Documents / FOIA release
This is a July 27, 2021 FOIA response from NASA's Office of Communications to John Greenewald, Jr. It covers records from Leslie Kean's lawsuit against NASA seeking Kecksburg documents. NASA released 207 pages in full, 7 in part and withheld 31, noting that most of the lawsuit case files had been destroyed under records retention rules. The enclosures include court declarations, a 2003 appeal decision ordering a broader search, a 2019 FOIA response, and Stan Gordon's account of the missing NASA fragology files.
“Headquarters”17 pages
3 7. I followed up by telephone with all the FOIA Officers to ensure that the searches were underway and that particular offices had not been overlooked. In some cases, the offices searched were supplemented with additional offices after a discussion of how particular centers are organized into programs and administrative functions. 8. I also discussed with Patti Stockman, Headquarters Records Manager her efforts to locate documents in the NASA archives, including the Federal Records Center and Jane Odom, Archivist, her efforts in the history office. I was impressed by the diligence of both women to conduct an exhaustive search. I did not help manage the other searches of Headquarters offices. 9. It is my interpretation of the plaintiff’s amended FOIA request that the search for “(1) a description of the search conducted regarding her request and any documentation (e.g., e-mails) related thereto;” did not entitle her to documents generated after commencement of litigation even though her request was not date-limited. 10. I do not know of any prior NASA search affidavits relating to NASA’s processing of earlier requests. I acted in good faith at all times. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. __________________________________ ________________ Margaret A. Roberts Date Senior Attorney National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FOIA release, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 223 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.