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Requests for Smithsonian Institution Records

Fiscal Year 2022 (October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022) 

Pending Requests

TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED STATUS

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 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

Searching for 

Records

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

meeting minutes from 1/1/2016-present

Searching for 

Records

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

granted to Putney Travel Reviewing Records

799814711 12/22/2021 Correspondence from the Office of Protection 

Services related to Evolv from 1/1/2021-12/22/21 Reviewing Records

682483662 4/13/2022

Lead-based survey results at National Museum of 

American History, National Museum of Natural 

History, & the Castle since 2012

Searching for 

Records

849731589 5/23/2022

Interview and decision notes, and email 

correspondence re. Office of Protection Services 

position

Searching for 

Records

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

communications about EEOC MD-715

Searching for 

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

Searching for 

Records
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TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED STATUS

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

Searching for 

Records

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

the Smithsonian from 4/1/2022-present Reviewing Records

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

the Smithsonian Reviewing Records

130228607 8/22/2022 Current National Zoological Park pamphlets 

available for guests

Searching for 

Records

593248452 8/30/2022 Smithsonian visitor counts for year-to-date through 

March 2019

Searching for 

Records

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

the Smithsonian Reviewing Records

248908685 9/1/2022 Records pertaining to SI employee Request Received

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

subcontractor Emmitsburg Glass Co Reviewing Records

134229112 9/9/2022

Records pertaining to 2016 elevator incident at the 

National Museum of African American History & 

Culture

Request Received

525193699 9/26/2022

Certificates, attestations, and invoices received by 

Smithsonian for Renewable Energy Certificates from 

1/1/2020-present

Request Received
3 

Closed Requests

TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED DATE

CLOSED

47647 1/4/2017 Certain Smithsonian Facilities plans and reports 10/25/2021

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

American Indian from 2012-2014 

4/27/2022

53376 8/26/2019 Approved animal-use protocols and procedures 10/18/2021

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

museums/facilities

10/18/2021

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

National Zoological Park

11/19/2021

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

from four museums

10/18/2021

54440 10/9/2020 Certain Global Health Program employee 

communications from 1/1/2017-present 

1/20/2022

996600494 12/21/2020 Communications regarding the proposed Hirshhorn

garden redesign

2/22/2022

186574030 1/4/2021 Repatriation annual reports 4/28/2022

847665389 3/8/2021 National Zoological Park vendor information 8/23/2022

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

meeting minutes from 6/1/2016-present 

3/14/2022

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

minutes from 4/16/2016-present

4/28/2022

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

investigations” between 2014-present 

4/28/2022

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

by animal or enclosure from 2018-2020 

2/15/2022

783961797 5/13/2021 National Museum of African American History and 

Culture elevator records, elevator accident reports, 

and employee medical/personnel files

11/17/2021

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

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

7/1/2022

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

International from Jan. 2018

1/28/2022

861589816 6/28/2021 Records related to Friends of the National Zoo/ 

National Zoological Park contract and termination 

from 3/12/2020-present

4/27/2022

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

communications pertaining to Jeff Bezos 

2/4/2022

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

of African American History and Culture 

10/18/2021
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OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED DATE

