{"id":98648,"date":"2020-04-22T08:33:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T12:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=98648"},"modified":"2020-04-22T08:59:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T12:59:58","slug":"foia-results-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=98648","title":{"rendered":"FOIA Results & COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The following is the current status of posted stolen valor cases, impacted by the ability to obtain Freedom of Information Act results.<\/p>\n

Although things are not completely on hold, they have slowed down considerably.\u00a0 The following are status updates from each organization that FOIA results are obtained from.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER (NPRC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

We request records from the NPRC in over 90% of the cases we look at.\u00a0 They have had a few employees at different building locations test positive for COVID-19.\u00a0 As such, they are on reduced hours\/telework and are only addressing media emergencies and funeral issues.\u00a0 We continue to submit FOIA requests but do not expect results until further into the summer, if then.\u00a0 This also affects FOIA submissions made before the COVID-19 lockdown.\u00a0 They have come to a halt in the last few weeks.<\/p>\n

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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DoN)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several employees have contracted COVID-19.\u00a0 They hold military records if someone were discharged in the mid-1990s or beyond.\u00a0 Since most of these records are digitized, the databases can be accessed remotely and telework should not be an issue. NPRC archive techs have to physically pull records from the shelf and transcribe them, but this does not constrain DoN employees. Although we have heard of some adjustments due to COVID-19, we have not heard anything official as far as reduced hours and reduced requests.\u00a0 These requests represent about 4% of all FOIA requests that we make.<\/p>\n

HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS \/ DoN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The USMC has told us they are operating at a reduced capacity due to COVID-19.\u00a0 They still seem to be doing all requests, but trying to do the best with limited staff.\u00a0 These requests represent about 4% of all FOIA requests that we make.<\/p>\n

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have heard no official statement from the Air Force but they seem to be looking at each FOIA request on a case by case basis. These requests represent about 2% of all FOIA requests that we make.<\/p>\n

SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’ve submitted about 75 FOIA requests since January 1, 2020.\u00a0 We’ve gotten about 25 back but some substantiate claims made by the individual.\u00a0 Others were posted as stolen valor cases.\u00a0 Some were made in the Feb-Mar time frame and have not come back but based on returns coming to a small trickle and then drying up completely in the past two weeks, we suspect a lot of the NPRC results to not come back until the summer.\u00a0 A few USMC and USAF requests are still pending. US Navy for service ending dates of 1995-present do not seem to be an issue.<\/p>\n

Hope this helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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