Freedom of Information Act Officer
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request Dear sirs: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
A.MEMORANDUM(S) FOR FILE. All "Memorandum(s) For File" (or any other similar documents under any other names or descriptions), issued by any DOJ party (the Attorney General, an Assistant Attorney General, etc.), granting or denying DOJ departmental, AUSA, or Governmental authority for the Government (DOJ in any form): (1) to intervene in any qui tam or fraud lawsuit (as a result of an alleged violation of the False Claims Act or other similar law), and (2) to accept any qui tam proceeds (including any cash payments, alternate remedy of specific performance, forfeiture or other thing of value or other valuable considerations) in full or partial settlement of any kind or type of qui tam lawsuit.
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B.DOJ PRESS RELEASES. A copy of each and every DOJ Press Release, issued since January of 1990, announcing the results of any qui tam lawsuit filed or settled by any qui tam relator. C.ANNUAL REPORT OF QUI TAM PROCEEDS. Each and every report or all reports, from 1990 until the present date, issued to Congress by the DOJ, which are required by Congress, and / or the False Claims Act, or any Senate or House of Representative reports or Bills, and identify what the DOJ claims to have recovered as qui tam proceeds in accordance with any and all of the False Claims Act lawsuits identified in A. above. There should be at least one report for each year from 1990 until this date. D.NON QUI TAM PAYMENTS. A copy of all pertinent information about all payments made in accordance with the provisions of the False Claims Act in return for information provided describing or identifying any fraud not the subject of a qui tam lawsuit. This should identify the party supplying the information to the Government, or to the DOJ in particular, the subject matter involved, the date of settlement, the date of payment to the informant, the amount of the payment, and any approval memo issued (equivalent to or similar to those described in section A above).
In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am an individual seeking information for personal use and for dissemination to the general public and not for commercial use.
Sincerely, Robert C. Ballew
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