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The

Honorable

Brian

P.

Kemp

Secretary of State

State

of

Georgia

214

tate

CapitolAtlanta,

GA

30334

Dear

ecretary

Kemp:

The

Department

f

Homeland

ecurity

DHS)

ffice

of Inspector

General

 OIG)

s

investigating

a

eries

of ten

alleged

scanning

events

of

the

Georgia

Secretary

of

State's

network

hat

may

have

riginated

from

DHS-

affiliated

IP addresses.

The

U.S.

House

f Representatives,

Committee

on

Oversight

and Government

Reform

has

orwarded

us

our

prior

correspondence

with

Secretary

Johnson

and

resident

-Elect

Trump

on

this

issue

and

has

asked

us

o

investigate

the

allegations

raised in

your

letters.

Pursuant

o

the

Inspector

General

Act,

.S.C.

App.,

DHS

OIG

has

he

duty

and

esponsibility

to

conduct

and

supervise audits

and

investigations, to

promote

economy,

fficiency

and

ffectiveness

in

the

administration

of

and

o

prevent

and

etect

fraud

and

abuse

n

and

relating to,

the

programs

and

perations

of

DHS.

DHS

OIG

s

an

independent

and

bjective

agency

ithin

DHS

nd

thus our

nvestigation

is

also

separate

and

independent

f

any

ther

inquiries

conducted

by

other

DHS

ffices.

In order

to

thoroughly

investigate

these

allegations,

we

equest that

you

provide

us

ith the

following

documentation

and

nformation:

1.

Any

web HTTPD)

ogs

and

network

netflow)

logs

from one hour

before

and

fter

the

following

dates

/times

on

he

activity

from

P

Address

16.81.81.80

or

any

ther IP

address

that

you

believe

may

be

ssociated

with

DHS:

a.

February

,

2016,

t

13:03

CST

b.

February

28,

2016,

t

13:19

CST

c.

May

23,

2016,

t

08:42

CDT

d.

September

12,

2016,

t

11:52

CDT