 10% 5.455 TOTAL ESTIMATED cosr 560,069 1594Aa??in BTIMATE OF COST Period of Performance: January 15, i008 through December 31, 2008 Productive Labor: Dollars Dr. Willie Soon. Pl 640 532.659 Leave 19.5% 6.369 Total Direct Labor 39,028 Fringe Bene?ts 26.5% 10.342 49.370 Travel -sea schedule 1.789 Printing and Reproduction - see schedule 1.050 52.209 1331 Administrative Charge 15% TOTAL ESTIMATED COST 560.040 l-000029 ATTACHMENT ?13 Smithsonian Institution Of?ce of General Counsel Via US Mail January 28, 2011 Kert Davies Greenpeace US 702 St. NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 RE: Your request for Smithsonian Institution Documents. Dear Mr. Davies: Below is the Smithsonian?s partial response to your request for records dated December 16, 2009.] You asked for copies of all records related to email correspondence and ?nancial and con?ict-of-interest disclosures for Dr. Willie Soon and Dr. Sallie Baliunas for the period of January 1, 2000 to the present. You also requested information regarding grants supporting the research of Drs. Soon and Baliunas along with copies of their curricula vitae. Enclosed is the Smithsonian?s ?rst production, consisting of 29 pages of documents. These documents are listings of the grants supporting Drs. Soon and Baliunas and copies of their curricula vitae. The documents are numbered through 81-000029. Please be advised that Dr. Baliunas resigned from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 2009. Information has been redacted from the documents consistent with Smithsonian policy. Personal information, such as third party names, direct of?ce line telephone numbers and addresses, have been withheld consistent with OIA Exemption when providing such information would constitute an invasion of personal privacy with no overriding public interest. The exemption number appears over each redaction. Please note that, consistent with Smithsonian Directive 807, the Smithsonian is withholding the con?ict of interest disclosures you requested. Please see page four of SD 807; a copy of the directive is enclosed. The Smithsonian Institution follows the principles of the Freedom of Information Act (F 01A), as articulated in its written policy Request for Smithsonian Institution Records, when providing information to the public. The policy is posted on our website, at the address Office of General Counsel Smithsonian Institution Building Room 302 Mail: P.0. Box 23286. MRC 012 . Washington DC 20026 Street: 1000 Jefferson Drive SW . Washington DC 20560-0012 Told-illnan ?19 1:11: arm arr-r 101A We will make a second production to you as soon as possible. This concludes the Smithsonian?s partial response to your request. Best wishes, Attorney - I ministrator fanchera@si.edu Enclosure You have the right to appeal a partial or full denial of your request. An appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Smithsonian Institution Of?ce of General Counsel, and made within 60 days from the date of the response letter. The request must explain your reason(s) for the appeal. The Smithsonian Under Secretary for Finance and Administration will decide your appeal in writing specifying the reason(s) for the granting or denying of the appeal. Of?ce of General Counsel Smithsonian Institution Building Room 302 Mail: PO. Box 23286, MRC 012 . Washington DC 20026 Street: 1000 Jefferson Drive SW . Washington DC 20560-0012 Telephone 202.633.5115 . Fax 202.357.4310 Dam '1