Item — HN Reader

Worth noting DJB (the article author) was on two competing (losing) teams to Kyber[0] in Round 3. And has an open submission in round 4 (still in progress). That's going to slightly complicate any FOIA until after the fact, or it should. Not that there's no merit in the request.

[0]: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/pos...

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> the Supreme Court has observed that a FOIA requester's identity generally "has no bearing on the merits of his or her FOIA request."

https://www.justice.gov/archives/oip/foia-guide-2004-edition...

It is wrong to imply he is unreasonable here. NIST has been dismissive and unprofessional towards him and others in this process. They look terrible because they’re not doing their jobs.

Several of his student’s proposals won the most recent round. He still has work in the next round. NIST should have answered in a timely manner.

On what basis do you think any of these matters can or may complicate the FOIA process?