EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
OF THE UNITED STATES

May 12, 2015

MAY 15 2015
Mr. Eric Bolrnder

Cause of Action
1919 Ave, NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 2006

Re: FOIA Request 201500009F
Dear Mr. Bolinder:

This is the ?nal response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Export-
Import Bank of the United States (Ex-1m Bank). We received your request in our FOIA Of?ce
via US. Certi?ed Mail on November 20, 2014. You requested "the text messages, Blackberry
messenger chats and SMS messages sent or received by the following employees or the person
currently holding the named position from November 2, 2014 to November 8, 2014:

Fred P. Hochberg, Chairman and President

Scott P. Schloegel, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff
Bradley Carroll, Senior Vice President, Communications
Erin Gulick, Senior Vice President, Congressional Affairs
Gaurab Bansal, Deputy Chief of Staff. 

We conducted a comprehensive search of the ?les within the Of?ce of Resource Management,
Of?ce of the Chief Information Of?cer, IT Security and Systems Assurance for records that
would be responsive to your request. This is the component within Ex-Im Bank in which
responsive records could reasonably be expected to be found. The search produced the attached
records. The messages for Fred P. Hochberg and Gaurab Bansal are partially releasable. Any
redactions are accompanied by the corresponding FOIA exemption:

FOIA Exemption 6 exempts from disclosure personnel or medical ?les and similar ?les
the release of which would cause a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Also, in regards to the messages for Bradley Carroll and Erin Gulick, we were unable to locate or
identify any responsive records. In addition, the messages for Scott P. Schloegel were accidently
deleted on approximately January 1, 2015. Enclosed is signed declaration from Mr. Schloegel
attesting to the deletion.

811. VERMONT AVENUE, NW. WASHINGTON, DC. 20571

Mr. Kevin Schmidt Page 2

 

You have the right to appeal the action on this request by writing to the Export-Import Bank of
the United States, Attention: Assistant General Counsel for Administration, 811 Vermont
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20571. Any appeal must be received by that of?ce within 30
days from the date of this letter. You may also submit an appeal via E-Mail at
FOIA.Appeals@exim. gov. The phrase should appear on the letter and on the
outside of the envelope containing the appeal or in the "Subject" line of the E-Mail.

For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and
national security records ?om the requirements of the FOIA. U.S.C. ?552(c) (2006 
Supp. IV (2010). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of
the FOIA. This is a standard noti?cation that is given to all of our requesters and should not be
taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist.

Ex-Im Bank's FOIA regulations at 12 C.F.R.404.9 state that Ex-Im Bank shall charge fees to
recover the full allowable direct cost it incurs in processing request, but as a courtesy, we are
waiving all fees.

If you have any questions about this request, please contact Ms. Lennell Jackson at (202) 565-
3290 or by E-Mail at Lennell.Jackson@exim.gov.

erely


David M. Sena
Chief FOIA Of?cer

Enclosure: Responsive Documents on CD