TSA SFO Facial recognition (United States Customs and Border Protection)

This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=CBP-2021-102714&type=request)

* Tracking Number: CBP-2021-102714
* Requester Name: Johana Bhuiyan
* Date Submitted: 09/05/2021
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

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

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

Any and all documents, including and especially contracts and technical specifications, for facial recognition devices, scanners, and similar deployed at San Francisco International Airport as part of the Simplified Arrival program.

Please provide all SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and detailed technical specifications for the facial recognition program at San Francisco International Airport.

I am also interested in how the biometric data collected is stored and which agencies have access to that data or have requested or otherwise received that data. Please provide all documents and data related to this specific topic.

Please provide all contracts, all technical specification regarding devices deployed at SFO. Furthermore, please provide all code running on the facial recognition scanners at SFO, as well as a copy of all training data used in the facial recognition model.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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,

Johana Bhuiyan

Johana Bhuiyan
MuckRock News DEPT MR 118738
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA, 02144-2516
09/08/2021
RE: CBP-2021-102714
Dear Johana Bhuiyan:
This letter acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), dated 09/05/2021, seeking CBP contract records.
After careful review of your FOIA request, we determined that your request did not specifically state the contract number which you are seeking. Records must be described in reasonably sufficient detail to enable government employees who are familiar with the subject area to locate records without placing an unreasonable burden upon the agency. For this reason, 6 C.F.R. Part 5 §5.3(b) of the DHS FOIA regulations require that you describe the records you are seeking with as much information as possible to ensure that our search can locate them with a reasonable amount of effort. In addition to the information provided, your request description should include the specific CBP contract numbers of interest. If such contracts exist, you may find the associated contract numbers via the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), which is accessible from https://www.fpds.gov/fpdsng_cms/; accessed on 09/08/2021. The FPDS allows for anyone to register and access records pertaining to all federal agency procurement actions, including the ability to run a variety of reports based on specified criteria. (https://www.fpds.gov/fpdsng_cms/)
Please be advised that this action is not a denial of your request and will not preclude you from filing other requests in the future. Please resubmit your FOIA request, along with the required information, by logging into your existing FOIAonline account or go to https://www.foiaonline.gov to create an account. (../../../../)
Sincerely,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Johana Bhuiyan
MuckRock News DEPT MR 118738
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA, 02144-2516
09/08/2021
CBP-2021-102714
Dear Johana Bhuiyan:
This notice acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) received on 09/05/2021.     Please use the following unique FOIA tracking number CBP-2021-102714 to track the status of your request.  If you have not already done so, you must create a FOIAonline account at https://foiaonline.gov.  This is the only method available to check the status of your pending FOIA request. (https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/)
Provisions of the Act allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request.  We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS FOIA regulations outlined on the DHS website, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/22/2016-28095/freedom-of-information-act-regulations. By submitting your request, you have agreed to pay up to $25.00 in applicable processing fees, if any fees associated with your request exceed this amount, CBP shall contact you; however, the first 100 pages are free. (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/22/2016-28095/freedom-of-information-act-regulations)
Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request.  Consistent with 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(a) of the DHS FOIA regulations, CBP processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt.  Although CBP’s goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, FOIA does permit a 10-day extension of this time period in certain circumstances pursuant to 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(c).  [As your request seeks documents that will require a thorough and wide-ranging search, CBP will invoke a 10-day extension for your request pursuant to 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(c). If you would like 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.] OR [As your request seeks a voluminous amount of separate and distinct records, CBP will invoke a 10-day extension for your request pursuant to  6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(c).  If you would like 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.] OR [As the subject matter of your request is of substantial interest to two or more components of CBP or of substantial interest to another agency, we will need to consult with those entities before we issue a final response.  Due to these unusual circumstances, CBP will invoke a 10-day extension for your request pursuant to 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.5(c). If you would like 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.]
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Sincerely,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

The FOIA request CBP-2021-102714 has had its Tracking Number changed to CBP-OFO-2021-102714. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:

* Old Tracking Number:
CBP-2021-102714
* New Tracking Number:
CBP-OFO-2021-102714
* Requester Name:
Johana Bhuiyan
* Date Submitted:
09/05/2021
* Long Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

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

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

Any and all documents, including and especially contracts and technical specifications, for facial recognition devices, scanners, and similar deployed at San Francisco International Airport as part of the Simplified Arrival program.

Please provide all SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and detailed technical specifications for the facial recognition program at San Francisco International Airport.

I am also interested in how the biometric data collected is stored and which agencies have access to that data or have requested or otherwise received that data. Please provide all documents and data related to this specific topic.

Please provide all contracts, all technical specification regarding devices deployed at SFO. Furthermore, please provide all code running on the facial recognition scanners at SFO, as well as a copy of all training data used in the facial recognition model.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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,

Johana Bhuiyan

The FOIA request CBP-OFO-2021-102714 has had its Tracking Number changed to CBP-2021-102714. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:

* Old Tracking Number:
CBP-OFO-2021-102714
* New Tracking Number:
CBP-2021-102714
* Requester Name:
Johana Bhuiyan
* Date Submitted:
09/05/2021
* Long Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

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

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

Any and all documents, including and especially contracts and technical specifications, for facial recognition devices, scanners, and similar deployed at San Francisco International Airport as part of the Simplified Arrival program.

Please provide all SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and detailed technical specifications for the facial recognition program at San Francisco International Airport.

I am also interested in how the biometric data collected is stored and which agencies have access to that data or have requested or otherwise received that data. Please provide all documents and data related to this specific topic.

Please provide all contracts, all technical specification regarding devices deployed at SFO. Furthermore, please provide all code running on the facial recognition scanners at SFO, as well as a copy of all training data used in the facial recognition model.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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,

Johana Bhuiyan

CBP-2021-102714 has been processed with the following final disposition: Missing contract number.