ICE Experian contract
| Submitted | Feb. 26, 2021 |
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From: Bennett Cyphers
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All contracts, policies, or memoranda of understanding relating to the purchase order with procurement identifier 70CMSD20P00000188 between ICE and Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
All marketing materials, documentation, or guides provided by Experian to ICE in conjunction with procurement identifier 70CMSD20P00000188.
For reference, the aforementioned procurement record is available online at:
https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/jsp/viewLinkController.jsp?agencyID=7012&PIID=70CMSD20P00000188&modNumber=0&transactionNumber=0&idvAgencyID=&idvPIID=&actionSource=searchScreen&actionCode=&documentVersion=1.5&contractType=AWARD&docType=B
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,
Bennett Cyphers
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Dear Bennett Cyphers,
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Regards,
Department of Homeland Security
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Dear Bennett Cyphers,
A temporary password has been issued and sent to the email address provided. Please check your email for this temporary password and return to HTTPS://foiarequest.dhs.gov to login. If you have any previously submitted requests to Department of Homeland Security you will be able to view them by logging into your user account.
Username: requests@muckrock.com
Regards,
Department of Homeland Security
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Dear Bennett Cyphers,
The status of your ICE FOIA request #2021-ICFO-31239 has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
HTTPS://foiarequest.dhs.gov
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Dear Bennett Cyphers,
Request Number 2021-ICFO-31239 has been assigned to the request you submitted. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference request number 2021-ICFO-31239.
Regards,
Department of Homeland Security
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
March 2, 2021 Bennett Cyphers MuckRock News DEPT MR 108922 411A Highland Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02144 RE: ICE FOIA Case Number 2021-ICFO-31239 Dear Mr. Cyphers: This acknowledges receipt of your March 1, 2021, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for copies of all contracts, policies, or memoranda of understanding relating to the purchase order with procurement identifier 70CMSD20P00000188 between ICE and Experian Information Solutions, Inc., including all marketing materials, documentation, or guides provided by Experian to ICE in conjunction with procurement identifier 70CMSD20P00000188. Your request was received in this office on March 1, 2021. Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request. Per Section 5.5(a) of the DHS FOIA regulations, 6 C.F.R. Part 5, ICE processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt. Although ICE’s goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, the FOIA does permit a 10- day extension of this time period. As your request seeks numerous documents that will necessitate a thorough and wide-ranging search, ICE will invoke a 10-day extension for your request, as allowed by Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B). If you care to narrow the scope of your request, please contact our office. We will make every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner. Provisions of the FOIA allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request. We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS Interim FOIA regulations, as they apply to media requesters. As a media requester, you will be charged 10 cents per page for duplication; the first 100 pages are free. We will construe the submission of your request as an agreement to pay up to $25.00. You will be contacted before any further fees are accrued. We have queried the appropriate program offices within ICE for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. Please be assured that one of the processors in our office will respond to your request as expeditiously as possible. We appreciate your patience as we proceed with your request.
Your request has been assigned reference number 2021-ICFO-31239. Please refer to this identifier in any future correspondence. To check the status of an ICE FOIA/PA request, please visit . Please note that to check the status of a request, you must enter the 2021-ICFO-31239 tracking number. If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please contact the FOIA office. You may send an e-mail to ice-foia@ice.dhs.gov, call toll free (866) 633-1182, or you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Fernando Pineiro, in the same manner. Additionally, you have a right to 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 202-741-5769. (http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status) http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status
Regards,
ICE FOIA Office
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Freedom of Information Act Office
500 12th Street, S.W., Stop 5009
Washington, D.C. 20536-5009
Telephone: 1-866-633-1182
Visit our FOIA website at www.ice.gov/foia
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Dear Bennett Cyphers,
The status of your ICE FOIA request #2021-ICFO-31239 has been updated to the following status 'In Process'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
HTTPS://foiarequest.dhs.gov
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security
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 Feb. 26, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
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 Feb. 26, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Dear Bennett Cyphers,
The password to open the responsive records delivered in a separate email for 2021-ICFO-31239 is listed below. If you do not receive the email containing the responsive documents within a reasonable timeframe please contact our office at foia-obim@hq.dhs.gov. (mailto:foia-obim@hq.dhs.gov)
Document Password: WK12bxSK
Sincerely, OBIM FOIA Branch
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Mr. Cyphers,
ICE's final response to your FOIA request, 2021-ICFO-31239, for copies of all contracts, policies, or memoranda of understanding relating to the purchase order with procurement identifier 70CMSD20P00000188 between ICE and Experian Information Solutions, Inc., including all marketing materials, documentation, or guides provided by Experian to ICE in conjunction with procurement identifier 70CMSD20P00000188 is attached.
Please note that the attachment may be password protected. If you are prompted to enter a password when opening the attachment and you did not receive a password it may be in your junk/spam folder.
Sincerely,
ICE FOIA
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2021-ICFO-31239
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Dear Bennett Cyphers,
The status of your ICE FOIA request #2021-ICFO-31239 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
HTTPS://foiarequest.dhs.gov
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security