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NARA FOIA Re Obama Foundation LOI and Trump Transition
NARA FOIA Re Obama Foundation LOI and Trump Transition
VIA EMAIL
I. Requested Records
A. All statutes and regulations relied upon by NARA for its authority to enter into
a Letter of Intent (LOI) agreement with the Obama Foundation. 1
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Robbin Cohen, Executive Director, Obama Foundation, to David Ferriero, Archivist of the United
States, Letter of Parties’ Intent Regarding the Digitization of Obama Presidential Records and Related
Matters Concerning Preservation, Processing, and Display of and Access to Such Records and Artifacts
(Sep. 11, 2018), https://bit.ly/3V9thcR [signed by David Ferriero on September 21, 2018, hereinafter
“LOI”].
For Parts A, B, and C of this request, the relevant time period is from October 1, 2016
to September 12, 2018.
For Parts D, E, and F of this request, the relevant time period is from October 1, 2020
to February 9, 2022.
Per 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(iii) and your agency’s fee waiver regulations, AFL requests
a waiver of all search and duplication fees. AFL has a demonstrated ability and
intention to effectively convey the information broadly to the public; AFL’s status as
a representative of the news media has been recognized by other agencies for granting
fee waivers by the Departments of Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human
Services, Justice, Interior, and Homeland Security. As a non-profit organization, AFL
has no commercial interest, and the request is made entirely to serve the public
interest. We are, of course, available to provide additional information in writing or
offline in support of this request. If AFL’s request for a fee waiver is not granted in
full, please contact us immediately upon making that determination.
Processing should strictly comply with the processing guidance in the Attorney
General’s Memorandum on Freedom of Information Act Guidelines. If you have any
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questions about our request or believe further discussions regarding search and
processing would facilitate the more efficient production of requested records, please
get in touch with me at [email protected].