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Requests for Smithsonian Institution Records 

Fiscal Year 2021 (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021) 

Pending Requests

TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED STATUS

47647 1/4/2017 Certain Smithsonian Facilities plans and reports Reviewing Records 

48727 6/23/2017 Board Meeting minutes from National Museum of the 

American Indian from 2012-2014 

Searching for physical 

records, as accessible 

53376 8/26/2019 Approved animal-use protocols and procedures Searching for Records 

53875 12/16/2019 Records on animal use from certain Smithsonian 

museums/facilities Reviewing Records 

54056 1/28/2020 Records pertaining to the Great Ape House at the National 

Zoological Park Searching for Records 

54292 3/30/2020 IACUC meeting minutes and semi-annual reports from 

four museums Reviewing Records 

54440 10/9/2020 Certain Global Health Program employee communications 

from 1/1/2017-present Reviewing Records 

996600494 12/21/2020 Communications regarding proposed Hirshhorn garden 

redesign Searching for Records 

186574030 1/4/2021 Repatriation annual reports Reviewing Records 

847665389 3/8/2021 National Zoological Park vendor information Searching for Records 

193578481 4/6/2021 National Zoological Park Advisory Board meeting minutes 

from 4/16/2016-present Searching for Records 

106246365 4/6/2021 National Air & Space Museum Advisory Board meeting 

minutes from 6/1/2016-present Reviewing Records 

096189220 4/7/2021 National Zoological Park “animal escape investigations” 

between 2014-present Searching for Records 

221075818 4/20/2021 National Zoological Park budgets showing expenses by 

animal or enclosure from 2018-2020 Reviewing Records 

783961797 5/13/2021 

National Museum of African American History and 

Culture elevator records, elevator accident reports, and 

employee medical/personnel files 

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

hearing disability Searching for Records 

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

Smithsonian property Searching for Records 

371818722 6/3/2021 Payroll records of National Air & Space Museum 

subcontractor G&M Services from 10/1/2020-present Searching for Records 

734226620 6/8/2021 Renovation/construction contract with Rife International 

from Jan. 2018 Searching for Records 

861589816 6/28/2021 

Records related to Friends of the National Zoo/ National 

Zoological Park contract and termination from 3/1/2020-

present 

Searching for Records 

712449080 7/13/2021 Guest list of 2019 American Portrait Gallery gala; 

communications pertaining to Jeff Bezos Searching for Records 

000393318 7/15/2021 Records pertaining to Jeff Bezos $200 million donation to 

National Air and Space Museum Searching for Records 

945707040 7/26/2021 Diversity training materials Searching for Records 

405428424 7/26/2021 Solicitation document re. design of National Museum of 

African American History and Culture Searching for Records 

622301569 8/23/2021 Records related to National Portrait Gallery portrait of Bill 

& Melinda Gates Searching for Records 

068695894 8/23/2021 Specific letter to Office of Foreign Assets Control from 

the Freer Gallery Searching for Records 

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

Museum from 1/1/2010-present Searching for Records 

752897868 9/17/2021 Smithsonian Folkways certain album sales records Searching for Records 

760835542 9/29/2021 Records on self from 6/1/2015-present Searching for Records 

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

minutes from 1/1/2016-present Searching for Records 

 
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Closed Requests

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OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED DATE

