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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:28:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Jason Pyeron <jpyeron@ns.pyerotechnics.com>
To: "Seaberg, Eric I - Memphis, TN" <ESEABERG@email.usps.gov>
Subject: Re: FW: FOIA request

Dear Sir,

Thank you for the status reports, they are very helpful. Have you received
our document 20030327U00 dated March 27, 2003? We address most of the
bases for our fee waiver request in that document. We have other reasons
which we did not weigh as heavy, but your office may give stronger
consideration to them.

If you would like, we will prepare a white paper as to how we anticipate
the data requested will be used and how it is in the public interest.

Short and to the point, we will be providing an open development portal
for publication, analysis and manipulation of this data. Our portal will
be available to the general public, without fee. Further we are in the
process of preparing a publication for university libraries.

Unfortunately, today being Friday, I do not have that much time to address
all of your statements and questions. I look forward to corresponding with
your office on Monday.

Sincerely,

Jason Pyeron

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Seaberg, Eric I - Memphis, TN wrote:

Mr Pyeron-

I sent the message prematurely. Sorry about that.

We will not be witholding any records from you, you will receive the
complete ZIP+4 recordset with the TIGER data appended to records for
which TIGER data exists. That is not a problem or issue for us.

One anomaly that you should probably be aware of is the fact that some
ZIP Codes have no records in the ZIP+4 file. These are unique ZIP Codes,
which are assigned to a specific firm at a specific address, and in some
cases we do not have any addresses coded for the ZIP Code. All we need
to get the mail to them is the 5-digit ZIP. The number of these cases is
small, a couple hundred, and from a GIS standpoint the territory should
be covered under other delivery area ZIP Codes.

Regarding your request for a fee waiver, please provide us with an
explanation of how your request is "in the public interest because it is
likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the
operations or activities of the government and is not primarily in the
commercial interest of the requester. "


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