HART contracts

Felipe De La Hoz filed this request with the Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management of the United States of America.
Tracking #

2023-HQAP-00336

2021-HQFO-00942

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Completed

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From: Felipe De La Hoz

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Contracts, policy agreements, memoranda of understanding, and all other contractual agreements between the Department of Homeland Security and the Northrop Grumman Corporation pertaining to the development and implementation of the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology System (HART), including, but no limited to all contractual materials associated with delivery order HSHQDC14DE2035-HSHQDC17J00370.

If any redactions, deletions, or withholdings are made, please include explanations thereof.

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,

Felipe De La Hoz

From: Felipe De La Hoz

This request was originally submitted 11/5/2020 via email. It has not received an acknowledgment, so we are resubmitting through the portal.

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Contracts, policy agreements, memoranda of understanding, and all other contractual agreements between the Department of Homeland Security and the Northrop Grumman Corporation pertaining to the development and implementation of the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology System (HART), including, but no limited to all contractual materials associated with delivery order HSHQDC14DE2035-HSHQDC17J00370.

If any redactions, deletions, or withholdings are made, please include explanations thereof.

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,

Felipe De La Hoz

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Dear Felipe De La Hoz,
The status of your HQ FOIA request #2021-HQFO-00942 has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
HTTPS://foiarequest.dhs.gov
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Dear Felipe De La Hoz,
Request Number 2021-HQFO-00942 has been assigned to the request you submitted. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference request number 2021-HQFO-00942.
Regards,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Good Afternoon,
Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA 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 (http://www.dhs.gov/foia)

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Good Afternoon,
We wanted to reach back to you and ask if you would accept the records that were already released-as they are about 500 pages. The contract and Mods 1-4 have already been released. You can find Mods 1-2, which are already publicly available at https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/hshqdc-17-j-00370_task_order_and_mod_1_and_2.pdf. Please let us know if this would be sufficient to satisfy your request. (https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/hshqdc-17-j-00370_task_order_and_mod_1_and_2.pdf)
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: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Dear Felipe De La Hoz,
The status of your HQ FOIA request #2021-HQFO-00942 has been updated to the following status 'In Process'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
HTTPS://foiarequest.dhs.gov
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Hello,

Please be advised this email inbox for technical support for the PAL tool. Please send your questions for items related to your requests to the FOIA Office associated with your request or use the PAL messaging system to send a message. The request self serve status check is located here: https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/app/CheckStatus.aspx

Contacts for the various DHS FOIA Offices can be found in the dropdown menu via foiarequest.gov or by clicking here: https://www.dhs.gov/foia-contact-information.
Regards,

DHS PAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Dear Felipe De La Hoz,

A response to your Request #2021-HQFO-00942has been delivered via the Department of Homeland Security PAL. Please access https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/ to download the documents.
Regards,

Department of Homeland Security

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Dear Felipe De La Hoz,
The status of your HQ FOIA request #2021-HQFO-00942 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Felipe De La Hoz

Dear FOIA Access Officer,

Given the volume of full-page withholdings in this response, I request a segregability analysis of the pages withheld under (b)(5) and an identification of foreseeable harms. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Felipe De La Hoz

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Good Evening,
Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA appeal.  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 (http://www.dhs.gov/foia)

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Dear Felipe De La Hoz,
The status of your HQ FOIA request #2021-HQFO-00942 has been updated to the following status 'In Process'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Good Afternoon, Resending the final response letter sent to you via email on July 14, 2022. 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: Department Of Homeland Security, Office Of Biometric Identity Management

Dear Felipe De La Hoz,
The status of your HQ FOIA request #2021-HQFO-00942 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

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