Reclaim the Records v. U.S. Dep’t of State (S.D.N.Y.) -- finding that the agency performed an adequate search for “an extract of all information for deceased passport holders maintained in the passport database,” which the agency was unable to produce because of its computer system’s technical limitations; further finding that compiling the requested abstract would be unduly burdensome for the agency, putting aside the issue of whether such an endeavor would require the creation of “new” records.

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