UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PINAICIAL CRIHIS October 13, 2017 Austin R. Evers Executive Director American Oversight 1030 15?1 Street NW, Suite B255 Washington, DC 20005 Re: 17-414-F (Treasury #2017-09-105) Dear Mr. Evers: This letter responds to your July 7, 2017 request to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network received by on September 19, 2017 for: ?Calendar entries Communications and memorialization of communications re?ecting any meetings or phone calls between the Acting Assistant Secretary tor Terrorist Financing; Director or acting Director of Associate Director for Enforcement Division of John, E. Smith, Director of OFAC, and President Trump; (ii) any private attorneys acting on behalf of Donald Trump; or any members of the Trump campaign, the Trump transition team, or the Trump White House" After a reasonable search we are unable to locate any records under the control of that are responsive to your request. To the extent your request seeks any reports filed under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), can neither con?rm nor deny the existence of any BSA report pertaining to any of the individuals named in your request. All BSA reports and records of such reports are exempt from disclosure under FOIA. 31 U.S.C. 5319; 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3). You have the right to file an administrative appeal within 90 days of the date of this letter. By ?ling an appeal, you preserve your rights under the FOIA and give the agency a chance to review and reconsider your request and the agency?s decision. Both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked Appeal? and must include a statement explaining why you believe this decision is in error. If you have any questions, please call me at 703-905-5034. If you would like to discuss our response before ?ling an appeal to attempt to resolve your dispute without going through the appeals process, you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Mr. Ryan Law for assistance at: FOIA and Transparency, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220; Phone 202-622-8098; TreasFOIA@treasury.gov. 1 If you are unable to resolve your FOIA dispute through our FOIA Public Liaison, the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), the Federal FOIA Ombudsman?s of?ce, offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and the Federal agencies. The contact information for 0615 is: Of?ce of Government Information Services National Archives and Records Administration 8601 Adelphi College Park, MD 20740-6001 202-741-5770 ogis@nara.gov ogis.archives.gov 877-684-6448 202-741-5770 Terri Robertson Acting Disclosure Officer January 21, 2021 FOIA No.: 2017-09-001 OASIS No.: 1170039 Austin Evers American Oversight 1030 15th St., NW Suite B255 Washington, DC 20005 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL: foia@americanoversight.org Dear Mr. Evers: This is OFAC’s final response to your July 07, 2017 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, request to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), seeking communications and/or records or memorializations of communications between OFAC Director (formerly Acting Director) John Smith, and President Trump, private attorneys acting on his behalf, members of the Trump transition team, and the White House. The time frame of your request runs from November 8, 2016 through the date when the search for responsive records is initiated. Treasury referred your request to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for processing on September 13, 2017. Please be aware that OFAC is experiencing a substantial backlog of FOIA requests that has adversely affected its response time. We conducted a comprehensive search of files within OFAC for records that would be responsive to your request. Unfortunately, we were unable to locate or identify any responsive records. You may appeal this decision in writing within 90 days after the date of this letter to the FOIA Appeal, FOIA and Transparency, Privacy, Transparency, and Records, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20220. The deciding official for OFAC appeals is the Director of OFAC. Please reference FOIA case number 2017-09-001 in all future correspondence.Copies of the FOIA and Treasury regulations are available at https://home.treasury.gov/footer/freedom-of-information-act. You may seek dispute resolution services from our Treasury FOIA Public Liaison by contacting Mark Bittner, Director, FOIA and Transparency at 202-622-8098 or FOIAPL@treasury.gov. The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) also mediates disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation. If you wish to contact OGIS, you may email them at ogis@nara.gov or call 1-877-684-6448. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY WASHINGTON, O.C. 20220 Mr. Evers Page 2 Enclosed is an information sheet pertaining to your right to administrative appeal and dispute resolution. If you have any questions regarding this matter, you may contact us at our FOIA Requester Service Center via email at OFACFOIAOffice@treasury.gov or via telephone at (202) 622-2500, option 3. Please reference FOIA No. 2017-09-001 in any future correspondence. Sincerely, Stephanie Boucher FOIA Chief Information Disclosure and Records Management Office of Sanctions Support and Operations Office of Foreign Assets Control Enclosure: Administrative Appeal and Dispute Resolution Sheet Stephanie M. Boucher Digitally signed by Stephanie M. Boucher Date: 2021.01.21 12:58:47 -05'00' ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION SHEET ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL RIGHTS You may file an appeal with the Department of the Treasury when an adverse determination related to your request has been made, under the below circumstances, see 31 C.F.R. § 1.4(h): x The requested records have been denied in part or in whole; x The request does not reasonably describe the records sought; x The information requested is not a record subject to the FOIA; x The requested record does not exist, cannot be located, has been destroyed; x The requested record is not readily reproducible in the form or format sought by the requester; x You have been denied a fee waiver or issue; and x Your request for expedited processing has been denied. Your appeal, other than an appeal of a denial for expedited processing, must be submitted in writing and, to be considered timely, it must be postmarked, or in the case of electronic submissions, transmitted, within 90 calendar days after the date of the component’s final response. An appeal of a denial for expedited processing must be submitted in writing within 90 days of the date of the initial determination to deny expedited processing. The appeal must be signed by you or your representative, and contain the following information: x Your name and address; x Date of your initial request; x Date of the letter denying your request; x Description of why you believe the initial determination was in error; and x The FOIA/PA number assigned to your request. Please mail your appeal to: FOIA Appeal FOIA and Transparency Privacy, Transparency, and Records Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20220 The deciding official for OFAC appeals is the Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Dispute Resolution Services Available through: 1. The Treasury FOIA Public Liaison by contacting Mark Bittner, Director, FOIA and Transparency at 202-622-8098 or FOIAPL@treasury.gov. 2. The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) by emailing them at ogis@nara.gov or calling them at 1-877-684-6448.