CLOSED

945707040 7/26/2021 Diversity training materials 11/22/2021

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

from the Freer Gallery

12/17/2021

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

Bill & Melinda Gates

1/14/2022

752897868 9/17/2021 Smithsonian Folkways certain album sales records 12/13/2021

760835542 9/29/2021 Records on self from 6/1/2015 to present 11/19/2021

598195515 10/15/2021 Records on giant skeletons 10/20/2021

567108666 10/20/2021 Operations at GAF and/or BASF sites in Rensselaer, 

New York, from 1929-1978 

6/3/2022

482522503 10/26/2021 Office of Protection Services incident report & video 

footage 

11/2/2021

182682647 11/10/2021 Communications/records related to the Smithsonian's

research under USAID PREDICT

1/12/2022

760927253 11/12/2021 Records on giant skeletons 11/12/2021

042099487 11/12/2021 Office of Protection Services incident report 11/19/2021

779138077 11/12/2021 Individual’s personnel file and certain policies of the 

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

2/4/2022

911413380 11/22/2021 Records on giant skeletons 11/23/2021

845673367 11/23/2021 Smithsonian’s current and target asset allocation &

details of investment funds

11/29/2021

112689548 11/26/2021 Investment fund relationships, interests, and board

recommendations

1/3/2022

735356492 12/1/2021 Contract and amendments between the Smithsonian 

and Ko-Am Enterprises

2/11/2022

943920356 12/15/2021 Office of Protection Services incident report 1/5/2022

038775273 12/16/2021 Records on a staff from the Rappahannock Tribe at 

the National Museum of the American Indian

4/14/2022

408636720 12/16/2021 List of Smithsonian J1 Visa Applications 1/13/2022

911697305 12/20/2021 Contracts for construction services performed by Rife 

International at the National Museum of African 

American Heritage & Culture

1/28/2022

521890730 1/4/2022 Electronic correspondence containing "Evolv" or

from "Evolvtechnology.com" b/w 1/1/20-1/3/22

2/15/2022
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TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED DATE

CLOSED

785529472 1/11/2022 Communications/records related to the Smithsonian's

research under USAID PREDICT

1/21/2022

167870991 1/24/2022 Contract between Smithsonian Tropical Research 

Institute and Lindblad Expeditions from 2010-present

2/10/2022

256187911 2/3/2022 Information regarding accident at National Zoological 

Park

2/4/2022

315719811 2/4/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 2/15/2022

759538919 2/4/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report and video 

footage 

2/15/2022

994393653 2/9/2022 Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute uses of

sulfur hexafluoride from FY 2020-2021

2/17/2022

337412860 2/15/2022 Correspondence among Smithsonian executives/ 

directors regarding NFTs in 2021 & 2022

6/3/2022

991639399 2/24/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 2/25/2022

505570613 3/3/2022 Payroll records for work on Hirshhorn repairs

from 12/31/2020-present

3/30/2022

483625299 3/7/2022 Smithsonian Facilities Capital Plan 4/27/2022

779016298 3/8/2022 Smithsonian office lease data 9/30/2022

687874913 3/14/2022 Employment records of former employee 3/16/2022

147280568 3/14/2022 Smithsonian Board of Regents’ Self-Assessments 

from 2019-2021 

8/25/2022

081623432 3/14/2022 Board of Regents Meeting Minutes from 2020 & 2021 3/16/2022

031140951 3/14/2022 Records related to pipe installation/asbestos products

at National Museum of Natural History

9/27/2022

742453184 3/16/2022 Records re. license agreement for Science Kits 8/22/2022

708799563 3/23/2022 Records on giant skeletons 3/31/2022

708566052 3/24/2022 National Museum of the American Latino Trustees 

board agendas and minutes from 2021-2022 

8/3/2022

408223474 3/25/2022 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum 

Council agendas and minutes from 2020-2022 

7/7/2022

146018897 3/28/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 4/6/2022

885694952 3/28/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report & video 

footage 

4/6/2022
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TRACKING #

OF REQUEST

DATE 

RECEIVED

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS REQUESTED DATE

CLOSED

464585811 4/1/2022 Employee conflict of interest reviews 4/6/2022

682581891 4/6/2022 Office of Protection Services video footage 4/29/2022

461608753 4/7/2022 Employee conflict of interest reviews 4/7/2022

999086651 4/13/2022 List of investments and investment managers from

2007-2019

4/19/2022

916823606 4/14/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 4/15/2022

147445808 4/25/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 5/2/2022

413174401 5/12/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 5/13/2022

600596760 5/18/2022 Certain stored online submissions through the 

Smithsonian’s website

6/9/2022

506414318 6/17/2022 Active IACUC-approved protocols & certain 

veterinary records from 1/1/2020-present

8/24/2022

569238968 6/21/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 6/23/2022

795726226 6/21/2022 Records related to requester 6/23/2022

468632481 6/22/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 6/30/2022

322966917 8/2/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 8/3/2022

119984125 8/4/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 8/4/2022

668052927 8/8/2022 Voicemails to Congressman Marc Veasey’s DC Office 8/9/2022

450029678 9/26/2022 Office of Protection Services incident report 9/27/2022

 Totals: 

Number of Requests Received in Fiscal Year 2022: 70

Number of Requests Processed in Fiscal Year 2022: 78

Number of Requests Pending at the End of Fiscal Year 2022: 22