SOS International Contracts (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

July 27, 2018 M. McGrath Filed via MuckRock.com DEPT MR 57417 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144-2516 requests@muckrock.com (mailto:requests@muckrock.com) RE:     ICE FOIA Case Number 2018-ICFO-52815 Dear Mr. McGrath: This acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), dated July 05, 2018, and to your request for a waiver of all assessable FOIA fees. Your request was received in this office on July 05, 2018. Specifically, you requested All contracts with SOS International LLC or SOS International LTD. The global DUNS number of these corporations is 869190355. 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. ICE evaluates fee waiver requests under the legal standard set forth above and the fee waiver policy guidance issued by the Department of Justice on April 2, 1987, as incorporated into the Department of Homeland Security’s Freedom of Information Act regulations [1] .  These regulations set forth six factors to examine in determining whether the applicable legal standard for fee waiver has been met.  I have considered the following factors in my evaluation of your request for a fee waiver: (1) Whether the subject of the requested records concerns “the operations or activities of the government”; (2) Whether the disclosure is “likely to contribute” to an understanding of government operations or activities; (3) Whether disclosure of the requested information will contribute to the understanding of the public at large, as opposed to the individual understanding of the requestor or a narrow segment of interested persons; (4) Whether the contribution to public understanding of government operations or activities will be "significant"; (5) Whether the requester has a commercial interest that would be furthered by the requested disclosure; and (6) Whether the magnitude of any identified commercial interest to the requestor is sufficiently large in comparison with the public interest in disclosure, that disclosure is primarily in the commercial interest of the requestor. Upon review of your request and a careful consideration of the factors listed above, I have determined to grant your request for a fee waiver. ICE has 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-52815. 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
[1] 6 CFR § 5.11(k).

Good morning, In regards to request 2018-ICFO-52815, document(s) responsive to your request have been located and forwarded to this office for review.  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. 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

December 04, 2018 M. McGrath Filed via MuckRock.com DEPT MR 57417 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144-2516 RE:     ICE FOIA Case Number 2018-ICFO-52815 Dear Mr. McGrath: This responds to your November 29, 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 July 05, 2018 , and received in this office on July 05, 2018 .  Your request sought All contracts with SOS International LLC or SOS International LTD. The global DUNS number of these corporations is 869190355 By letter dated, July 27, 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, document(s) responsive to your request have been located and forwarded to this office for review.  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-52815. 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-52815, document(s) responsive to your request have been located and forwarded to this office for review. 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. Requests are processed on a first in, first out basis and timing can vary greatly depending on the volume of responsive documents and the date the request was received.
Sincerely,
ICE/FOIA

Good afternoon,

In regards to 2018-ICFO-52815 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,
We have queried the appropriate component of DHS for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of release. We will process your request as expeditiously as possible.

Thank you,
ICE FOIA

Good morning,

In regards to your request 2018-ICFO-52815, it is currently in the queue to be processed by an analyst. Requests are processed on a first in, first out basis and timing can vary greatly depending on the volume of responsive documents received. Thank you for your continued patience.

Sincerely,
ICE/FOIA

Mr. McGrath,

ICE's final response to your FOIA request, 2018-ICFO-52815, for All contracts with SOS International LLC or SOS International LTD. The global DUNS number of these corporations is 869190355 is attached.

Sincerely,
ICE FOIA