Request Date: 9/30/2009
Request Reference Number: C6218The time period of my request is from 1/1/2009 to the present.
Description of request:
In the area of Transparency, KEI works on several different topics, including:
Using the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), KEI has obtained the daily schedule of Ambassador Kirk, from March 20 to May 1, 2009. KEI has separately asked the USTR to routinely as a matter of transparency post this information on the USTR web page.
The response to the follow is presented below in two pdf files:
March 20 to April 14, 2009
April 15 to May 1, 2009
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