Navy FOIA Letter Confirms One Responsive Record Exists

The Department Act request that Mr. John Greenewald originally filed on April 24, 2022. " To answer it, the Navy FOIA office contacted the Department of the Navy Assistant for Administration (DON/AA) Directives and Records Management Division (DRMD), which searched its paper and electronic files.

That search produced a definitive count: one responsive record. " It does not describe the record's length, format, author, or subject line, and it does not say whether the record is an email, a chain, or an attachment. The requester asked for correspondence involving two named individuals; the agency's answer is that a single document exists within the searched files.

Having acknowledged the record, the Navy then withheld part of it. C. The letter characterizes the withholding as partial — the documentis exempt in part from disclosure" — which implies some portion was released or at least deemed releasable, though the letter itself does not…