Public Comments Submitted to the FOIA Advisory Committee
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Oral comments presented to the FOIA Advisory Committee (Committee) are available in the meeting transcripts posted on the Committee's Past Meetings page and in the videos of the Committee meetings posted on the National Archives and Records Administration's YouTube Channel. Below is a table of written comments submitted to the FOIA Advisory Committee. Public Comments received during the 2014-2016 FOIA Advisory Committee term are available on that term's Public Comments page.
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| Submitter | Date Submitted (yyyy/mm/dd) |
FOIA Advisory Committee Term |
Document Subject or Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond, Robert | 2024/04/01 | 2022-2024 | Draft Proposed Model Agency B5 Determination Letter - Comment #2 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2024/03/25 | 2022-2024 |
Public Comments Submitted by Robert Hammond |
| DeLuca, Lisa | 2023/12/06 | 2022-2024 | FOIA Libraries Questions |
| Harrington, Kohl | 2023/08/20 | 2022-2024 | Model Determination Letter |
| Cafaro, Cindy | 2023/07/28 | 2022-2024 | Model Determination Letter |
| POGO et al. | 2023/07/28 | 2022-2024 | Model Determination Letter |
| Schwager, Dan & Lance Sims | 2023/07/27 | 2022-2024 | Model Determination Letter |
| 2023/07/27 | 2022-2024 | Model Determination Letter | |
| Harper, Lauren and Wendy Valdes | 2023/07/26 | 2022-2024 | Model Determination Letter |
| Ekbladh, David | 2023/07/07 | 2022-2024 | Model Determination Letter |
| Hammond, Robert | 2023/07/07 | 2022-2024 | Reporters Committee is sunsetting iFOIA |
| Duty, Harry | 2023/07/06 | 2022-2024 | Model Determination Letter |
| Zoller, Silke | 2023/07/05 | 2022-2024 | Model Determination Letter |
| Gehrke, Gretchen | 2023/06/08 | 2022-2024 | Decommissioning FOIAonline |
| Hammond, Robert | 2023/02/03 | 2022-2024 | Centrally Funded FOIA Portal and Case Managements Platform for all Federal Agencies (2) |
| Hammond, Robert | 2023/02/02 | 2022-2024 | Centrally Funded FOIA Portal and Case Managements Platform for all Federal Agencies (1) |
| Fernandes, William | 2023/01/18 | 2022-2024 | Public Comments Submitted by William Fernandes |
| Hammond, Robert | 2023/01/14 | 2022-2024 | Expedited FOIA Processing Malfeasance - NARA FY 2020 & FY2021 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/12/31 | 2022-2024 | Combining Appeals Across FY - NARA Massive FOIA Fraud |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/12/13 | 2022-2024 | Navy FY 2018 FOIA Appeals Disappeared |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/12/12 | 2022-2024 | Navy FOIA Fraud. Refusal to Accept FOIA.gov Requests, False Reporting, etc. |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/12/01 | 2022-2024 | FOIA Advisory Committee Meeting December 1, 2022. Hammond Comments |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/11/28 | 2022-2024 | Navy FOIA Misconduct. No IDA Letter & Fee Abuse. DON-NAVY-2023-000588 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/11/27 | 2022-2024 | Individualized Tracking Numbers. NARA FOIA Fraud & Hatch Act Violations? |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/11/12 | 2022-2024 | OGIS & Navy FOIA Fraud. Mediation, ECDs, False FOIA Reporting |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/11/04 | 2022-2024 | Foreseeable Harm Standard Vanita Gupta. November 3, 2022 CFO Meeting |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/11/01 | 2022-2024 | Sued into Oblivion. Foreseeable Harm Standard v2 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/10/16 | 2022-2024 | Preserve FOIAonline Records + Decertify FOIA.gov |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/10/14 | 2022-2024 | Foreseeable Harm Standard. DOJ OIP Misinformation + Navy Misconduct and Idiocy? |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/09/21 | 2022-2024 | OGIS & DOJ OIP Misstate Recommendation to Post FOIA Logs - Why. |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/09/15 | 2022-2024 | FOIA Line-Item Budgets Now. Let the citizens be heard. Retire FOIA Bob. |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/09/08 | 2022-2024 | OGIS and DOJ OIP Lack of Funding |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/09/07 | 2022-2024 | 2022- 2024 FOIA Advisory Committee Bylaws - Recommended Changes |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/09/01 | 2022-2024 | DOJ OIP (Inaccurate) Summary and Assessment of Agency 2022 CFO Reports |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/09/01 | 2022-2024 | 2022- 2024 FOIA Advisory Committee Inaugural Meeting. DOJ OIP & OGIS Grossly Underfunded |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/08/14 | 2022-2024 | 2022- 2024 FOIA Advisory Committee Bylaws - Recommended Changes |
| Below are submissions received during the 2020-2022 term. | |||
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/07/22 | 2020-2022 | Hammond Planned Chat Comments to 4.7.2022 FOIA Advisory Committee Meeting |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/07/22 | 2020-2022 | FOIAOnline - Recommended System Changes |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/07/11 | 2020-2022 | OGIS Negligence Generally & Improper June 29, 2022 FOIA Meeting |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/06/13 | 2020-2022 | NARA FY 22 FOIA Data Stripped from FOIA.gov?? + NARA False FOIA Reporting? |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/06/09 | 2020-2022 | All Panelist Chat to June 9, 2022 FOIA Advisory Committee Meeting. OGIS & DOJ Funding + Missing FOIA.gov Data. |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/06/06 | 2020-2022 |
Sample FOIA Template to Combat Agency Misconduct (PDF attachment) |
