Alexa Command, McAllen

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

The city of McAllen developed a "City of McAllen" Alexa command. (https://www.amazon.com/City-of-McAllen-Of/dp/B07YZ36Q1P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12WN51OZ6XDAB&keywords=city+of+mcallen&qid=1573660684&s=digital-skills&sprefix=city+of%2Calexa-skills%2C136&sr=1-1) Therefore, I hereby request the following records relating to that command:

- A copy of the Alexa "skill metrics" current to the date that this request is processed. This can be found in the Amazon Alexa developer console on the "Analytics" page. (https://developer.amazon.com/docs/devconsole/measure-skill-usage.html) Please provide a copy of the Summary page, Customers page, Sessions page, Utterances page, Intents page, and Retention page. Please expand all possible drop-down lists on the aforementioned pages. Please make the "Time Interval" option "Last 30 Days" when applicable.

- A copy of all digital communications—including emails and text messages, and any images or attachments—between the city of McAllen and representatives from Amazon. Please limit the time range from January 1, 2018 to the time that this request is processed.

- A copy of all digital communications—including emails and text messages, and any images or attachments—that mention or refer to "City of McAllen," an "Alexa command," or an "Alexa skill." Please include all emails that detail the development of the Alexa command with the person who developed it.

- A copy of any contracts, purchase, orders, invoices, or receipts related to the development of the "City of McAllen" Alexa skill.

- 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 related to the "City of McAllen" Alexa skill.

- A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention the "City of McAllen" Alexa skill.

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 BuzzFeed News. Therefore, I request that all fees are waived in the processing of this request.

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 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Caroline Haskins