Babel Street (Wisconsin Department of Justice)
| Submitted | May 22, 2017 |
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From: Curtis Waltman
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Wisconsin's Open Records act, I hereby request the following records:
Documents concerning contracts with the company Babel Street. This includes:
-Contractual documents such as purchase orders, delivery orders, invoices, trial run agreements, and grant procurement documents.
-Any emails with the domain @BabelStreet.com to the head of procurement/financial department or any technology departments the agency may run, or the Chief of Police.
-Any marketing material obtained from Babel Street.
-Any reports on the efficacy of Babel Street.
-The number of investigations Babel Street has been used on. This is not a request for documentation on each investigation, simply the number.
-The total date range for this request is 1/1/15 to the date this request is processed.
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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.
Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 22, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Majewski, Pamila J.
Hello, I received your letter dated June 6, 2017 asking when you can expect to receive a response to your request.
We are still processing your request and unfortunately I am unable to give you a time of when records can be released to you. As we stated in the letter sent to you on May 31, 2017,
We have initiated a review of our files in order to respond to your request. Please note, processing your request will require a search of DOJ's email archive. The volume of emails required to be searched and the staff time and resources necessary for location and review will likely result in a longer response time than for a simpler request. If you wish to narrow or clarify your request to help reduce this response time, you are invited to do so.
Pam Majewski
Legal Associate
Office of Open Government
Wisconsin Department of Justice
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 22, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Majewski, Pamila J.
Hello, we believe we can release responsive records to you next week.
Pam Majewski
Legal Associate
Office of Open Government
Wisconsin Department of Justice
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From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 22, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Majewski, Pamila J.
I mailed you the records on June 28, 2017 to the following address:
Muckrock News
Dept. MR 32484
411A Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
Pam Majewski
Legal Associate
Office of Open Government
Wisconsin Department of Justice
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From: Curtis Waltman
Hi Ms. Majewski,
I am sorry to do this to you but I have not received the documents yet. It does look like you had the right address so I am assuming they got lost in the mail. Any chance you would be willing to send them again? I would appreciate it so much.
Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman
From: Curtis Waltman
Hi Ms. Majewski,
Jus to follow up I still have not received the records. Is there any way to email them? Or send them again? I would really really appreciate it. We can speak by phone as well if you think that would help facilitate things.
Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman
From: Majewski, Pamila J.
The records are too large to send by email. If you provide me another address I will send the records again. Since the records I sent you, at the address you provided, was not returned to this office I can only assume the problem is with the Muckrock address. Please provide me with an alternative address.
Thank you
Pam Majewski
Legal Associate
Office of Open Government
Wisconsin Department of Justice
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From: Curtis Waltman
Ms. Majewski,
I will be replying to you on my personal email, curtis@muckrock.com, to furnish you with my personal home address. This should fix this problem. Thank you!
Best,
Curtis Waltman
From: Wisconsin Department of Justice
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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RESPONSIVE emails.zip
From: Curtis Waltman
Hi Ms. Majewski,
Just wanted to inform you I received the disc. Thank you so much for your help! Take care.
Sincerely,
Curtis Waltman
From: Majewski, Pamila J.
That's great, thanks for letting me know!
Pam Majewski
Legal Associate
Office of Open Government
Wisconsin Department of Justice
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