[johnm212]

> Apparently this guy doesnt know much ... but enough to waste some peoples time with useless FOIA requests.

I think this is really useful.

Apple and Microsoft have some of the most sophisticated BD/partnership teams in the world.

Many companies who partner with Apple use an internal codeword and don't let others within the company know the client, terms of the deal, or the scope of the work.

Being able to see how Apple is approaching these deals is really interesting and valuable. They are going into 50 states and dealing with the DMV. The DMV has a reputation of being disorganized and not very technical. Apple has the opposite reputation. We are getting a front-row seat into how "disruption" happens.

Even if partnership deals don't get you excited, having transparency into how private companies do business with the government is almost always a good thing.

[azinman2]

And what did we learn? Not a whole lot. Just a pretty regular plain process asking for meeting and setting up some articles of understanding to implement an ISO standard, with the expected twist that it was under NDA until the public announcement.