DataWorks, PA
| Tracking # |
2019-1271 |
| Submitted | Nov. 11, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | Dec. 19, 2019 |
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From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act, I hereby request the following records:
The company DataWorks Plus offers a series of products and tools for law enforcement. They include:
- "FACE Plus," a facial recognition software and case management service
- "FACE Watch Plus," a real-time facial recognition screening tool
- "Biometric ID," a fingerprint, facial, iris, and voice identification tool
- "SAF-ID / RAPID-ID," a rapid biometric identification tool
- "Iris Plus," an iris capture and matching tool
- "Evolution," a mobile fingerprint scanner
- "NIST Manager Plus," a fingerprint archive & management tool
- "Inmate Tracking," armband or biometric tracking tools
- "Tattoo Plus," a tattoo image recognition tool
DataWorks Plus also offers a series of case and information management tools designed to organize and store biometric information captured through a variety of methods.
I am hereby requesting the following records that relate to any and all DataWorks Plus products:
* Any contracts, purchase, orders, invoices, and receipts related to DataWorks Plus products.
* 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 DataWorks Plus products. This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of DataWorks Plus products, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how DataWorks Plus products, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use of DataWorks Plus products to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.
* 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 between the police department and DataWorks Plus.
* A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention DataWorks Plus products as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
* Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention DataWorks Plus products.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Good Morning Ms. Haskins,
Can you please clarify a time frame for your right to know request
Thank you
RACHEL ZELTMANN | Legal Assistant 2 Deputy Agency Open Records Officer
PSP | Bureau of Records and Identification | Right-to-Know Law/Subpoena Section
PSP DHQ | 1800 Elmerton Avenue | Harrisburg, PA 17110
Fax: 717.525.5795 | RTK: 877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
From: Caroline Haskins
Hi, please narrow the scope of the request from January 1, 2016 to present.
Best,
Caroline
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Thank you
RACHEL ZELTMANN | Legal Assistant 2 Deputy Agency Open Records Officer
PSP | Bureau of Records and Identification | Right-to-Know Law/Subpoena Section
PSP DHQ | 1800 Elmerton Avenue | Harrisburg, PA 17110
Fax: 717.525.5795 | RTK: 877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
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From: Pennsylvania State Police
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 11, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2019-1271.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Good Morning,,
An initial response was mailed out to you on November 19, 2019 and a final response will be mailed out on December 19, 2019.
Thank you
RACHEL ZELTMANN | Legal Assistant 2 Deputy Agency Open Records Officer
PSP | Bureau of Records and Identification | Right-to-Know Law/Subpoena Section
PSP DHQ | 1800 Elmerton Avenue | Harrisburg, PA 17110
Fax: 717.525.5795 | RTK: 877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
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~WRD000
From: Pennsylvania State Police
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 11, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 19, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #2019-1271.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Good Morning,
A final response will be mailed out to you today.
Thank you
RACHEL ZELTMANN | Legal Assistant 2 Deputy Agency Open Records Officer
PSP | Bureau of Records and Identification | Right-to-Know Law/Subpoena Section
PSP DHQ | 1800 Elmerton Avenue | Harrisburg, PA 17110
Fax: 717.525.5795 | RTK: 877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
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~WRD000
From: Caroline Haskins
Hi, please don't mail it to the MuckRock News office since I don't work out of that office. MuckRock is a service I use to file FOIL requests. Can I provide an alternate address? Or, can you email me the files at caroline.haskins@buzzfeed.com?
From: Caroline Haskins
Hi, please don't mail it to the MuckRock News office since I don't work out of that office. MuckRock is a service I use to file FOIL requests. Can I provide an alternate address? Or, can you email me the files at caroline.haskins@buzzfeed.com?
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Ms. Haskins,
Unfortunately, this request was mailed to the MuckRock News office, however, I have attached for you as well. In the future, please specify your mailing address in the RTK request.
Thank you
RACHEL ZELTMANN | Legal Assistant 2 Deputy Agency Open Records Officer
PSP | Bureau of Records and Identification | Right-to-Know Law/Subpoena Section
PSP DHQ | 1800 Elmerton Avenue | Harrisburg, PA 17110
Fax: 717.525.5795 | RTK: 877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 11, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 19, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #2019-1271.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Good Morning,
A final response was mailed out to you on December 19, 2019. In the future please email our RTK email in the event of my absence.
Thank you
RACHEL ZELTMANN | Legal Assistant 2 Deputy Agency Open Records Officer
PSP | Bureau of Records and Identification | Right-to-Know Law/Subpoena Section
PSP DHQ | 1800 Elmerton Avenue | Harrisburg, PA 17110
Fax: 717.525.5795 | RTK: 877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
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~WRD000
From: Caroline Haskins
Sorry, I'm just seeing this. I work for BuzzFeed News, and the office is 111 E 18th St, New York, NY 10003
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 11, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 19, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #2019-1271.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Pennsylvania State Police
Attached is our final response that was mailed out to you on December 19, 2019. In the future please email RA-psprighttoknow@pa.gov<mailto:RA-psprighttoknow@pa.gov> in the event of my absence.
Thank you
RACHEL ZELTMANN | Legal Assistant 2 Deputy Agency Open Records Officer
PSP | Bureau of Records and Identification | Right-to-Know Law/Subpoena Section
PSP DHQ | 1800 Elmerton Avenue | Harrisburg, PA 17110
Fax: 717.525.5795 | RTK: 877-785-7771
www.psp.pa.gov
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~WRD000
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