No.

Date received or

perfected FY 2021 FOIA Requests to CNCS/AmeriCorps

Status of

request and

disposition

2021-1 10/5/2020 a copy of the CNCS Dissemination Strategic Plan full grant

2021-2 10/5/2020 Records documenting CNCS’s acquisition plan, marketing research plan, and Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) for its rebranding project,

including records documenting the selection of Axis Research. partial grant

2021-3 10/6/2020

1) Records of any and all AmeriCorps Alumni who were surveyed or asked to provide meaningful input on the new AmeriCorps brand since the process

began. 2) Copies of all logo/branding concepts presented to CNCS by Brandpie during the rebranding process. 3) Copies of all Brandpie "Think Tank"

feedback records from the AmeriCorps branding process - including who was asked to provide feedback and what feedback was received.

partial grant

2021-4 10/7/2020

1) Copies of all Axis Research Focus Group records from the AmeriCorps brand research project that support the brand findings - including who was asked to

provide feedback and what feedback was received. Please also indicate how many AmeriCorps Alumni were involved in this research. 2) Supporting

data/documentation of how the numbers of the Axis Research Brand Findings document were determined (https://nationalservice.gov/aboutcncs/transformation-and-sustainability-plan/strengthening-our-brand/brand-research-findings) 3) Names and titles of all CNCS employees who worked on

the AmeriCorps Re-Branding Initiative.

partial grant

2021-5 10/8/2020

Records, including emails, identifying any policies, procedures, training materials, or communications concerning the capture, preservation, and

management of records from the virtual communication platform(s) used by AmeriCorps. Date range remains the same: October 1, 2019 through date of

request [October 8, 2020]

full grant
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No.

Date received or

perfected FY 2021 FOIA Requests to CNCS/AmeriCorps Disposition

2021-6 10/20/2020

1. Copies of all drafts of the Notice of Proposed Adverse Action that was issued to [requester] by CNCS on December 18, 2019 (b5); 2. All evidence and other material relied

upon by CNCS to support the Notice of Proposed Adverse Action (Notice), including witness statements about the alleged misconduct, any investigation reports of the

alleged misconduct, and all other records that relate to the alleged misconduct; 3. All communication, including meeting minutes, between CNCS staff or Vicksburg campus

NCCC members regarding: a. Requester, b. the misconduct alleged against him in the Notice, c. his responses thereto, d. the Notice, e. any prior protected activity by

Requester under 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b), f. the consideration or issuance of discipline to any Agency employee or NCCC Member at the Southern Region campus based upon

their advice or lack thereof to Requester, g. the consideration of any lesser penalties in the case; 4. All evidence that the investigation into the alleged misconduct of

Requester determined whether the purported relationships between Requester and [name 1] and [name 2] were consensual; 5. For the past five years, copies of all

proposed disciplinary and/or adverse actions issued to similarly situated AmeriCorps NCCC Members at the Southern Region campus, and CNCS employees; to similarly

situated NCCC members at the Southern Region campus and CNCS employees who were accused of sexual misconduct-harassment, conduct unbecoming a Federal

Employee, lack of candor, and/or similar offenses; 6. All Agency laws, rules, regulations, orders, guidance, policies, and manuals that CNCS allege Requester violated; 7.

Requester’s Official Personnel File; 8. Requester’s Performance and Training Record; 9. A copy of any supervisory files kept on Requester; 10. All applicant interview

questions, interview notes, applicant recommendations, proposals, and selection documents submitted, received, and confirmed by all Agency employees who participated

in the interview-selection-placement processes for Vacancy CNS-19-116-1065699; 11. copies of all communications between [Requester], CNCS, and Martin-Miser and

Associates regarding Requester’s informal complaint of discrimination.

partial grant

partial denial

2021-7 11/3/2020

1. Copies of all Annual Progress Reports submitted by AmeriCorps programs for FY19 (grant year from 9/1/2018 - 8/31/2019, submitted on or around

12/31/2019); 2. the number of individuals who applied to be AmeriCorps members (found under "Performance Data Elements" section of the Annual

Progress Reports) as reported by each CNCS AmeriCorps grantee in Annual Progress Reports due on 12/31/2019.

partial grant

partial denial

2021-8 11/3/2020 Copies of all final Federal Financial Reports filed by AmeriCorps State & National Grantees and AmeriCorps VISTA programs for the period covering the grant

years 09/01/2017 - 08/31/2018 and 09/01/2018 - 08/031/2019. withdrawn

2021-9 11/11/2020 Records to see if [the requester is] on a Persons of Interest List, Terrorist Watch List or Non-Investigative Subject List denied

no records

2021-10 11/16/2020 Copy of the proposal for funding submitted by the Duluth Area Family YMCA in Minnesota for funding year 2017. full grant
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No.

