Vehicle Data Providers - Contracts/Correspondence (United States Customs and Border Protection)
Tracking # |
CBP-FO-2024-079595 |
Multi Request | Vehicle Data Providers - Contracts/Correspondence |
Submitted | March 20, 2024 |
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From: Peter Andringa
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Peter Andringa and I'm a reporter with the Financial Times and a U.S. citizen.
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request all records relating to relationships between United States Customs and Border Protection and any of the following providers of connected vehicle data aggregation services:
- Otonomo Inc (https://otonomo.io)
- Wejo (https://wejo.com)
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions (https://risk.lexisnexis.com/law-enforcement-and-public-safety)
- The Ulysses Group (https://theulyssesgroup.com/)
For *each* of the above companies, I request any and all:
- Invoices, purchase orders, and/or contracts for use, training, or access to company products and services
- Training materials and/or internal policies relating to the use of company products or services
- Public safety and/or privacy reviews related to the company products or services
- Written correspondence and/or attachments sent by email or letter between employees of United States Customs and Border Protection and representatives of the company
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,
Peter Andringa
From: United States Customs and Border Protection
Peter Andringa
N/A
MuckRock News DEPT MR 160801
263 Huntington Ave
Boston , Massachusetts 02115
03/26/2024
CBP-FO-2024-079595
Dear Peter Andringa:
Pursuant to 6 C.F.R. Part 5 ยง 5.3(b) of the DHS FOIA regulations, you must describe the records you are seeking with as much information as possible to ensure that our search of appropriate systems of records can find them with a reasonable amount of effort. Your FOIA request has been closed as insufficient because you did not include a clear and detailed description of the records being requested. Please be advised that the FOIA does not require federal agencies to answer inquiries or create records in response to a FOIA request, but rather is limited to requiring agencies to provide access to reasonably described, nonexempt records. As you have failed to reasonably describe the records you are seeking, your request is not a perfected request, and we are unable to initiate a search for responsive records.
Records not description /timeframe/contract numbers/narrow the scope/EMAIL EXTENSION
Please be advised that this action is not a denial of your request and will not preclude you from filing other requests in the future. Please resubmit your FOIA request, along with the required information, by logging into your existing SecureRelease account.
Please note that this message has been sent from an unmonitored e-mail account. Any messages sent to this account will not be read.
Sincerely,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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 March 25, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #CBP-FO-2024-079595.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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