FOIA - DARPA - OpenBSD POSSE Funding
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| Tracking # |
2025-03800-F 24-F-0045 |
| Submitted | Oct. 10, 2023 |
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From: J Ader
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All records mentioning/making reference to the funding of the OpenBSD (www.openbsd.org) via the "Portable Open-Source Security Enhancements project" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSSE_project). According to wikipedia: "The project ran from 2001 to April 2003, when the grant from DARPA was prematurely terminated.", so please seek records created within that time-frame.
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,
J Ader
From: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA
Dear J Ader,
Case Number 24-F-0045 has been assigned to the request you submitted. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference case number 24-F-0045.
Regards,
OSD/JS or DLA FOIA Requester Service Center
From: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA
Dear J Ader,
The status of your FOIA request #24-F-0045 has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.
Sincerely,
OSD/JS or DLA FOIA Requester Service Center
From: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA
Good afternoon Mr./Ms. Ader,
Please find the interim response attached for your recent FOIA Request that
was requested on October 10, 2023. The case number for this request is
24-F-0045, please refer to this number and the action officer mentioned in
the interim response in any future correspondence regarding this case.
V/r,
Sami Hodja
Freedom of Information Division
OSD/JS FOIA Requester Service Center
571 372 0411
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 10, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #24-F-0045.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 10, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #24-F-0045.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 10, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #24-F-0045.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 10, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #24-F-0045.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 10, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #24-F-0045.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA
Good morning J Ader,
Please find attached our office's final response to FOIA request 24-F-0045,
as well as a copy of your original request. Please feel free to contact me
with any questions that you may have regarding the attached.
Thank you!
V/r,
Christine M. Dickinson
Senior FOIA Analyst
Freedom of Information Division
OSD/JS FOIA Requester Service Center
P: 571-372-0435
NIPR: christine.m.dickinson.ctr@mail.mil
<mailto:christine.m.dickinson.ctr@mail.mil>
Let us know how we are doing:
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https://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=card&sp=125562&s=110
From: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA
Good Afternoon,
We are in receipt of a FOIA referral from OSD for a request you had sent to them for case# 24-F-0045.
We noticed there might already be a profile established for you in our system. The contact information seems to match your requester details provided by OSD except the email address and the DEPT MR # are slightly different.
Could you please verify if you have an alternate email and DEPT MR listed in the Air Force's electronic FOIA system that could be used or updated with the input from OSD?
Sincerely,
AFRL/RI Freedom of Information Act Office
From: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA
Good Morning,
This is a follow up to the email inquiry below.
Could you please verify if you have an alternate email and DEPT MR listed in the Air Force's electronic FOIA system that could be used or updated with the input from OSD for us to load and process your request under?
Sincerely,
AFRL/RI Freedom of Information Act Office
From: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA
Good Afternoon,
This is in response to an OSDreferral we have received regarding your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) casenumber 24-F-0045. Your request notedbelow was loaded into our eFOIA system on 19-Mar-25, and assigned case number2025-03800-F: To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom ofInformation Act, I hereby request the following records: All recordsmentioning/making reference to the funding of the OpenBSD (www.openbsd.org) viathe "Portable Open-Source Security Enhancements project"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSSE_project). According to wikipedia:"The project ran from 2001 to April 2003, when the grant from DARPA wasprematurely terminated.", so please seek records created within thattime-frame. The requested documents willbe made available to the general public, and this request is not being made forcommercial purposes. In the event that there arefees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges inadvance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filledelectronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. Thank you in advance foryour anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving yourresponse to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.”
Our organization has a significantnumber of pending FOIA requests. Therefore,we implemented multi-track processing for requests. Based on yourrequested information, we placed your request in the Simple track. We estimateresponse to your request will be provided within 20 working days. Our policy is to process requests within theirrespective tracks in the order we receive them. FOIA requests areprocessed as quickly as possible.
We placed you inthe “Other” fee category for processing. Under this category,you may be charged for search and duplication (paper) costs. The firsttwo hours of search time and the first 100 pages of duplication are furnishedwithout charge.
If you have any questions, pleasecontact us at AFRL.RI.FOIAPrivacyOffice@us.af.mil and reference theabove FOIA case number. (mailto:AFRL.RI.FOIAPrivacyOffice@us.af.mil)
Sincerely,
AFRL/RI Freedom of Information ActOffice
From: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA
CUI Dear Mr. Ader, This email is in reference to your FOIA request 2025-03800-F received on 19-Mar-25. See attached documents for details on your request. Direct questions to AFRL.RI.FOIAPrivacyOffice@us.af.mil and
reference above FOIA case number. Sincerely, AFRL/RI Freedom of Information Act Office
CUI