Date received or

perfected FY 2021 FOIA Requests to CNCS/AmeriCorps Disposition

2021-11 11/16/2020

1. Records of AmeriCorps alumni who were surveyed or asked to provide input on the new AmeriCorps brand since the process began; 2. copies of the logo

concepts presented to CNCS by Brandpie; 3. records of participants and feedback from the Brandpie "Think Tank"; 4. Axis Research focus group records that

support the brand findings, including participants and their feedback; 5. Supporting data/documentation of how the numbers of the Axis Research Brand

Findings document were determined; 6. Names and titles of CNCS employees who worked on the AmeriCorps rebranding initiative.

partial grant

2021-12 11/25/2020 Since May 14, 2019, any records – e.g., correspondence, grant or project sponsor applications, agreements – regarding Enrichmond Foundation as an

AmeriCorps grantee or project sponsor for East End and Evergreen cemeteries, TreeLab, Virginia Outdoors Foundation, and Preservation Virginia. partial grant

2021-13 12/1/2020 Records related to a request to issue replacement checks for two checks payable to U.of Chicago Graham School partial grant

2021-14 12/28/2020 A copy of the listing of CNCS Office of Inspector General Investigations CLOSED during Calendar Year 2020. partial grant

2021-15 12/29/2020

From January 1, 2018 to the present: Any document evidencing communications between Sandra Zimmermann-Cotter and CNCS from 1/1/18 to present;

Any documents regarding or pertaining to: (1) any complaint by Sandra Zimmermann-Cotter made to CNCS, (2) any investigation conducted as a result of

any complaint by Sandra Zimmermann-Cotter to CNCS, and (3) any sanctions, fines or penalties imposed upon Southern New Hampshire Services, Inc.

denied

2021-16 1/13/2021 Any contracts, communications, and invoices between AmeriCorps and Galaxy Digital of Asheville, North Carolina, for the use of the company's Volunteer

Management System software.

denied

no records

2021-17 1/25/2021 Emails received by the Acting CEO from the domain @who.eop.gov from January 20, 2021 to the present

denied

no records
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021-18 1/26/2020 A copy of the final report, ROI, Closing Memo, Referral Memo, and other conclusory documents, for each of these closed CNCS OIG investigations: 2018-007-

I, 2018-011-I, 2018-022-I, 2019-020-P, 2019-021-P, 2019-022-I, 2019-027-P, 2019-063-P, 2020-021-P, and 2020-037-P partial grant

No.

Date received or

perfected FY 2021 FOIA Requests to CNCS/AmeriCorps Disposition

2021-19 1/26/2021 A copy of the listing of investigations closed during the time period Calendar Years 2014-2019 (inclusive) partial grant

2021-20 2/8/2021

The initial notice of proposed debarment issued and sent to Jonathan Osler by CNCS and/or the CNCS OIG on or near September 25, 2020, including, but not

limited to, the initial charges and/or complaint against Jonathan Osler; Any and all responsive pleadings, responses, and answers to the charges or complaint

submitted by Jonathan Osler to CNCS or the CNCS OIG, including, but not limited to, all submissions, evidence, and declarations submitted by Jonathan Osler

and on his behalf; Any and all rebuttals, reply briefs or memoranda by CNCS or the CNCS OIG in reply to any responses submitted by Jonathan Osler; Any

and all decisions, judgments, convictions, rulings, or any other related conclusive forms and documents issued in the conclusion and resolution of the

debarment proceedings against Jonathan Osler.

partial grant

2021-21 2/16/2021 Copies of the volunteer/employment files of a VISTA alumna. full grant

2021-22 2/19/2021 Copies of the contract fulfilled by CLASS A CATERING, INC., fulfilled between the dates of August 11, 2020 through August 22, 2020 with the Award ID

95332A20F0064.

withdrawn

2021-23 3/2/2021 The attachments for CNCS-OIG investigation Report, dated March 1, 2021, for case no. 2020-027. partial grant

2021-24 3/2/2021 The following information for every RSVP grantee that was funded by the Corporation in FY 2020 but not funded in FY2021: name of sponsor, name of

Project Director, email address of Project Director, mailing address of grantee, amount of budget, number of volunteers full grant
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021-25 3/5/2021

1. All emails, correspondence, monitoring reports, findings from AmeriCorps HQs (or the CNCS Regional Office) and between the RI Department of

Education (responses), as well as the Office of the Governor (RI) - regarding the status, compliance/non-compliance of the RI Commission on National &

Community Service addressing the member composition requirements pursuant to federal/state law

2. CNCS guidance [that] was provided to the appointing authority (Governor) to fully & properly comply with federal & state laws and to receive & award

federal funds

3. CNCS certif[ication] of membership/composition compliance once new appointments were made

4. A copy of the current approved Administrative Budget for the RI Commission – including their detail/line items, as well as displaying the non-federal

match

partial grant

No.

