# 2026-06 State Data-Center FOIAs Miss Second-Escalation Deadline As of **2026-06-03**, none of the four state agencies that received the [[2026-05 Second FOIA Escalation Round|second-round FOIA escalations sent 2026-05-28]] — the **Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC)**, the **Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC)**, the **Department of Energy & Environment / Division of Environmental Quality (DEE/DEQ)**, and the **Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)** — has produced records or issued a substantive response. The original requests were filed 2026-05-19; all four are now well past the three-working-day statutory window of Ark. Code § 25-19-105(e). Absence is information: the gap is itself part of the documentary record. ## Sources - The FOIA correspondence lives in Gmail (the `FOIA` label), not `raw/`: the 2026-05-19 requests, the 2026-05-22 follow-ups, and the 2026-05-28 second escalations are all sent-mail; the only agency replies are DFA's automated out-of-office messages (see [[2026-05 DFA FOIA Routing Auto-Replies]]). No production or written time-extension from any of the four had arrived by 2026-06-03. ## What happened A Gmail review on 2026-06-03 (filtered to the data-center FOIA threads) found no inbound substantive response from AEDC, APSC, DEE/DEQ, or DFA after the 2026-05-28 escalations. DFA's [[Scott Hardin]] returned from leave 2026-06-01 (his out-of-office had said to text him if "on deadline"), and [[Adrianne Larison]] remained the active routing contact, but no record production followed. (Separately, the APSC's *docketed* filings remain publicly retrievable from the e-filing system — that Tier-1 channel is unaffected by the FOIA non-response; see [[2026-06 Entergy Files Response to APSC Order No. 6 (GAJA Rider)]].) ## Significance - **The four most substantive custodians remain dark.** AEDC (developer correspondence, Act 548 qualifications — now known to hold Project Stratus records via [[Raven Johnson]]), APSC Staff internal records, DEE/DEQ environmental permits, and DFA tax-exemption administration are the requests most likely to contain the investigation's unanswered questions. Their continued non-response past two escalations is the precondition for a § 25-19-107 enforcement step. ## Open follow-ups 1. **Decide on escalation** — a third demand or an Ark. Code § 25-19-107 circuit-court enforcement / Arkansas FOIA mediation referral. (Outbound action; for Joshua's decision — not auto-sent.) 2. Continue monitoring the four threads; record any late production or extension as it arrives.