GIF

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005485477
• Release Decision: IPPUB U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2010
• Case Number: F-2010-00666
• Publication Date: December 9, 2009

(b)(3)
Mr. Mark S. Zaid
Executive Director
The James Madison Project
1380 Monroe Street, NW
Unit 269
Washington, D.C. 20010
Reference: F-2009-00491
Dear Mr. Zaid:
APPROVED FOR
RELEASE^ DATE:
18-Aug-2010
This is a final response to your 5 February 2009 Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) request regarding:
a) Regulations, policies, or guidelines addressing how FOIA analysts are to
interpret the scope of the subject material of the records requested, with
respect to narrow interpretations vs. liberal interpretations;
b) Regulations, policies, or guidelines addressing what modifications can or
cannot be made by FOIA analysts to FOIA requests, with or without
formal written permission from the requester; and
c) Correspondence, emails, meeting minutes, and records of any discussions
regarding how the CIA plans to change its regulations, policies, or
guidelines for processing FOIA requests to comply with President
Obama's 21 January 2009 Memorandum for the Heads of Executive
Departments and Agencies directing federal agencies to adopt a
presumption in favor of disclosure."
We processed your request in accordance with the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. ? 552, as
amended, and the CIA Information Act, 50 U.S.C. ? 431, as amended. Our processing
included a search for records as described in our 25 March 2009 acceptance letter existing
through the date of that letter.
In regards to Items a and b, we did not locate any records responsive to those
portions of your request. However, we follow the Code of Federal Regulations, Volume
32, Chapter XIX, 1 July 1997 Edition, Part 1900 - Public Access to CIA Records Under
the Freedom of Information (Act), a copy of which is enclosed.
 Regarding Item c, we did not locate any records responsive to your request.
Although our searches were thorough and diligent, and it is highly unlikely that repeating
those searches would change the result, you nevertheless have the legal right to appeal the
finding of no records responsive to your request. As the CIA Information and Privacy
Coordinator, I am the CIA official responsible for this determination. You have the right
to appeal this response to the Agency Release Panel, in my care, within 45 days from the
date of this letter. Please include the basis of your appeal.
Sincerely,
C~i)a"'~ ~x - W'J"
Delores M. Nelson
Information and Privacy Coordinator