CRCL: ChatGPT Chat Histories and Guidance
| Tracking # |
2024-CRFO-00262 |
| Submitted | May 28, 2024 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Robert Delaware
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. Any DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) produced policies, memos, emails, or alerts regarding employee use of ChatGPT.
2. Any CRCL produced policies, memos, emails, or alerts regarding how ChatGPT either impacts or might impact CRCL's mission.
3. Chat histories of any all ChatGPT sessions conducted on CRCL controlled devices between November 30th, 2022 and May 28th, 2024.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Robert Delaware
From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
05/29/2024
Robert Delaware
N/A
MuckRock News, DEPT MR164254
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Re: 2024-CRFO-00262
Dear Robert Delaware:
This acknowledges receipt of your 5/28/2024, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), seeking:
"1. Any DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) produced policies, memos, emails, or alerts regarding employee use of ChatGPT.
2. Any CRCL produced policies, memos, emails, or alerts regarding how ChatGPT either impacts or might impact CRCL's mission.
3. Chat histories of any all ChatGPT sessions conducted on CRCL controlled devices between November 30th, 2022 and May 28th, 2024."
Your request has been assigned reference number 2024-CRFO-00262. No additional information is needed at this time. However, if any additional information is needed in order to complete our search for documents we will contact you. If you have any questions pertaining to this request, please feel free to contact this office at crclfoia@hq.dhs.gov.
Sincerely,
CRCL FOIA Office
From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
06/28/2024
Via electronic mail
Robert Delaware
MuckRock News, DEPT MR164254
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
requests@muckrock.com
Re: 2024-CRFO-00262
Dear Robert Delaware:
This letter responds to your Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA) request dated 5/28/2024, addressed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), seeking: "1. Any DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) produced policies, memos, emails, or alerts regarding employee use of ChatGPT. 2. Any CRCL produced policies, memos, emails, or alerts regarding how ChatGPT either impacts or might impact CRCL's mission. 3. Chat histories of any all ChatGPT sessions conducted on CRCL controlled devices between November 30th, 2022 and May 28th, 2024." Your request has been processed under the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552. A search was conducted within CRCL and no records responsive to your request were located.
Fees
There are no fees associated with processing this request because the fees incurred do not exceed the minimum threshold necessary for charge.
CRCL Administrative Appeal
You have a right to appeal. Should you wish to do so, you must send your appeal and a copy of this letter, within 90 days of the date of this letter, to: Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Attn: FOIA Appeals, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2707 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE, Mail Stop 0190, Washington, D.C. 20528-0190, following the procedures outlined in the DHS FOIA regulations at 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.8. Your envelope and letter should be marked "FOIA Appeal." Copies of the FOIA and DHS FOIA regulations are available at www.dhs.gov/foia.
Additionally, you have the right to seek dispute resolution services from the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) which mediates disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation. If you are requesting access to your own records (which is considered a Privacy Act request), you should know that OGIS does not have the authority to handle requests made under the Privacy Act of 1974. You may contact OGIS as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5796.
If you have any questions pertaining to your request, please feel free to contact our office at crclfoia@hq.dhs.gov.
Sincerely,
Rosemary Law
CRCL FOIA Officer
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