U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 Homeland Security Privacy Office, Mail Stop 0655 August 18, 2017 Austin Evers American Oversight 1030 15th Street, NW Suite B255 Washington, DC 20005 Re: 2017-HQFO-00570 Dear Mr. Evers: This is the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), dated March 21, 2017, and received by this office on March 21, 2017. You are seeking the following: 1. All communications regarding the January 2010 decision to initiate a reassessment of the SBInet program; 2. Any memoranda or reports, and supporting material, prepared for Secretary Napolitano regarding the efficacy, performance, cost, or utility of the SBInet program; 3. Any memoranda or reports, and supporting material, prepared for the Trump administration regarding the efficacy, performance, cost, or utility of the SBInet program; 4. Any decision memoranda prepared regarding the January 2011 cancellation of the SBInet program; 5. Any records analyzing or reviewing the SBInet program in connection with any analysis or evaluation of the proposal to build a wall, fence, or other physical barrier between the U.S. and Mexico. We conducted a comprehensive search of files for records that would be responsive to your request. Unfortunately, we were unable to locate or identify any responsive records. We also transferred the request to Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) as we determined that they may also have records responsive to this request. While an adequate search was conducted, you have the right to appeal this determination that no records exist that would be responsive to your request. Should you wish to do so, you must send your appeal and a copy of this letter, within 90 days of the date of this letter, to: Privacy Office, Attn: FOIA Appeals, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, SW, Mail Stop 1 0655, Washington, D.C. 20528-0655, following the procedures outlined in the DHS FOIA regulations at 6 C.F.R. Part 5 § 5.8. Your envelope and letter should be marked “FOIA Appeal.” Copies of the FOIA and DHS FOIA regulations are available at www.dhs.gov/foia. If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please contact the analyst below who processed your request and refer to 2017-HQFO-00570. You may send an e-mail to foia@hq.dhs.gov, call 202-343-1743 or toll free 1-866-431-0486, or you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison 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 nonexclusive 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. Provisions of FOIA allow DHS to charge for processing fees, up to $25, unless you seek a waiver of fees. In this instance, because the cost is below the $25 minimum, there is no charge. Sincerely, Kevin L. Tyrrell Director FOIA Appeals and Litigation U.S. Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Washington, DC 20528 Homeland Security May 3,, 2017 SENT BY ELECTRONIC MAIL TO: foia@americanoversight.org Austin R. Evers American Oversight 1030 15th St. N.W. Suite B255. Washington, DC 20005 Re: Freedom of Information Act Request 2017-IAFO-00195 Dear Mr. Evers: This letter acknowledges receipt of your electronic Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), received March 21,, 2017, requesting: 1. Communications regarding the January 2010 decision to initiate a reassessment of the SBI net program; 2. Any memoranda or reports, and supporting material, prepared for Secretary Napolitano regarding the efficacy. performance, cost, or utility of the SBI Net program; 3. Any memoranda or reports, and supporting material, prepared for the Trump administration regarding the efficacy. performance, cost, or utility of the SBI Net program; 4. Any decision memoranda prepared regarding the January 2011 cancellation of the SBI net program; 5. Any records analyzing or reviewing the SBI net program in connection with any analysis or evaluation of the proposal to build a wall, fence, or other physical barrier between the U.S. and Mexico. We conducted a comprehensive search of files within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) for records that would be responsive to your request. We were unable to locate or identify any responsive records. You have a right to appeal this response.1 Should you wish to do so, you must send your appeal and a copy of this letter, within 90 days of the date of this letter, to: 1 For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA. See 5 U.S.C. 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV 2010). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist. The Privacy Office U.S. Department of Homeland Security Attn: FOIA Appeals 245 Murray Lane SW STOP-0655 Washington, D.C. 20528-0655 Phone: 202-343-1743 or 866-431-0486 E-mail: foia@hq.dhs.gov Please follow the procedures outlined in the DHS regulations at 6 C.F.R. § 5.8. Your envelope and letter should be marked “FOIA Appeal.” Copies of the FOIA and DHS regulations are available at www.dhs.gov/foia. The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) also mediates disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation. If you wish to contact OGIS, you may email that entity at ogis@nara.gov or call 877-684-6448. Your request has been assigned reference number 2017-IAFO-00195. Please refer to this identifier in any future correspondence. You may contact this office at 202-447-3783 if you have any questions. Sincerely, X Bren d an He n ry FOIA Officer