DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OFFICE
7701 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SUITE 150
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315-3905
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF

U.S. ARMY FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION OFFICE

September 25, 2017

Austin R. Evers
American Oversight
1030 15th Street NW, Suite B255
Washington, DC 20005
Sent via email: foia@americanoversight.org
Dear Mr. Evers:
This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated
July 28, 2017. You are seeking information pertaining to your attached FOIA request.
Your request was assigned our office tracking number FA-17-0194.
Under the FOIA, a government agency is required to make a “good faith effort to
conduct a search” 5 USC 552(a)(3)(A). Our office requested a records search from the
Office of the Service Central Coordination Cell (SCCC). SCCC conducted a search and
review for any records responsive to your FOIA request; however, this search failed to
yield responsive records. We have determined this search was reasonable. See Duenas
Iturralde v. Comptroller of the Currency, 315 F.3d 311, 3154 (D.C. Cir. 2003).
For any further assistance and to discuss any aspect of your request, you have the
right to contact the Army FOIA Public Liaison Officer, Alecia Bolling, by email at
us.army.hqda-oaa-ahs.mbx.rmda-foia-public-liaison@mail.mil or by phone at (703) 4286238. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services
(OGIS) at the national Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to inquire about the
FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows:
NARA-OGIS, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, MD 20740-6001, email at
ogis@nara.gov, telephone number (202) 741-5770 toll free at (877) 684-6448 or by
facsimile at (202) 741-5769.

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 This letter constitutes a “no record” determination under the FOIA. This
determination has been made on behalf of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary
of the Army, who has designated that this office will act as the Initial Denial Authority for
records maintained by the Office of the Secretary of the Army and its serviced activities.
You have the right to file an administrative appeal with the Office of the Army General
Counsel within ninety (90) calendar days. See 32 C.F.R. § 518.17(c). Their mailing
address is:
Department of the Army
Office of the General Counsel
104 Army Pentagon, Room 2E724
Washington, D.C. 20310
If you have any questions regarding this letter or the information furnished please
contact this office at (703) 428-6238 or usarmy.belvoir.hqda-oaa-rpa.mbx.foia@mail.mil.
In all correspondence please refer to FOIA number FA-17-0194.
Sincerely,

Paul V. DeAgostino
Senior Counsel
Enclosure(s): Original FOIA request

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