Banjo attorney general

Mr. Koebler - Attached is all the information the Department of Technology
Services (DTS) has related to Banjo.

> June 15, 2020
>
> This is a follow up to a previous request:
>
> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> I wanted to follow up on the following Government Records Access and
> Management Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 22,
> 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
>
> Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
>
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> 411A Highland Ave
> Somerville, MA 02144-2516
>
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>
> On Feb. 22, 2020:
> Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Banjo attorney general
>
> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following
> records:
>
> Public reports state that this police departments in Utah have partnered
> with Banjo, an AI company. (
> https://kslnewsradio.com/1918508/utah-company-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-solve-crimes-in-seconds/).
> Public records I obtained from the Utah Department of Transportation
> indicate that this office has been in contact about these partnerships.
>
> Therefore, I hereby request the following records:
>
> 1) All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials
> (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks,
> and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of Banjo. This includes
> A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of Banjo, B) any
> explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Banjo
> works, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use
> of Banjo, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and
> executive summaries.
>
> 2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, technical
> explainers or assessments, standard operating procedures, data retention
> policies, legal opinions or assessments, warranties, non-disclosure
> agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Requests
> for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of
> Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements
> between the police department and Banjo.
>
> 3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and
> grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual
> reports that mention Banjo, as well as audit records, including but not
> limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to
> oversight bodies.
>
> 4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text
> messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word
> processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Banjo.
>
> 5) Any case reports in which Banjo was used.
>
> 5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and
> text messages) with Banjo representatives.
>
> Please try to include any other miscellaneous documents that facilitate
> this police department's relationship with Banjo that don't neatly fall
> neatly into the above categories.
>
> 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,
>
> Jason Koebler
>
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> above link to let us know.
>
> For mailed responses, please address (see note):
> MuckRock News
> DEPT MR 88554
> 411A Highland Ave
> Somerville, MA 02144-2516
>
> PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
> being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
> and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
> (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
> department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
>
>
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Stephanie Weteling
State of Utah
Department of Technology Services
801.538.3284
stephanie@utah.gov