FIA-20-0044 - In the Matter of Julie Reddick

On September 21, 2020, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) denied a Freedom of Information Act  (FOIA)  appeal  filed  by  Julie  Reddick  (Appellant)  concerning  a  FOIA request made to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Public Information (OPI).  Appellant's FOIA request sought the "complete" version of  a  report  included  in  DOE's  FY  2021 budget request and indicated that the  budget  request  stated  that  the  report  was  "  available upon request." OPI referred the request to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer  (CFO) to conduct a search. CFO identified the location of the data referenced in DOE's FY 2021 budget request, but indicated that it was not organized as a report and that CFO could not export the data without manually creating a new record. OHA determined that the search was reasonably calculated to locate responsive records, and  that  CFO  was  not  required  to  create a new record to respond to  Appellant's  FOIA  request.  Therefore,  OHA  denied Appellant's appeal. OHA Case No. FIA-20-0044.