Deloitte SecureRelease FOIA Contract Documents

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Contracting documents evidencing DHS-ICE’s transfer of technological responsibility to private contractor Deloitte for handling Freedom of Information Act Requests, including any Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, Statement of Work, Performance Work Statement, or other similar document outlining the responsibilities Deloitte has accepted with respect to processing FOIA requests.

Please search DHS’s FOIA Office, the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the Office of Acquisition Management for records responsive to this request.

Please note that we previously requested these records ICE. ICE assigned our request 2023-ICFO-07520 and denied it by informing us that DHS is the proper custodian of these records.

https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/deloitte-securerelease-foia-contract-documents-138081/

Andrew Free
#DetentionKills Transparency Initiative
Al Otro Lado

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,

Andrew Free

We appeal the agency’s unlawful “too broad” scope determination and request that the agency reconsider its obligations under FOIA in light of DOJ OIP’s guidance: https://www.justice.gov/oip/blog/foia-update-oip-guidance-determining-scope-foia-request.

6 C.F.R. 5.3(b) requires:
A reasonable description contains sufficient information to permit an organized, non-random search for the record based on the component's filing arrangements and existing retrieval systems. To the extent possible, requesters should include specific information that may assist a component in identifying the requested records, such as the date, title or name, author, recipient, subject matter of the record, case number, file designation, or reference number.

Our request sought:
“Contracting documents evidencing DHS-ICE’s transfer of technological responsibility to private contractor Deloitte for handling Freedom of Information Act Requests, including any Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, Statement of Work, Performance Work Statement, or other similar document outlining the responsibilities Deloitte has accepted with respect to processing FOIA requests.

Please search DHS’s FOIA Office, the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the Office of Acquisition Management for records responsive to this request.“

Please immediately reverse the FOIA Office’s ‘too broad’ scope determination and remand with instructions to process within the statutory time protections Congress requires.

Thank you,

Andrew Free
#DetentionKills Transparency Initiative

Thank you very much!

We appreciate this response.