Palantir documents, Detroit

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Detroit Police Department
FOIA Office
Suite 500
2 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
March 21, 2019
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Michigan Freedom of Information
Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 14, 2019.
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.
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On March 14, 2019:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request
the following records:
Media reports state that the police departments around the country have
made use of Palantir's software
(https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/).
Therefore, I am requesting the following records related to the above
program:
* Any software and algorithms developed for the implementation of the
program. I'm particularly interested in any algorithms that have a
public policy outcome, such as providing guidance on a policy or an
assessment of an individual. More generally, I would like any software
that was developed by or with, given to, used by, purchased or licensed
to this agency for implementation of the above referenced program. This
would include original source code, any compiled binaries (also known as
executables), spreadsheets, program scripts, and other digital materials
used to calculate any data in the above program. It would also include
the input training data for machine learning algorithms. Collectively,
these responsive materials will be referred to as "the software" in the
following paragraphs.
* All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials
(including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks,
and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of "the software."
This includes any notes taking during meetings that discussed the use of
the software, any explanations (whether internally or externally
generated) of how the software works, and any other document that has
been used to help explain the use of "the software" to any party,
including internal documentation, public relations materials, and
executive summaries. This also includes any description of input and
output data fields that will aid in understanding the type of
information that is submitted to the software, and that is produced by
the software.
* A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard
operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions,
warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers,
insurance agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for
Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage
policies, or informal agreements that reference "the software" or
otherwise guide it use or the relationship between this agency and the
provider or developer of the software.
* A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications
and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies,
annual reports that mention the use of the Software, as well as audit
records, including but not limited to security audits of the software,
misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
* A copy of any validation studies conducted with respect to the
program or with respect to any software or algorithms used in connection
with the program, and a copy of any records pertaining to inquiries for
the need of validation studies, or discussion of potential or actual
validation studies. By “validation study,” I mean any study designed to
assess how accurate the program is in predicting what it is supposed to
predict, or to assess whether the program may err in the direction of
either under- or overestimating likelihoods or predicted outcomes, or
may produce any results that are biased or unexpected in any way.
* For the aspects of the software that require an input, for example,
to compute a value, we request a copy of the five most recent sets of
data that were used for input, as well as the five most recent outputs
of the software, in whatever their native format is. If these inputs or
outputs include exempt information, we ask that you exempt only that
information which is specifically exempted from law, and provide the
other material.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public,
and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be
used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE’s science and
technology website (www.motherboard.vice.com).
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 5
business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins
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Dear MuckRock:

Thank you for your patience. We are working on compiling records in response to your request. We will keep you posted as to the status.

Yours,

Karl Newman
Assistant Corporation Counsel

The request has been rejected by the agency.

Dear MuckRock:

We mailed you our response on April 29, 2019. Please check your mail.

Yours,

Karl Newman
Senior Assistant Corporation Counsel
FOIA Section
City of Detroit Law Department

Dear MuckRock:

As required by the FOIA request, we mailed our response letter to:

MuckRock News
DEPT MR 70509
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
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