This rejection is on the grounds that their lawsuit with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) “prohibits the agency from answering any other requests that seek the same records.” EFF's lawsuit is for Certificates of Waiver or Authorization (COA) to operate UAVs.
The FAA has rejected a number of requests regarding UAVs/drones. Original FOIA/Privacy Act Request and Appeal Number: 2013-1847īrief description of the issue or dispute for which you need OGIS assistance: Please find correspondence with the FAA as well as a Privacy Statement attached, and further information below:Īgency to which request was made: Federal Aviation Administration I would like to request OGIS assistance regarding a rejected FOIA request I filed with the FAA. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires. Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request.
FAA DRONE FLIGHT LOG FREE
The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage. I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. Include the above information for COAs dated 2004 to the date this request is processed. Deviations from any provision contained in the COAĪccording to COAs dating back to 2006, the following information was to be sent to Unmanned Aircraft System Safety employee Donald E. All accidents or incidents involving UAS activities, including lost link All periods of loss link (telemetry, command and/or control) Unusual equipment malfunctions (hardware/software) Number of flights conducted under each COA This information should include the following: I hereby request the following records:įlight data for all UAV/UAS/drone flights conducted under FAA Certificate of Waiver or Authorizations (COA) by government agencies. This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
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