FOIA Documents: NCPC emails on the White House ballroom review
Records released by the National Capital Planning Commission on November 13 after Urgent Matter's January FOIA request.
This page hosts records released by the National Capital Planning Commission under the Freedom of Information Act in response to an Urgent Matter request for records on its review of the White House East Wing Modernization Project, which includes President Donald Trump's ballroom.
The commission released six PDF files covering January 1, 2025, through April 3, 2026. Three hold email threads, and three hold the attachments to those emails, matched by green stamps.
The commission redacted personal information about people outside the agency under FOIA Exemption 6. It withheld "several additional responsive documents" in full under Exemption 5.
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