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Requests for Smithsonian Institution Records

Fiscal Year 2023 (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023)

Pending Requests

Tracking 

Number 

of 

Request

Date 

Received Description of Records Requested Status

219979999 5/18/2021 Office of Protection Services policies for applicants with hearing 

disability

Reviewing 

Records

718032415 6/1/2021 Records pertaining to Cells on Wheels (COWs) on Smithsonian 

property

Reviewing 

Records

000393318 7/15/2021 Records pertaining to a specific donation to the National Air and 

Space Museum

Reviewing 

Records

622774916 9/9/2021 Advisory Council meeting minutes of the National Postal 

Museum from 1/1/2010-present

Reviewing 

Records

745936417 9/30/2021 National Postal Museum’s Council of Philatelists’ meeting 

minutes from 1/1/2016-present

Reviewing 

Records

849731589 5/23/2022 Interview and decision notes, and email correspondence re. Office 

of Protection Services position

Reviewing 

Records

998862582 5/25/2022 Uncashed checks, unclaimed tax refunds, tax overpayments, and 

other financial information from 5/25/2017-present

Searching for 

Records

473372982 6/1/2022 Communications between the Smithsonian and OEESD 

investigator

Reviewing 

Records

494123068 7/29/2022

Correspondence, policies, agreements, and financial records 

between the National Museum of Asian Art and the Hong Kong 

Economic and Trade Office from July 2022-present

Reviewing 

Records

248908685 9/1/2022 Records pertaining to SI employee Searching for 

Records

525193699 9/26/2022 Certificates, attestations and invoices received by Smithsonian for 

Renewable Energy Certificates from 1/1/2020-present

Searching for 

Records

467326751 11/10/2022

Policy documents re. Native American ancient DNA & 

consultations with Native Americans re. DNA research from 

1/1/2012-present

Searching for 

Records

646794997 12/6/2022 Records pertaining to renewable energy certificates from 

9/2/2022-present

Searching for 

Records

382921559 1/23/2023 Records pertaining to the National Zoological Park’s visitor pass 

system

Reviewing 

Records
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Tracking 

Number 

of 

Request

Date 

Received Description of Records Requested Status

886203358 2/27/2023 Active contracts between the Smithsonian Institution and any 

food service companies at certain units

Searching for 

Records

546507537 2/28/2023 Records pertaining to the National Museum of African American 

History and Culture visitor pass system bid process

Searching for 

Records

615179542 4/4/2023 Office of Protective Services incident report Reviewing 

Records

945887539 4/17/2023 Emails pertaining to visits from U.S. Supreme Court Justices Request 

Received

388111226 4/28/2023 Smithsonian physician salaries since 2000 Searching for 

Records

373329847 5/5/2023 Smithsonian Directives and other policies Searching for 

Records

642068964 6/23/2023 Records pertaining to personnel matters and construction 

contracts at the Mpala Research Centre and Wildlife Foundation

Searching for 

Records

281259764 7/13/2023 Smithsonian Gardens Restricted Use Pesticides records Request 

Received

818805767 7/17/2023 Records re. cancelled 2023 Asian American Literature Festival Reviewing 

Records

742650280 7/24/2023 Invoices related to the National Museum of African American 

History & Culture fountain cleaning

Searching for 

Records

257687337 7/24/2023 Records re. unpublished Smithsonian Magazine articles Reviewing 

Records

483709582 7/31/2023 National Zoological Park and China Wildlife Conservation 

Association agreements

Searching for 

Records

877140837 8/1/2023 National Zoological Park elephant study records Request 

Received

537125207 8/11/2023 Records pertaining to IACUC meetings and protocols Searching for 

Records

351735327 9/5/2023 Organization charts for the Smithsonian & specific units Request 

Received

200577340 9/28/2023 Documents from construction project at the Udvar-Hazy Center Request 

Received

933177051 9/28/2023 Office of Protective Services incident report Reviewing 

Records
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Closed Requests

Tracking 

Number of 

Request

Date 

Received Description of Records Requested Date Closed

705135730 10/4/2021 Smithsonian Enterprises RFP under which license granted to 

Putney Travel 10/5/2022

799814711 12/22/2021 Correspondence from the Office of Protection Services related to 

Evolv from 1/1/2021-12/22/21 10/25/2022

682483662 4/13/2022

Lead-based survey results at National Museum of American 

History, National Museum of Natural History, & the Castle since 

2012

7/31/2022

638973698 5/23/2022 Records on various topics including EEOC communications 

about EEOC MD-715 11/7/2022

130228607 8/22/2022 Current National Zoological Park pamphlets available for guests 10/11/2022

533621291 8/22/2022 Records pertaining to Save America contributions to the 

Smithsonian from 4/1/2022-present 4/14/2023

462840707 8/22/2022 Records pertaining to Save America contribution to the 

Smithsonian 4/14/2023

593248452 8/30/2022 Smithsonian visitor counts for year-to-date through March 2019 10/4/2022

