Contract Information

An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

We are still waiting on a response from another element of our command. I
trust this information will be of assistance to you.

v/r

Lora Ballard

Supervisory Intelligence Specialist (OPS Support)

U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command Freedom of Information/Privacy
Act Office

ATTN: IAMG-C-FOI

2600 Ernie Pyle Street

Fort Meade, MD 20755-5910

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

Mr. Williams:

We are still waiting for a response from another element of our command. I
trust this information will be of assistance to you.

v/r

Lora Ballard

Supervisory Intelligence Specialist (OPS Support)

U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command Freedom of Information/Privacy
Act Office

ATTN: IAMG-C-FOI

2600 Ernie Pyle Street

Fort Meade, MD 20755-5910

Dear Mr. Williams

This email is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated November 27, 2018, FOIA Case Number 19-0024, wherein you requested a copy of purchase order W911W4-17-P-0018.

Your request was originally submitted to the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INCOM). INSCOM does not have purview of this purchase order and therefore referred your request to us for a direct response to you.

Attached please find a redacted conformed copy of purchase order W911W4-17-P-0018. Pricing information has been withheld pursuant to Exemption 4 of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. §552(b)(4)) protects from release “
trade secrets and commercial information or financial information obtained from a person that is privileged or confidential.” Per the decision in National Parks & Conservation Association v. Morton, 498 F .2d 765 (D.C. Cir. 1974), a commercial or financial matter is “confidential” for purposes of Exemption 4 if disclosure of the information is likely to have either one of two effects: to impair the government’s ability to obtain necessary information in the future or to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person from whom the information was obtained.

In an effort to minimize further delay, we request that you review the redactions and identify any withheld information that you wish to receive. If you do request the withheld information, we will proceed with the submitter notification process and the Initial Denial Authority (IDA) will then determine whether the release of the information is proper under the FOIA and provide it in a final response letter. If we do not receive any notification from you, which specifically requests the release of any redacted information by February 27, 2019, this letter will become our final response and we will close this FOIA request.

Also being withheld are the names of certain Army personnel which are exempt from disclosure under exemption (b)(3) of the FOIA. This information is exempt by statue which establishes particular criteria for withholding, specifically, 10 U.S.C §130(b), which authorizes to be withheld from disclosure to the public “personally identifying information regarding – any member of the armed forces assigned to an overseas unit, a sensitive unit, or a routinely deployable unit; and any employee of the Department of Defense or of the Coast Guard whose duty station is with any such unit”.

Under the provisions of DOD Regulation, 5400.7-R, as amended, there were no assessable fees associated with this request.

Shelley Hassett
FOIA Officer
6501 E. Eleven Mile Road
Attn: AMSTA-L/ms 357
Warren, MI 48397-5000
Comm: (586)282-8099
DSN: 786-8099

A copy of documents responsive to the request.