CLOSED

45021 10/21/2015 Records Related to 2007 South Florida 

Environmental Report 

3/26/2021 

45743 2/18/2016 Records Related to 2007 South Florida 

Environmental Report 

3/26/2021 

45991 3/30/2016 Records related to conversations about exhibition 

and donor 

3/26/2021 

46088 4/15/2016 Records regarding National Zoological Society 

Advisory Board meeting minutes 

4/6/2021 

46094 4/20/2016 Records regarding National Air and Space Advisory 

Board meeting minutes

4/6/2021 

46547 6/29/2016 Records on Requester 3/30/2021 

46683 7/21/2016 Records regarding Roosevelt Resurvey Project 4/12/2021 

46805 8/16/2016 Records related to certain National Museum of 

African American History & Culture construction 

contracts 

4/12/2021 

48657 6/20/2017 Certain Smithsonian networks review committee 

communications 

4/27/2021 

48790 7/3/2017 Records related to a specific Smithsonian Magazine 

article 

4/6/2021 

48961 7/27/2017 Certain Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 

communications 

3/30/2021 

49110 8/23/2017 Certain records related to the National Museum of 

Natural History’s Imax theater and restaurants 

3/30/2021 

49171 8/31/2017 Records regarding the Fourth National Climate 

Assessment 

4/21/2021 

49276 9/14/2017 Records related to 2009 Gala “Tsars of the East” 4/9/2021 

49804 11/20/2017 Certain records related to items from United Flight 

93 in Shanksville, PA 

4/6/2021 

49806 11/20/2017 Records from National Museum of African 

American History & Culture related to Colin 

Kaepernick, National Football League, and others 

4/22/2021 

49912 12/11/2017 Records related to elevator maintenance at the 

National Museum of African American History & 

Culture 

4/22/2021 
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TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED DATE

CLOSED

50143 1/17/2018 Certain National Zoological Park incident reports 4/15/2021 

50555 3/20/2018 Records related to giant squid specimens 5/21/2021 

50788 4/25/2018 Records regarding the Smithsonian south mall 

campus master plan 

3/26/2021 

51233 7/12/2018 GSA Smartpay program cardholder information 5/5/2021 

51244 7/13/2018 GSA Smartpay program transactional records 5/5/2021 

51311 7/27/2018 Records related to a specific personnel action 4/8/2021 

51714 9/27/2018 Certain records related to Vacancy Announcement 

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5/14/2021 

52145 12/17/2018 Records related to certain display at National 

Portrait Gallery exhibition 

4/23/2021 

52154 1/2/2019 Records related to a certain display at National 

Portrait Gallery exhibition 

4/23/2021 

52485 3/19/2019 Records from the Arthur M. Sackler gallery 

containing specific keywords 

3/13/2021 

52840 5/14/2019 Unredacted copies of documents released under 

prior records request 

4/12/2021 

52841 5/17/2019 Certain records regarding National Native American 

Veterans Memorial 

4/6/2021 

53101 7/1/2019 Smithsonian Castle air and health records for a 

specific room 

4/23/2021 

53297 8/5/2019 Information on deposits into treasury account 4/23/2021 

53516 9/25/2019 Records on all National Zoological Park “animal 

escape investigations” over past 5 years 

4/23/2021 

54232 2/20/2020 Records identifying brands/manufacturers of 

asbestos products used at Smithsonian 

museums/facilities 

4/13/2021 

54277 3/8/2020 Records regarding Australian ancestral remains 

acquired by the Smithsonian in 1926 

4/13/2021 

54359 7/2/2020 Emails regarding a specific bust at the National 

Portrait Gallery and related topics 

4/23/2021 
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TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED DATE

CLOSED

54375 7/23/2020 Records regarding chart previously available on the 

National Museum of African American History & 

Culture website 

4/23/2021 

54376 7/23/2020 Emails sent by National Museum of African 

American History & Culture employees that use 

term “whiteness” 

4/23/2021 

54383 7/28/2020 Copies of letters supporting proposed Hirshhorn 

Garden redesign 

11/13/2020 

54391 8/3/2020 Contract, SOW/PWS, & list of equipment associated 

with purchase order 

9/29/2021 

54392 8/5/2020 Results of 2019 Smithsonian Employee Perception 

Survey broken down by museum 

1/15/2021 

54435 9/2/2020 Payroll records related to National Zoological Park 

Bird House renovation 

5/4/2021 

54436 9/2/2020 Work-scope modifications under National 

Zoological Park Bird House construction contract 

9/29/2021 

54438 10/7/2020 Records on ties to museums/libraries & 

communications about self 

10/13/2020 

54443 10/19/2020 Record of Diversity & Minority Suppliers at 

National Zoological Park for FY 2015-2020 

12/1/2020 

54444 10/19/2020 Rules and regulations regarding corporate 

sponsorships at National Zoological Park 

12/1/2020 

54447 10/14/2020 Records on various topics possessed by those 

affiliated with the Polar Institute 

12/8/2020 

54448 10/27/2020 Dataset of visitor comments 11/19/2020 

54449 10/26/2020 National Museum of Natural History Incident 

Report 

11/3/2020 

54450 10/26/2020 FOIA consult requesting NSF-funded grant proposal 

details 

11/18/2020 

54452 11/2/2020 Benefit sharing agreements in relation to plant 

research 

11/16/2020 

54453 11/4/2020 Records between the Smithsonian and Blackbaud 11/30/2020 

930239907 11/23/2020 2019 contract between the Smithsonian and 

RESource 

11/23/2020 
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TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED DATE

