Palantir - Department of Homeland Security contracts

March 21, 2018 LAURENT BASTIEN CORBEIL MUCKROCK 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144 RE:     ICE FOIA Case Number 2018-ICFO-25287 Dear Mr. BASTIEN CORBEIL: This acknowledges receipt of your February 26, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for Copies of the following contracts, including any post-signing amendment[s], addenda, new / later Statement[s] of Work, Change Order[s], and other documents that supplement or amend the original contract, between Palantir Technologies Inc. and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see request for listed contracts).  Your request was received in this office on February 26, 2018. 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 2018-ICFO-25287. 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 2018-ICFO-XXXXX 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,

Your request has been tasked to the appropriate agency within ICE to conduct a search for potentially responsive records.

Sincerely,
ICE/FOIA

Good afternoon,

It appears we are still waiting for a response from one of the tasked agencies within ICE to complete their search for any potentially responsive records. Depending on the scope of the request, this could require extensive searches.

Sincerely,
ICE/FOIA

Good afternoon,

It appears we are still waiting for a response from one of the tasked agencies within ICE to complete their search for any potentially responsive records. Depending on the scope of the request, this could require extensive searches.
Sincerely,
ICE/FOIA

July 24, 2018 LAURENT BASTIEN CORBEIL MUCKROCK 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144 RE:     ICE FOIA Case Number 2018-ICFO-25287 Dear Mr. BASTIEN CORBEIL: This responds to your July 6, 2018 letter in which you requested an update as to the status of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), dated February 26, 2018 , and received in this office on February 26, 2018 .  Your request sought Copies of the following contracts, including any post-signing amendment[s], addenda, new / later Statement[s] of Work, Change Order[s], and other documents that supplement or amend the original contract, between Palantir Technologies Inc. and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see request for listed contracts) By letter dated, March 21, 2018 we advised you that due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we would encounter some delay in processing your request.  Requests are processed in chronological order based on the date we received a perfected request. For your information, 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 at the earliest possible date.  We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience.
Your request has been assigned reference number 2018-ICFO-25287. 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 2015-ICFO-XXXX or (http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status) http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status 2016 -ICFO-XXXXX tracking number. You may contact this office at (866) 633-1182. Our mailing address is 500 12th Street, S.W., Stop 5009, Washington, D.C. 20536-5009
Sincerely,
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 evening, In regards to 2018-ICFO-25287, 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 at the earliest possible date.  We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience. Sincerely, ICE FOIA

Good afternoon,

Your request is currently in the queue to be processed by an analyst. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. Requests are processed on a first in, first out basis and timing can vary greatly depending on the volume of responsive documents received.

Sincerely,
ICE/FOIA

Good morning,

In regards to 2018-ICFO-25287 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 at the earliest possible date. We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience.

Sincerely,
ICE FOIA

Good afternoon,

In regards to 2018-ICFO-25287, 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 at the earliest possible date. We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience.

Sincerely,
ICE FOIA

Good afternoon,

In regards to 2018-ICFO-25287, 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 at the earliest possible date. We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience.

Sincerely,
ICE FOIA

Good morning,

In regards to 2018-ICFO-25287, 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 at the earliest possible date. We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience.

Sincerely,

ICE FOIA

A copy of documents responsive to the request.