257426117 9/1/2022 Records pertaining to Save America contribution to the 

Smithsonian 4/14/2023

318991265 9/6/2022 Payroll records of National Air & Space Museum subcontractor 

Emmitsburg Glass Co 11/10/2022

134229112 9/9/2022 Records pertaining to 2016 elevator incident at the National 

Museum of African American History & Culture 12/19/2022

188648869 10/13/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 10/17/2022

293896118 10/19/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 10/20/2022

617232021 10/24/2022

Donations or reimbursements made to the Smithsonian Institution

for any events associated with the Investiture of Ketanji Brown 

Jackson as Justice from 5/1/22-present

11/3/2022

912075590 11/2/2022 Records pertaining to environmental protest and protection of 

paintings, from 10/14-11/2/2022 9/12/2023

126226768 11/10/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 11/16/2022

314358133 11/14/2022 Contracts between Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and a 

certain expedition company from 2000-2022 3/22/2023

448855029 11/16/2022 Giant skeletons information 11/21/2022

435303616 11/21/2022 Records pertaining to a certain American Indian tribe 1/25/2023
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Tracking 

Number of 

Request

Date 

Received Description of Records Requested Date Closed

556427146 12/7/2022 Office of Protection Services video footage 12/16/2022

843970685 12/8/2022 Records pertaining to loan of painting to the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum 4/6/2023

908270316 12/12/2022 Certain Memorandum of Agreement between the Smithsonian 

and the Republic of Peru 12/12/2022

419698585 12/16/2022 Records pertaining to G.E. Kincaid expedition 12/20/2022

999141523 12/19/2022

Communications between a director of the Smithsonian National 

Museum of American History and Dr. Anthony Fauci from 

1/2021-12/9/2022

1/3/2023

231662300 1/6/2023 Records pertaining to 2016 elevator incident at the National 

Museum of African American History & Culture 1/31/2023

333098513 1/9/2023 List of Smithsonian Office of the Inspector General investigations 

closed from 2021-2022 1/12/2023

204215253 1/10/2023

Financial and curator records pertaining to the Entertainment 

Nation exhibit at the National Museum of American History, 

from 2020-2022

8/16/2023

653187428 2/9/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 5/5/2023

582126578 2/16/2023 Demographic data of all Smithsonian Institution’s external 

endowment managers contracted in the U.S. 3/14/2023

309919031 3/3/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 3/16/2023

786277558 3/7/2023 Records pertaining to congressional and presidential declarations 

of March as Women's History Month 5/4/2023

844349098 3/15/2023 Records pertaining to G.E. Kincaid expedition 3/16/2023

210745483 3/15/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 3/17/2023

966774019 3/15/2023 Records pertaining to the Smithsonian’s contribution of capital to 

private market investment vehicles 3/21/2023

476904480 3/16/2023 Request for access to certain documents and specimens in the 

National Anthropology Archives collection 3/24/2023

715238480 3/21/2023 Records pertaining to an SI vehicle and driver 7/11/2023

413177427 4/17/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 4/19/2023

805325285 4/17/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 5/5/2023

496891031 4/18/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 4/27/2023
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Tracking 

Number of 

Request

Date 

Received Description of Records Requested Date Closed

881543523 5/3/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 5/8/2023

794749313 5/9/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 5/10/2023

902777105 5/10/2023 Office of Protection Services video footage 5/11/2023

720344503 5/12/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 5/26/2023

170824341 5/17/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 5/22/2023

637749331 5/17/2023 Office of Protection Services video footage 5/25/2023

508304128 5/19/2023 Office of Protection Services video footage 5/26/2023

136900374 5/31/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 6/1/2023

890871530 5/31/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 6/9/2023

691045919 6/5/2023 Records pertaining to Smithsonian Institution social media 

strategy created in 2022 or 2023 6/9/2023

453383051 6/5/2023 Records pertaining to National Museum of Natural History 

strategic plan 6/12/2023

633797809 6/27/2023 UFO bird strikes 2004-2020 6/29/2023

983111414 7/7/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 8/1/2023

956476184 7/10/2023 Records pertaining to giant skeletons 7/13/2023

213145442 7/21/2023 Specific correspondence to/from the Acting Director of the Asian 

Pacific American Center 8/24/2023

316705358 7/26/2023 Office of Protection Services video footage 8/4/2023

145433593 7/31/2023 G.E. Kincaid expedition records 8/4/2023

634710440 8/1/2023 SI, UCal and DHS ties (context is UCal announcement re hiring 

undocumented students) 9/20/2023

991085271 8/4/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 8/9/2023

476951324 8/11/2023 Records pertaining to reports submitted to the Office of Human 

Resources and Office of Protection Services in April 2023 8/29/2023

735540058 8/11/2023 Records related to certain bonds issued for a construction project 9/11/2023
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Tracking 

Number of 

Request

Date 

Received Description of Records Requested Date Closed

987732657 8/22/2023 Office of Protection Services incident report 9/1/2023

 Totals:

Number of Requests Received in Fiscal Year 2023: 69

Number of Requests Processed in Fiscal Year 2023: 61

Number of Requests Pending at the End of Fiscal Year 2023: 30