Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 24 Filed 08/05/20 Page 1 of 34 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. 20-CV-00833 (PAE) DECLARATION OF KARA CHRISTENSON I, Kara Christenson, declare as follows: I. I am employed by the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons ("BOP"), as a Government Information Specialist ("GIS") for Central Office, stationed at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota ("FMC Rochester"). I have been assigned to Central Office since August 2016. Prior to that time, I served as a Paralegal for the North Central Regional Office ("NCRO") from September 2008 to August 2016. From June of 1994 through September of 2008, I served in various legal support positions for the Legal Department at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Rochester, MN. I have been employed by the BOP since March 1992. 2. As a Government Information Specialist, my duties include serving as a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Specialist responsible for all facets of processing FOIA and Privacy Act (PA) requests, with primary responsibility for analysis of, responses to, and monitoring of requests for BOP records pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552. I also provide litigation support for the FOIA EFTA00015361