Assess whether a subrecipient should be suspended (96d827)

Situation

The desk packet is FOIA search-term and exemption log after a media FOIA for the same emails counsel wants withheld. IG response coordinator in a state agency with a FOIA backlog and a political request has to name Pay or continue or Recoup for this Government Policy and Grants file.

Decision

IG response coordinator in a state agency with a FOIA backlog and a political request must choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold using FOIA search-term and exemption log after a media FOIA for the same emails counsel wants withheld.

Hypotheses to test

• Authorize Pay or continue now; FOIA search-term and exemption log already has the discriminator after a media FOIA for the same emails counsel wants withheld.
• Keep Recoup in force until FOIA search-term and exemption log is completed after a media FOIA for the same emails counsel wants withheld for IG response coordinator.
• Treat FOIA search-term and exemption log as Deny because both readings appear after a media FOIA for the same emails counsel wants withheld.
• Refuse a Government close: IG response coordinator does not have the page a subrecipient should be suspended turns on in FOIA search-term and exemption log.

Analysis required

• Trace the audit trail IG response coordinator would produce for oversight.
• Map eligibility, appropriation, and program rules in FOIA search-term and exemption log after a media FOIA for the same emails counsel wants withheld.
• Name the statutory hook that FOIA search-term and exemption log does or does not support.
• For this Government Policy and Grants file, read FOIA search-term and exemption log against a media FOIA for the same emails counsel wants withheld and write the one fact that would move a subrecipient should be suspended for IG response coordinator.

Recommendation

Choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold on this Government / Policy and Grants packet (FOIA search-term and exemption log after a media FOIA for the same emails counsel wants withheld). Lead with the Government option FOIA search-term and exemption log can support after a media FOIA for the same emails counsel wants withheld, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for IG response coordinator in a state agency with a FOIA backlog and a political request.