Date received or

perfected FY 2021 FOIA Requests to CNCS/AmeriCorps Disposition

2021-26 3/11/2021

CNCS’s current “Sampling and Estimation Plans” established in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) Circular A-123, Appendix C, for

assessment improper payments under the Payment Integrity Information Act (“PIIA”) of 2019 (or the PIIA’s predecessor statutes, such as the Improper

Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvements Act (“IPERIA”)); Any updates to the Sampling and Estimation Plans described immediately above that are

in effect for federal fiscal year 2021; Any correspondence between CNCS and OMB showing submission of the methodology or plan described above to

OMB and/or OMB approval thereof.

full grant

2021-27 3/12/2021 a list reflecting any and all Certifying Organizations in the State of Ohio eligible to give out or award the President's Volunteer Service Award full grant

2021-28 3/18/2021 Documents including all attachments, about the government activities associated with Report of Investigation (OIG Case File 2020-025). partial grant

2021-29 4/28/2021

1.AmeriCorps Final Notice of Debarment issued against Jonathan Osler; 2. AmeriCorps’ initial Notice of Proposed Debarment issued against Jonathan Osler;

3. any and all AmeriCorps grant applications submitted by or awarded to the Oakland Public Education Fund for themselves or another organization from

January 1, 2018 to the present.

partial grant

2021-30 5/3/2021

Records from February 2017 to the present regarding the University of San Francisco, Community Initiatives, the San Francisco Unified School District,

and/or the San Francisco Teacher Residency:

•All audit findings, reviews, reports, evaluaƟons that were shared with the enƟƟes above, including at any exit conferences

•All responses and comments the enƟƟes above provided to AmeriCorps in response audit findings, evaluaƟons, exit conferences

denied
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021-31 5/5/2021 Any and all documentation provided by the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency in their defense against whistleblower retaliation claims,

including any interviews, documents, emails and written responses or any other remedial actions given to MDHA. partial grant

2021-32 7/12/2021 the Foster Grandparent Operations Handbook in effect on October 4, 2016 full grant

2021-33 7/16/2021

CNCS’s current risk model as referenced in the Office of Monitoring’s FAQs:

https://www.americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/AmeriCorps%20Office%20of%20Monitoring%20FAQs_508_3.pdf and any related

documents/tools used to assess the risk of state service commissions for selection in annual monitoring.

denied

No.

Date received or

perfected FY 2021 FOIA Requests to CNCS/AmeriCorps Disposition

2021-34 7/19/2021 A copy of the Americorps Strategic Plan for FY22-FY26 (?). If no such strategic plan is available, then I also request a copy of the document providing the

status of the report. I also request a copy of any contract awarded to a contractor to help prepare the Strategic Plan. partial grant

2021-35 7/19/2021 A copy of the 2020 preliminary impact report for the Public Lands Service Coalition Partnership that evaluated AmeriCorps conservation corps programs in

Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, and Utah. full grant

2021-36 7/19/2021 A copy of each internal memo, document or study, during the last five years, regarding how drug addiction and/or opioid addiction are affecting Americorps

programs and how that addiction are affecting the ability for Americorps programs to be successful. withdrawn

2021-37 7/19/2021 A copy of each report provided to AmeriCorps or AmeriCorps Seniors by JBS International, Inc., between January 1, 2019 and present. If there was a single

"final report," that final report would suffice in full for the purpose of this request.

full grant

2021-38 7/19/2021 A copy of EACH case study report provided by ICF, Inc. to AmeriCorps / AmeriCorps Seniors, during the timeframe January 1, 2018 to the present. partial grant

2021-39 7/19/2021 a copy of the full investigation report or reports produced by the AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General during the last two years regarding [names

withheld]. denied

2021-39A 8/10/2021 Appeal of agency response to 2021-39 agency response

affirmed

2021-40 7/28/2021 Copies of the recent contracts fulfilled by the International Medical Group, Inc. for the administration of the AmeriCorps VISTA health care plan: contracts,

statements of work, purchase orders, etc. associated with the Award IDs (from usaspending.gov) 95332A20P0023 and 95332A20P0043.

administrative

closure
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021-41 8/3/2021 A copy of all full time employees’ first, middle (if available) and last names, including their job title/position, their campus/office location (city and state

only), date of hire and email address. partial grant

2021-42 8/13/2021 Copies of Office of Human Capital communications (and communications with leadership), specifically regarding the distribution of performance bonus

timelines and delays. I would also like to request the internal Standard Operating Procedure regarding performance bonus distributions and their timelines. partial grant

2021-43 8/27/2021 copies of the statement of work, contract award, and all subsequent contract modifications for award #95332A19C0001 partial grant

2021-44 8/31/2021 All files, records, documents, and communications related to [withheld] and/or [name]'s involvement, leadership, volunteer work, and/or termination from

AmeriCorps and/or any of its programs.

denied

no records

No.

Date received or

perfected FY 2021 FOIA Requests to CNCS/AmeriCorps Disposition

2021-45 9/1/2020 Records of RSVP of Wapello County that was sponsored by the Ottumwa Chamber of Commerce and was closed in 2012. partial grant

2021-46 9/27/2021 Copies of the following grant proposals from 2021: Community Health Best Practices AmeriCorps: Middletown, CT / Community Health Center, Inc. and

Sunset Park AmeriCorps: Brooklyn, NY / Sunset Park Health Council, dba NYU Lutheran Family Health Centers

full grant

2021-47 9/28/2021 The attendance policy for Unit Leaders of the NCCC program; i.e., What occurs if an employee arrives at their work place after their scheduled start time.

What are the consequences or discipline an employee receives for being late to work. full grant