Information wrt DBMSs (Information Technology, Virginia)

Dear Matt Chapman:
Thank you for your interest in FOIA records of the City of Virginia Beach. Your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Your request was received in this office on 8/6/2018 and given the reference number F006224-080618 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
For all DBMSs owned, maintained, operated, contracted with/through, or supported by the Information Technology - or similar - department(s) within your city, please provide me with the following information:
-Underlying engine (eg, postgres, mysql, mariadb, cockroachdb, Mongodb, Oracle database, sybase, MSAccess, SQL Server, VoltDB, RethinkDB, Chronos, Elasticsearch, etcd, cassandra, etc)
-Names of software that connect to each DBMS
-Names of departments that use information within the DBMS
-Schema of database (preferably, with granularity down to column names)
-Contract identifier for each database, if relevant
I understand that the information respondent to this request may require the creation of new documents - if that will be the case, then please provide me with documents that may contain the information (eg, documentation, contracts, etc). I am also happy to narrow the scope of my request if necessary.
Please also let me know if any help is needed with discovering any DBMS services. My background is in distributed systems systems administration and I can offer technical tips or advice if it would be helpful in any way.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. As I believe the information respondent to this request outweighs the costs and burden, I would like to kindly request a fee waiver.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
With gratitude,
Matt Chapman,
Free Our Info, NFP
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RE: Freedom of Information Request of August 06, 2018, Reference # F006224-080618
Dear Matt Chapman,
The City of Virginia Beach received a Freedom of Information Request from you on August 06, 2018, for the following: “To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
For all DBMSs owned, maintained, operated, contracted with/through, or supported by the Information Technology - or similar - department(s) within your city, please provide me with the following information:
-Underlying engine (eg, postgres, mysql, mariadb, cockroachdb, Mongodb, Oracle database, sybase, MSAccess, SQL Server, VoltDB, RethinkDB, Chronos, Elasticsearch, etcd, cassandra, etc)
-Names of software that connect to each DBMS
-Names of departments that use information within the DBMS
-Schema of database (preferably, with granularity down to column names)
-Contract identifier for each database, if relevant
I understand that the information respondent to this request may require the creation of new documents - if that will be the case, then please provide me with documents that may contain the information (eg, documentation, contracts, etc). I am also happy to narrow the scope of my request if necessary.
Please also let me know if any help is needed with discovering any DBMS services. My background is in distributed systems systems administration and I can offer technical tips or advice if it would be helpful in any way.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. As I believe the information respondent to this request outweighs the costs and burden, I would like to kindly request a fee waiver.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
With gratitude,
Matt Chapman,
Free Our Info, NFP”

Pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.2-3704(A), only citizens of the Commonwealth and representatives of newspapers and magazines with circulation in the Commonwealth are entitled to assert the rights and privileges conferred by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.  Accordingly, your request is denied.
In the event you are a Virginia resident, please resubmit your request and include your current legal Virginia address.
If you have any questions concerning this response, please feel free to contact me at (757) 385-4052 or reply to this email.
Sincerely,
Melena Johnson Freedom of Information Specialist

c: Abigail Parrott, ComIT

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