{"id":118209,"date":"2021-10-07T09:26:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=118209"},"modified":"2021-10-07T10:16:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:16:30","slug":"foia-request-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=118209","title":{"rendered":"FOIA Request Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thought I would give you all an update on the FOIA request situation after talking to the FOIA ninja.<\/p>\n

We have been filing cases as they come in.\u00a0 There is a lot of family military verification mixed in.\u00a0 Lots have been coming back only to verify the person’s claims or there is too much ambiguity that exists and precludes a stolen valor posting.<\/p>\n

Also, we just got back a FOIA request yesterday that was filed in Feb 2020 – yes, over 18 months ago!\u00a0 It was a no records response and possibly burned up in the 1973 fire since it was someone that served in WWII.\u00a0 Since no name was provided and the reference number was not recognized, we called and talked to the tech.<\/p>\n

The question we finally got answered is related to the backlog of FOIAs.\u00a0 Are they going to go first come-first served and go through the backlog, require all FOIAs submitted in the age of COVID to be resubmitted (over 100 for us) or are they going to give online submissions priority.\u00a0 We have gotten results in a week with the online submission but that has slowed to a crawl now.\u00a0 Perhaps they were encouraging online submissions and gave them priority?<\/p>\n

The answer was it is a case by case basis, so it does sound like they are working through the backlog.\u00a0 We get a FOIA result on average once every two weeks now.\u00a0 However, many only confirm the claims and is not a case that we will publish… or, as I mentioned, renders the case ambiguous.\u00a0 i.e. no record response when we are confident that the person served, lack of assignments, etc.<\/p>\n

I don’t know what, if anything, can be concluded.\u00a0 There does seem to be less cases of blatant claims on Facebook with photos of medals, etc.\u00a0 Most seem to be word-of-mouth and have no other evidence of public claims.\u00a0 We encourage affidavits but most informants want to remain anonymous and an affidavit may reveal their identity.<\/p>\n

Dare I say it?\u00a0 Maybe<\/em> the work that this community does has affected the amount of people claiming Stolen Valor.\u00a0 Bask in that satisfaction as we wait for another clear cut case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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