DHS Components' FOIA Funding, Staffing, and Activities (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Submitted on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - 01:08
Submitted by user: Anonymous
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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First Name: Adrien
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Last Name: Salzberg
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Email Address: requests@muckrock.com
Country: United States
Address 1: MuckRock News, DEPT MR 80828
Address 2: 411A Highland Ave
City: Somerville
State: Massachusetts
Zip Code: 02144
Telephone Number: 6172991832
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Please describe the records you are seeking as clearly and precisely as
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Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following
records:

The following materials related to the funding, staffing, and activities of
this FOIA office:

***Budget materials***
- - - > > > for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019, all budget materials or plans
applicable to offices responsible for processing and response to FOIA
requests and appeals submitted to this Bureau and its offices.

***Staffing orders/reports/contacts***
- - - > > > for the years 2017 and 2018, staffing reports and plans,
including the count of employee numbers and for offices responsible for
processing and responses to FOIA requests and appeals submitted to this
Bureau and its offices.
- If this report is available in a form that includes the total number of
hours worked for FOIA personnel, that version would be preferred.
- If reports are available for each month, that version is preferred.

- - - > > > all staffing reports and plans for the year 2019
- If reports are available for each month, such a version is preferred.

- - - > > > contact information, including email addresses and phone numbers
(if available), for each FOIA officer currently tasked with an open public
records request

***FOIA requester categories***
- - - > > > for the years 2017 and 2018, the designated category of each
requester of a FOIA request to this office, including those assigned to the
following categories:
* commercial;
* educational and noncommercial scientific institutions;
* representative of news media requester;
* all other requesters
- If this information is kept in an aggregate form including the number of
requesters by fee category by year, a copy of this report will suffice to
fulfill this element of the request.

***FOIA fee waivers***
- - - > > > for the years 2017 and 2018, the number of fee waivers granted by
this office and, if available, the tracking numbers for the FOIA requests to
which waivers were granted

***FOIA fee collection***
- - - > > > for the years 2017 and 2018, any report capturing the following
information:
* total estimated processing and copy fees quoted to FOIA requesters
* total processing and copy fees collected by this Bureau from each fee
category
- If this information is kept in an aggregate form, such as a FOIA log, that
material would be sufficient to satisfy the bullet points “FOIA requester
categories” and “FOIA fee collection” if it captures the following
information:
* FOIA tracking number
* requester fee category
* amount processing and copy fees associated with the request
* the status of the requester’s payment for the 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 20 business days,
as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Adrien Salzberg

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October 29, 2019 Adrien Salzberg MuckRock News MuckRock News, DEPT MR 80828 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144 RE:     ICE FOIA Case Number 2020-ICFO-05513 Dear Mr. Salzberg: This acknowledges receipt of your September 25, 2019, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for materials related to the funding, staffing, and activities of this FOIA office: Budget materials, Staffing orders/reports/contacts, all staffing reports and plans for the year 2019, contact information, including email addresses and phone numbers (if available), for each FOIA officer currently tasked with an open public records request, FOIA requester categories, FOIA fee waivers, FOIA fee collection (please see request for further details).  Your request was received in this office on September 25, 2019. Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request. Per Section 5.5(a) of the DHS FOIA regulations, 6 C.F.R. Part 5, ICE processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt. Although ICE’s goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, the FOIA does permit a 10- day extension of this time period. As your request seeks numerous documents that will necessitate a thorough and wide-ranging search, ICE will invoke a 10-day extension for your request, as allowed by Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B). If you care to narrow the scope of your request, please contact our office. We will make every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner. Provisions of the FOIA allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request.  We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS Interim FOIA regulations, as they apply to media requesters.  As a media requester, you will be charged 10 cents per page for duplication; the first 100 pages are free.  We will construe the submission of your request as an agreement to pay up to $25.00. You will be contacted before any further fees are accrued. We have queried the appropriate program offices within ICE for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. Please be assured that one of the processors in our office will respond to your request as expeditiously as possible. We appreciate your patience as we proceed with your request.
Your request has been assigned reference number 2020-ICFO-05513. Please refer to this identifier in any future correspondence. To check the status of an ICE FOIA/PA request, please visit . Please note that to check the status of a request, you must enter the 2020-ICFO-05513 tracking number. If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please contact the FOIA office. You may send an e-mail to ice-foia@ice.dhs.gov, call toll free (866) 633-1182, or you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Fernando Pineiro, in the same manner. Additionally, you have a right to right to seek dispute resolution services from the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) which mediates disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation. If you are requesting access to your own records (which is considered a Privacy Act request), you should know that OGIS does not have the authority to handle requests made under the Privacy Act of 1974. You may contact OGIS as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769. (http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status) http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status
Regards,

ICE FOIA Office
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Freedom of Information Act Office
500 12th Street, S.W., Stop 5009
Washington, D.C. 20536-5009
Telephone: 1-866-633-1182
Visit our FOIA website at www.ice.gov/foia

Good afternoon,

In regards to 2020-ICFO-05513, we have queried the appropriate component of DHS for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. We will process your request as expeditiously as possible. Upon completion of the processing, all documents that can be released will be made available to you as soon as possible. We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience.

Sincerely,
ICE FOIA