Updates: Unaccompanied Children: Oversight Records [Records Request]

Records Published

The Data Liberation Project — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:15:00 -0400

On October 12, 2023, the Data Liberation Project published the records received through this request, along with documentation and a note about the DLP’s concerns about the records’ completeness.

Records Provided, DLP Processing

The Data Liberation Project — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:15:00 -0400

On September 7, 2023, ACF completed its provision of the records requested (per the narrowed scope), in the form of a series of spreadsheets, each representing a table in the UC Portal. The Data Liberation Project is examining, documenting, and processing the records for public release.

Estimated Date of Completion Provided

The Data Liberation Project — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:36:00 -0400

On April 3, 2023, ACF provided an estimated completion date of April 26, 2023. “However, as stated in the acknowledgement letter sent to you on November 11, 2022, ‘the actual processing time will depend on the complexity of your request and whether sensitive records, voluminous records, extensive search, and/or consultation with other HHS components or other executive branch agencies are involved.’“

Scope of Request Narrowed

The Data Liberation Project — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:46:00 -0400

Over a series of emails with ACF in early 2023, the Data Liberation Project agreed in mid-March to a narrowing of the scope of the request, focusing just on forms entered via the “UC Portal” since the portal’s creation in 2014. This should include forms corresponding to OMB 0970-0547 (A-9, A-10A, A-10B, A-10C, and A-10D), but exclude forms corresponding to OMB 0970-0564 (M-1, M-3A, M-3B, M-5A, and M-5B). According to the agency, requesting the latter would “[add] a significant amount of work/burden for our entire team to pull/extract, as all these forms are not in the UC Portal or any other database, and are saved/located several places electronically, including [Office of Refugee Resettlement] resource email accounts.”