DRTBeBoeingBox

Martin Peck filed this request with the United States Secret Service of the United States of America.
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20151061

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From: Martin Peck

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

Any and all SKUs, Contracts, Invoices, Receipts, Billing Numbers, Agreements, PO Numbers, for any services or goods purchased from Boeing Corporation, including third party contract hours for training or related services, regarding hardware to include Digital Signal Processing (DSP) or Cell-site Simulators or Software Defined Radio (SDR) base-stations, or Stingray-like pen/trace-trap devices, or other radio surveillance technology, including technology formerly produced by Digital Receiver Technology, Inc., also known as DRT Systems, now part of Boeing, known to include the DRTBox, or DirtBox, or DirtBoxes surveillance gear. Please include antenna systems and cable hardware, as part of the radio systems to report on.

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 fees cannot be waived, 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, DVD-R, or BD-R 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,

Martin Peck

From: FOIA

Dear Requester,

Please see the attached letter regarding your FOIA/PA request. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this matter, please contact this office at (202) 406-6370.

Sincerely,

United States Secret Service
FOIA/PA Program

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From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 14, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

From: MuckRock.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 14, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: FOIA

Good Morning,

Please see the below email from the requester asking for the status of File Number 20151061. According to the most recent post in FOIAXpress, the file is currently with you. Please provide a status response to be forwarded to the requester.
Thanks!

AJ

From: FOIA

Dear Requester,

Please provide the File Number assigned to this case so that we can provide an updated status for this request.

Thank you,

Freedom of Information Act & Privacy Act Program
United States Secret Service
245 Murray Lane, SW, Building T-5
Washington, DC 20223
Phone: (202) 406-6370
Fax: (202) 406-5586
Email: FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV<mailto:FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV>

From: Martin Peck

File Number 20151061. Thank you.

From: United States Secret Service

MuckRock News
Martin Peck
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819

File Number: 20151061

Dear Requester:

Reference is made to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, which was originally submitted to the United States Secret Service (Secret Service) on June 15, 2015, for information pertaining to any and all SKU's, contracts, invoices, receipts, billing numbers, agreements, PO Numbers, for any services or goods purchased from Boeing Corporation, including third party contract hours for training or related services, regarding hardware to include Digital Signal Processing (DSP) or Cell-Site Simulators or Software Defined Radio (SDR) base-stations, or Stingray-like pen/trace-trap devices, or other radio surveillance technology, including technology formerly produces by Digital Receiver Technology, Inc., also known as DRT Systems, now part of Boeing, known to include the DRT Box, or DirtBox, or DirtBoxes surveillance gear.

In our acknowledgement letter to you, we advised you that due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we could encounter some delay in processing your request. However, we want to let you know that we have been making every effort to reduce the backlog of cases.

Please be advised that, to date, your file has been reviewed, processed and is currently pending supervisory review. Upon completion of the supervisory review, all documents that can be released will be made available to you. We appreciate your continued patience in this matter.

If you have any questions, please contact this office at (202) 406-6370. Please use the file number indicated above in all future correspondence with this office.

Thank you,

Freedom of Information Act & Privacy Act Program
United States Secret Service
245 Murray Lane, SW, Building T-5
Washington, DC 20223
Phone: (202) 406-6370
Fax: (202) 406-5586
Email: FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV<mailto:Foia@usss.dhs.gov>

From: United States Secret Service

Dear Requester:

Reference is made to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, which was originally submitted to the United States Secret Service (Secret Service) on June 15, 2015, for information pertaining to any and all SKU's, contracts, invoices, receipts, billing numbers, agreements, PO Numbers, for any services or goods purchased from Boeing Corporation, including third party contract hours for training or related services, regarding hardware to include Digital Signal Processing (DSP) or Cell-Site Simulators or Software Defined Radio (SDR) base-stations, or Stingray-like pen/trace-trap devices, or other radio surveillance technology, including technology formerly produces by Digital Receiver Technology, Inc., also known as DRT Systems, now part of Boeing, known to include the DRT Box, or DirtBox, or DirtBoxes surveillance gear.

In our previous letters to you, we advised you that the Secret Service searched its main indices, and any responsive records identified in connection with that search have been located and forwarded to this office for review and a disclosure determination. These documents have been reviewed and processed.

As we continue our efforts to reduce the backlog of cases, we have encountered further delays in completing your request. We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience as we diligently work to fulfill your request.

If you are no longer interested in this request or would like to discuss this matter, please contact this office at (202) 406-6370. Please use the file number indicated above in all future correspondence with this office.

Thank you,

Freedom of Information Act & Privacy Act Program
United States Secret Service
245 Murray Lane, SW, Building T-5
Washington, DC 20223
Phone: (202) 406-6370
Fax: (2020 406-5586
Email: FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV<mailto:FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV>

From: Martin Peck

This is in reply to communications sent 7-September-2018, "Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request #20151061"

Thank you for notification of ongoing delay processing this request.

I want to affirm my continued interest in this request. Please continue processing FOIA #20151061. Please confirm receipt of this message.

Thank you,
Martin Peck

From: United States Secret Service

Dear Requester,

Please be advised, a final response was provided to you on October 16, 2018. This request is now closed.

Thank you,

Freedom of Information Act & Privacy Act Program
United States Secret Service
245 Murray Lane, SW, Building T-5
Washington, DC 20223
Phone: (202) 406-6370
Fax: (2020 406-5586
Email: FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV<mailto:FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV>

From: Martin Peck

This message is in response to communication sent 19-Dec-2018 regarding File Number 20151061.

In this message you indicate that the request has been closed; that a response had bent sent 16-Oct-2018.

Please note that no response was ever received for File Number 20151061. As indicated in a prior communication sent 7-Sep-2018, I requested continuance of processing of this request, in which I still maintained an interest in seeing to completion.

Please provide responsive materials for FOIA request File Number 20151061.

Please consider this an appeal if the request was improperly closed.

I would appreciate notification of continuance of processing, or acceptance of appeal, accordingly.

Best regards,

From: United States Secret Service

Please be advised, a final response was sent to you on 10/16/2018

Thank you,

Freedom of Information Act & Privacy Act Program
United States Secret Service
245 Murray Lane, SW, Building T-5
Washington, DC 20223
Phone: (202) 406-6370
Fax: (2020 406-5586
Email: FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV<mailto:FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV>

From: Martin Peck

I demand appeal of this rejection.

Not only was my notice expressing continued interest in this case ignored, by my request for appeal was also ignored.

I demand appeal of this rejection, and refute you attempts to administratively close this request through deception.

Please confirm receipt of this appeal.

Thank you.

From: United States Secret Service

Dear Requester,

Your appeal for case 20151061 has been received by the USSS FOIA office.

After reviewing your appeal request, we understand you did not receive the original final response sent to you in reference to case 20151061. Please see attached an electronic copy of the final response.
Please be advised that your appeal request will be forwarded to our appeal team and handled accordingly.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contactthis office by replying to this email or calling us at (202) 406-6370. Thank you, Freedom of Information Act &Privacy Act Program United States Secret Service 245 Murray Lane, SW, Building T-5 Washington, DC 20223 Phone: (202) 406-6370 Fax: (202) 406-5586 Email: FOIA@USSS.DHS.GOV

All e-mail to/from this account is subject to official review and is for official use only. Action may be taken in response to any inappropriate use of the Secret Service's e-mail system. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, law enforcement sensitive, or subject to other disclosure limitations. Such information is loaned to you and should not be further disseminated without the permission of the Secret Service. If you have received this e-mail in error, do not keep, use, disclose, or copy it; notify the sender immediately and delete it.  ­­

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