CLOSED

888957038 11/24/2020 Information related to certain Smithsonian job 

announcements 

5/6/2021 

684129256 11/24/2020 National Zoological Park Incident Report 11/30/2020 

132478014 11/25/2020 National Zoological Park Incident Report 11/30/2020 

087567914 12/7/2020 FOIA consult requesting National Science 

Foundation-funded grant proposal details 

12/15/2020 

449513705 12/14/2020 FOIA consult requesting National Museum of 

Natural History records on shipments of a specific 

species 

12/14/2020 

121606873 12/15/2020 Records related to Briefcam 12/16/2020 

005125475 1/5/2021 Office of Protection Services video footage from 

National Museum of African American History and 

Culture 

1/13/2021 

924170473 1/21/2021 Office of Protection Services video footage from 

National Air and Space Museum 

2/17/2021 

300715175 1/26/2021 Records on self 3/18/2021 

791325834 1/27/2021 Exhibitions with items indemnified by the Federal 

Council on the Arts and Humanities 

2/5/2021 

580226943 2/2/2021 Office of Protection Services Incident Report 2/8/2021 

082708346 2/4/2021 Inventory of active leases 3/22/2021 

628814777 2/11/2021 Records related to Briefcam (second request) 2/16/2021 

098365731 2/15/2021 Records on giant skeletons 2/18/2021 

167682050 2/18/2021 Contract between Friends of the National Zoo and 

National Zoological Park 

2/23/2021 

867412303 2/26/2021 Records on 2010 FBI investigation 3/3/2021 

662913546 3/3/2021 Art authentication reports from 2018-2021 3/4/2021 

435362671 3/9/2021 Office of Protection Services video footage 3/10/2021 

769955380 3/9/2021 Office of Protection Services incident report & 

video footage 

3/18/2021 
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TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED DATE

CLOSED

475382012 3/15/2021 Specific letters from the Dept. of Treasury 4/19/2021 

550070400 3/25/2021 Records prepared by Smithsonian for coin 

authentication training 

4/27/2021 

714713863 4/1/2021 Specific Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 

pathology reports 

5/10/2021 

442302732 4/8/2021 Communications between the White House & 

Smithsonian from 1/1/2017-4/7/2021 

5/12/2021 

806054906 4/15/2021 Records pertaining to archival footage within the 

National Air and Space Museum film In Their Own 

Words 

4/27/2021 

455565036 4/19/2021 Records discussing SD-807 response challenges & 

solutions from 1/1/2016-present 

5/7/2021 

016065198 4/23/2021 Quarterly performance data for any alternative asset 

holdings 

8/10/2021 

176682176 4/26/2021 Correspondence pertaining to self 8/13/2021 

031598325 5/3/2021 Information pertaining to former supervisor 5/14/2021 

637896868 5/7/2021 World Record Academy employee Smithsonian 

association 

5/14/2021 

436356751 5/10/2021 National Zoological Park big cat numbers 7/30/2021 

789070940 6/1/2021 Office of Protection Services incident report & 

video footage 

6/17/2021 

785290082 6/25/2021 Office of Protection Services video footage 7/16/2021 

950048180 7/23/2021 Office of Protection Services incident report for 

National Museum of Natural History 

7/30/2021 

210763018 8/9/2021 Records on Jeanne Clery 8/10/2021 

514980903 8/26/2021 Access to personal records 8/30/2021 

 Totals: 

Number of Requests Received in Fiscal Year 2021: 69 

Number of Requests Processed in Fiscal Year 2021: 87 

Number of Requests Pending at the End of Fiscal Year 2021: 30