UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT Office of the Chief Privacy Officer June 23, 2017 Mr. Austin R. Evers American Oversight 1030 15th Street NW Suite B255 Washington, DC 20005 foia@americanoversight.org RE: FOIA Request No. 17-01798-F Dear Mr. Evers: This letter is a final response to your letter dated March 22, 2017 requesting information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Your request has been assigned to the appropriate office within the Department to search for responsive records. You requested -All records responsive to the OGE data call sent on April 28, 2017, attached hereto as Exhibit A. American Oversight seeks the production of those records regardless of whether or not they have been—or will be—provided to OGE. -If, at the time of your search, your agency has made a determination not to comply with the OGE data call, whether in whole or in part, American Oversight seeks all records reflecting the basis for the decision not to comply with the data call. Please include as responsive any records reflecting any legal or policy basis for not complying with the data call as well as any records reflecting any guidance, direction, or instruction received by DOeD regarding compliance with the data call. Enclosed is an e-mail containing 2 pages of documents responsive to your request. For your information, the documents are fully releasable without redactions. The documents provided are: • 17-01798-F-Ethics Documents The Department has concluded that you fall within the category of an All Other requester. These responsive documents have been provided to you at no cost. The release of information at no cost does not constitute the grant of a fee waiver, and does not infer or imply that you will be granted a fee waiver for future requests made under FOIA to the Department. 400 MARYLAND AVE., S.W., WASHINGTON, DC 20202-4500 www.ed.gov The Department of Education’s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by Fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. Page 2 – Mr. Austin Evers No. 17-01798-F You have the right to seek further assistance from the Department’s FOIA Public Liaison, Robert Wehausen. The Department’s FOIA Public Liaison can be reached by e-mail at robert.wehausen@ed.gov; by phone at 202-205-0733; by fax at 202-401-0920; or by mail at Office of the Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW, LBJ 2E321,Washington, DC 20202-4536, Attn: FOIA Public Liaison. If you have any questions, please contact the FSC at (202) 401-8365 or EDFOIAManager@ed.gov. Sincerely, Christie D. Swafford Government Information Specialist, OM/OCPO Enclosures 400 MARYLAND AVE., S.W., WASHINGTON, DC 20202-4500 www.ed.gov The Department of Education’s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by Fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. Good ridge, Marcella From: Goodridge, Marcella Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 201? 3:11 PM To: Cheryl L. Kane?Piasecki (clkanepi@oge.gov) Cc: Wallace, Taronda Subject: RE: IMPORTANT Reminder to submit responses to PA-IT-UZ: Data ill for Certain Waivers and Authorizations Good afternoon Cheryl. 1 hope this message finds you well. does not possess any waivers issued or approved under Executive Order 13'?70, Executive Orde 13490, 18 U.S.C. 208(h](1] or 5 C.F.R. 2635.503(c] for any covered persons for the period May 1, 2016 through. pril 30, 2017. Neither does the U.S. Department ofEducation possess any authorizations issued or apprt ved under 5 C.F.R. 2635.502[d) for any covered persons for the same time period. I am writing in response to the data call outlined in PA-17-02 and noted below. The US. Departrlent of Education lfyou have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, Marcello Goodridge-Ket'iier Assistant General' Counsel O??ice ofthe General Enamel/Ethics US. Department ofEducotion {202) 401-8309 Con?dentiality Notice.- This message, including any and all attachments, is being sent by or on behalf ofa lawyer. Iti intended exclusively for the individual[s] or entity/'ies to which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that is prop etary. privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. lfyou are not among the named addressees, you are not an orized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message or any part ofit. If you have received this message in error, please notify the ender immediately by e?mail and delete all copies ofthe message. From: News and Info for Ethics Of?cials On Behalf Of hics Mailingiist Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 4:31 PM To: Subject: IMPORTANT Reminder to submit responses to Pit-1102: Data Call for Certain Waivers and uthorizations This is a reminder that the deadline for submitting your agency?s response, including negative responses, to 17?02 is June except as speci?ed in the advisory. Documents are to be submitted in Portab Document Format (PUP) through the Designated Agency Ethics Of?cial (DAEO) or the design for each agency to the agency's assigned OGE Desk Of?cer. OGE Con?dential Notice: This message contains Controlled Unclassi?ed Information (CUT) at requires safeguarding or dissemination control under applicable law, regulation, or Govemment-wide olicy. 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