DHS: 2020 MITRE CVE Budget
| Tracking # |
2021-HQAP-00061 2021-HQFO-00488 |
| Submitted | Jan. 25, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Brian Martin
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All materials, expenditure records, and invoices related to contract HAHQDC17J00070 (contractor: MITRE)
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,
Brian Martin
From: Department of Homeland Security
Good Morning, Attached is our final response to your request. If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486. Regards, DHS Privacy Office
Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone: 1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax: 202-343-4011
Visit our FOIA website
From: Brian Martin
DHS Disclosure & FOIA Program,
On 11/13/2020 I filed a request for the 2019 MITRE CVE Budget. On 11/19/2020 you first replied and it began a chain that ended with a final disposition of 'No Responsive Documents'. This was despite me providing a contract number (HAHQDC17J00070), a citation, the MITRE website that says it is DHS funded, a contact at DHS that could provide more information (DHS / CISA employee Jay Gazlay), and the sub-agency it is funded by (CISA). Despite all of that information, no responsive documents were returned. I filed a second request after this, updating the request from 2019 to 2020 since the calendar year changed, which I am appealing now.
A FOIA request for this same information for the same information for a different calendar year (FOIA Case # PREP06F040), demonstrating that the information is available (response letter attached). Further, I can provide a secondary contact at DHS that has direct knowledge of the CVE program (Betsy Kulick <betsy.kulick@hq.dhs.gov>).
With all of this information, I believe that responsive documents are available and the information needed to find this is present so I am appealing this disposition. MITRE runs the CVE program with funding from DHS / CISA, this is clearly stated on their website footer (https://cve.mitre.org/), so the information simply must be available.
Thank you for your time,
Brian Martin
303-520-7283
From: Department of Homeland Security
Good Afternoon,
Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA appeal. If you need to contact this office again concerning your appeal, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486.
Regards,
DHS Privacy Office
Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone: 1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax: 202-343-4011
Visit our FOIA website (http://www.dhs.gov/foia)
From: Brian Martin
DHS FOIA Office,
Through additional digging, I have located what I believe may be the relevant contract: 70RNPP18FR0000045
More information: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70RNPP18FR0000045_7001_HSHQDC14D00006_7001
Please note, this is a broader contract that covers three separate programs. I am seeking a breakdown of costs for this contract.
Thank you,
Brian
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 25, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2021-HQAP-00061.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 25, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2021-HQAP-00061.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Martin:
Please find attached the FOIA Appeal Decision issued by Chief Judge Brudzinski' s office for the above captioned matter.
Thank you,
Lauren Meus
Hearing Docket Clerk
U.S. Coast Guard
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