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efforts. See 2d Decl. of Stephen McConnell, Def.’s Supp. Mem.,
Attach. 2. As Margaret Roberts did, McConnell sent out
instructions to the various departments at NASA Headquarters
using his FOIA Office “Control Sheets.” Attached to his
declaration are responses by these departments. Many of the
responses were single-line conclusory statements, such as: “A
search was conducted in Code U and no responsive records were
located.” Id. at 19 (email response from Marietta Anderson).
Based on these responses, McConnell would later declare that he
believes “they collectively represent that a reasonable search
was performed.” 4th Decl. of Stephen McConnell, Def.’s Supp. to
Opp., Attach. 2, ¶ 6.
Plaintiff similarly argued that defendant had provided no
declarations describing the search efforts of the NASA Office of
the Chief Information Officer during the third search. Plaintiff
focuses on this office because it has a searchable database and
inventories of records stored at federal record centers.
Defendant, in response, submitted a supplemental declaration by
Patti Stockman describing those efforts. See 2d Decl. of Patti
Stockman, Def.’s Opp., Attach. 6. The declaration, however, is
not detailed, and simply states that Stockman conducted a search,
“using broader terms than were used during the May 2003 search,
did so pursuant to instructions in the Roberts Memo, and reported
search results to Margaret Roberts.” Id. ¶ 3.
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