U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel , Washington, D.C. 20530 January 6, 2017 Gregory Korte White House Correspondent USA TODAY gkorte@usatoday.com Re: FOIA Tracking No. FYl 7-018 Dear Mr. Korte: This letter responds to your December 29, 2016 Freedom oflnformation Act ("FOIA") request to the Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC"), seeking "The Memorandum from Acting Solicitor General Alfred A. Wheat to the Attorney General titled Re: Signature of the President on Pardon Warrants and Signatures of the President and the Attorney General on Commissions ofNotaries Public in the District of Columbia (Mar. 27, 1929)." You request was assigned tracking number FY17-018 and pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 16.5(b), your request was processed in the simple track. We have located the document you have requested. The document is protected by the attorney-client privilege and exempt from mandatory disclosure pursuant to FOIA Exemption Five, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5), but we are releasing it to you as a matter of discretion. A copy of the document is enclosed. You may contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Melissa Golden, at 202-514-2053 for any further assistance and to discuss any aspect of your request. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services ("OGIS") at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, Room 2510, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769. You have the right to an administrative appeal. You may administratively appeal by writing to the Director, Office oflnformation Policy ("OIP"), United States Department of Justice, Suite 11050, 1425 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530-0001, or you may submit an appeal through OIP's FOIAonline portal by creating an account on the following web site: https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within 90 days of the date of my response to your request. If you submit your appeal by mail, both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Act Appeal." Z/:~ Paul P. Colborn Special Counsel Enclosure . . ~ , •• - . • .., . . -·~~We._law.~•··~~· Xtl-1td l , ~ - • ~ t,,u,e. 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