$52 Billion USD CHIPS Act And Related Subsidies

Syed Muhammad Usman Pirzada filed this request with the Department of Commerce of the United States of America.
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DOC-OS-2022-000818

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Fix Required

Communications

From: Syed Muhammad Usman Pirzada

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

All communications between Department of Commerce and domain names ending in @amd.com; @nvidia.com; @intel.com; @tsmc.com regarding the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act and/or CHIPs and/or subsidies (please note the email may not explicitly mention the act/CHIPS for America but could just be discussing "subsidies" for the aforementioned companies under the ambit of these bills/act. The pertinent date range is June 1,2021 through February 15, 2022.

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,

Syed Muhammad Usman Pirzada

From: Department of Commerce

This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOC-OS-2022-000818&type=request)

* Tracking Number: DOC-OS-2022-000818
* Requester Name:
Syed Muhammad
* Date Submitted: 02/18/2022
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

All communications between Department of Commerce and domain names ending in @amd.com; @nvidia.com; @intel.com; @tsmc.com regarding the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act and/or CHIPs and/or subsidies (please note the email may not explicitly mention the act/CHIPS for America but could just be discussing "subsidies" for the aforementioned companies under the ambit of these bills/act. The pertinent date range is June 1,2021 through February 15, 2022.

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,

Syed Muhammad Usman Pirzada

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From: Department of Commerce

Good morning Mr. Muhammad,
Please see attached.
Kietta T. Lockerman
Government Information Specialist
U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
Office of Privacy and Open Government (OPOG)
1401 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington DC 20230
Email: KLockerman@doc.gov

From: Syed Muhammad Usman Pirzada

Please see the reduced scope below:

All emails, internal memos and presentations between the Department of Commerce and domain names ending in @amd.com; @nvidia.com; @intel.com; @tsmc.com regarding US Innovation and Chips Act (also known as US ICA or CHIPs for America). The pertinent date range is June 1,2021 through February 15, 2022.

Best,
Syed Muhamamd Usman Pirzada

From: Syed Muhammad Usman Pirzada

Apologies for the repeated message, you can also limit the scope to only 3 bureaus: EDA,ITA and optionally: BIS.

Please see the reduced scope below:

All emails, internal memos and presentations between the Department of Commerce and domain names ending in @amd.com; @nvidia.com; @intel.com; @tsmc.com mentioning US Innovation and Chips Act (also known as US ICA or CHIPs for America). The pertinent date range is June 1,2021 through February 15, 2022.

Best,
Syed Muhamamd Usman Pirzada

From: Syed Muhammad Usman Pirzada

Hello, there has been no reply to this. The scope was significantly narrowed as requested and it has been over 6 months. Please respond.

Reduced scope (repeated):
Scope to only 3 bureaus: EDA,ITA, BIS.
All emails, internal memos and presentations between the Department of Commerce and domain names ending in @amd.com; @nvidia.com; @intel.com; @tsmc.com mentioning US Innovation and Chips Act (also known as US ICA or CHIPs for America). The pertinent date range is June 1,2021 through February 15, 2022.

From: Syed Muhammad Usman Pirzada

Hello, there has been no reply to this. The scope was significantly narrowed as requested and it has been over 7 months. Please respond.

Reduced scope (repeated):
Scope to only 3 bureaus: EDA,ITA, BIS.
All emails, internal memos and presentations between the Department of Commerce and domain names ending in @amd.com; @nvidia.com; @intel.com; @tsmc.com mentioning 'US Innovation and Chips Act' also known as 'US ICA' or 'CHIPs for America' or 'CHIPs'. The pertinent date range is June 1,2021 through October 31, 2022.

From: Department of Commerce

Your FOIAonline user account for requests@muckrock.com will be deactivated in 5 days due to inactivity.

From: Department of Commerce

Good morning, Mr. Syed Muhammad,

Attached you will find the final response that was provided to you on February 22, 2022.

Kietta T. Lockerman
Government Information Specialist
U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)​
Office of Privacy and Open Government (OPOG)
1401 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington DC 20230
Email: KLockerman@doc.gov

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