| Campbell, Miranda | 2022/06/06 | 2020-2022 | PUBLIC COMMENT RE: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee Mtg. - June 9, 2022 Thursday, June 9, 2022, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM ET. |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/06/02 | 2020-2022 | Recommendation No. 2022-TS3 (Part 2) |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/05/19 | 2020-2022 | Posting FOIA Logs. Tech Committee Recommendation #2 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/05/02 | 2020-2022 | Senate 3.22.2022 FOIA Hearing - DOJ's Lack of Enforcement + Malfeasance + Open the Government Statement for the Record (PDF attachment) |
| Binder, Michael | 2022/04/27 | 2020-2022 | Comments for Classification Subcommittee |
| Harrington, Kohl | 2022/04/27 | 2020-2022 | Reimagining FOIA Public Comments- OGIS 2.0: Reimagining FOIA Oversight |
| Clark, Drew | 2022/04/07 | 2020-2022 | Substantive comments/suggestions re: 7APR22 FOIA Advisory Committee meeting |
| Harrington, Kohl | 2022/04/07 | 2020-2022 | FOIA Advisory Committee Meeting - April 7, 2022 |
| 2022/04/05 | 2020-2022 | HOT! Reimagining OGIS. Budget Numbers to not Comport w. NARA Published Budgets! | |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/03/31 | 2020-2022 | Senators Unite to Slam Compliance & POGO Statement for the Record |
| Hammond, Robert | 2022/03/03 | 2020-2022 | DOD Massive False FOIA Reporting. Part 1. Letter to SECDEF, Complaint to DOJ OIG |
| Quintero-McCall, Ginger | 2021/12/13 | 2020-2022 | Public Comment |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/12/09 | 2020-2022 |
Hammond Chat Comments to 12.9.2021 FOIA Advisory Committee Meeting |
| Harper, Lauren & Claire Harvey | 2021/12/09 | 2020-2022 | Comments for the 2020-2022 FOIA Advisory Committee’s Discussion of Glomar Denials |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/12/03 | 2020-2022 | Failure: FOIA Compliance Oversight & Funding Funding |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/12/01 | 2020-2022 | DOJ OIP Improper and Unlawful Standard Glomar Responses With Implicit (b)(1) & (b)(7) |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/11/21 | 2020-2022 | Subpoena Threat and Congressional Demand for OGIS to Release Records. OMB Kills Recommendations |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/10/12 | 2020-2022 | NARA, Please Fund OGIS!! (Part 1) |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/10/11 | 2020-2022 |
Senator Grassley - DOJ OIP'S Position Doesn't Pass the "Common Sense Test" |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/10/04 | 2020-2022 | OGIS Posting Policy for Public Comment |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/09/15 | 2020-2022 |
OGIS Funding and Case Accountability Logs |
| Rementer, Nicole M. | 2021/09/09 | 2020-2022 | Comment for September 9, 2021 FOIA Advisory Committee Meeting |
| Hanrahan, Richard F. | 2021/09/08 | 2020-2022 | Statistics for FOIA Estimated Date of Completion |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/09/04 | 2020-2022 |
Update 20210902. OGIS Mediation and DOD’s change to CFR 32 CFR part 286.4 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/09/04 | 2020-2022 |
Violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act in FOIA Redactions, Simple Solution Note: These comments were originally submitted on August 25, 2021. A corrected version was submitted on September 4, 2021. |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/08/28 | 2020-2022 |
OGIS & DOJ Web Counters & FOIA Systems. May 12, 2021 FOIA Meeting Comments |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/08/25 | 2020-2022 |
Violations of the ADA in FOIA Redactions, Simple Solution |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/06/04 | 2020-2022 | DOJ Office of Information Policy Complaince Inquiries |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/05/30 | 2020-2022 | Moot Appellate Determinations |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/05/03 | 2020-2022 | Recommended System Change Requests to FOIAonline. Including Simple Solution for "Release to One, Release to All" |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/05/03 | 2020-2022 | OGIS Mediation and DOD’s change to CFR 32 CFR part 286.4 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/05/03 | 2020-2022 | Status of 2018 - 2020 Recommendation #19 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/05/03 | 2020-2022 | Violations of the ADA in FOIA Redactions |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/03/24 | 2020-2022 | Violations of the ADA in FOIA Redactions |
| Baron, Jason R. | 2021/03/15 | 2020-2022 | Comments for the 2020-2022 FOIA Advisory Committee |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/03/03 | 2020-2022 | Status of 2018 - 2020 Recommendation #19 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/02/25 | 2020-2022 | Status of 2018 - 2020 Recommendation #19 |
| Hammond, Robert | 2021/02/25 | 2020-2022 | Agency FOIA Request Portals & FOIAonline.gov |
| Hammond, Robert | 2020/12/08 | 2020-2022 | Agency FOIA Request Portals & FOIAonline.gov |
| Eddington, Patrick G. | 2020/09/15 | 2020-2022 | Cato Institute request for the FOIA Advisory Panel |
| Baron, Jason R. | 2020/09/13 | 2020-2022 | Comments on FOIA Advisory Committee 9/10/20 |
| Harrington, Kohl | 2020/09/10 | 2020-2022 | OGIS Point |
| Howard, Alexander B. | 2020/06/04 | 2018-2020 | Comments on draft recommendations on FOIA |
| Frye, Linda | 2020/06/02 | 2018-2020 | Comments on the Draft Report and Recommendations to the Archivist of the United States |
| Risenhoover, Paul Maas | 2020/05/31 | 2018-2020 | NARA_FRDOC_0001 |
| Winstead, Julie (Jill) | 2020/05/28 | 2018-2020 | Public comment re: DRAFT May 19, 2020 'At-a-Glance Recommendations' |
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