DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

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Case No. 2019-00658-FOIA-OS
American Oversight v. HHS, Civil No. 19-435 (D.D.C.)
July 24, 2019
Mr. Austin R. Evers
Executive Director
American Oversight
1030 15th Street, N.W., Suite B255
Washington, DC 20005
Sent via email: foia@americanoversight.org
Dear Mr. Evers:
This letter is third interim response to your August 28, 2018, Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request. Specifically, you requested the following records: “All communications
between (i) Roger Severino, T. March Bell, Maya Noronha, Arina Grossu, or Louis Brown, and
(ii) (ii) any of the individuals or entities listed below:
a. Alliance Defending Freedom (adflegal.org)
b. Operation Rescue (operationrescue.org)
c. Center for Medical Progress (centerformedicalprogress.org)
d. Americans United for Life (aul.org)
e. Charlotte Lozier Institute (lozierinstitute.org)
f. Susan B. Anthony List (sba-list.org)
g. Heritage Foundation (heritage.org)
h. Heritage Action for America (heritageaction.com)
i. Federation for American Immigration Reform (fairus.org)
j. Family Research Council (frc.org)
k. Concerned Women for America (cwfa.org, concernedwomen.org)
l. March for Life (marchforlife.org)
m. American Family Association (afa.net, afr.net)
n. Life Legal Defense Foundation
o. Federalist Society (fedsoc.org)
p. American Center for Law and Justice (aclj.org)
q. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty (becketlaw.org)
r. Liberty Counsel (lc.org)
s. First Liberty (firstliberty.org)
t. Family Policy Alliance (familypolicyalliance.com)
u. Thomas More Society (thomasmoresociety.org)
v. Heartbeat International (heartbeatinternational.org)
w. Live Action (liveaction.com)
x. Care Net (care-net.org)
y. Life Dynamics (lifedynamics.com)
z. Judicial Crisis Network (judicialnetwork.com)

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Case No. 2019-00658-FOIA-OS
American Oversight v. HHS, Civil No. 19-435 (D.D.C.)

aa. Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (erlc.com)
bb. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (usccb.org)
cc. National Right to Life Committee (nrlc.org)
dd. Priests for Life (priestsforlife.org)
ee. Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (consciencedefense.org)
ff. Representative Marsha Blackburn and any members of her staff
gg. Troy Newman
hh. Cheryl Sullenger
ii. David Daleiden
jj. Leonard Leo
kk. Mark Crutcher
ll. Albin Rhomberg
mm. Sean Fieler
The Department processed 1703 pages of potentially responsive records captured in the agency’s
search for FOIA request 2019-00658-FOIA-OS. After a careful review of these pages, I have
determined that these pages are non-responsive to your request.
We will continue to review the remaining records as efficiently and expeditiously as possible,
consistent with our available resources and the Order of the Court. Should you have questions or
concerns regarding the Department’s response and\or the processing of your request, any such
issues should be communicated to your legal counsel and Department of Justice Attorney
representing the Department in this matter.
Sincerely yours,

Brandon J. Gaylord
Supervisory Government Information Specialist
and HHS FOIA/PA Public Liaison