Engineer B FOIA-Based Acquisition of Competitor Qualifications
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/141#Engineer_B_FOIA-Based_Acquisition_of_Competitor_Qualifications
Properties
Instance of
FOIA-BasedCompetitorIntelligenceAcquisitionState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FOIA-BasedCompetitorIntelligenceAcquisitionState
Active period
From Engineer B's FOIA request through Engineer B's own qualifications submission and procurement conclusion
Affected parties
Engineer A
Engineer B
State Agency
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer B's use of FOIA to obtain Engineer A's submitted qualifications prior to Engineer B's own submission
Terminated by
Conclusion of the procurement selection process
Triggering event
Engineer B submitting a FOIA request to the state to obtain Engineer A's qualifications before the interview process and before Engineer B's own submission
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B, a competitor of Engineer A, whose firm also intends to respond to the same RFQ, submits a state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to obtain a copy of the qualifications information Engineer A submitted to the state
Text references
Engineer B, a competitor of Engineer A, whose firm also intends to respond to the same RFQ, submits a state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to obtain a copy of the qualifications information Engineer A submitted to the state
The state provides the information to Engineer B
Thereafter, Engineer B submits his firm's engineering qualifications to the state agency for the same public project
TTL
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case141:Engineer_B_FOIA-Based_Acquisition_of_Competitor_Qualifications a proeth:FOIA-BasedCompetitorIntelligenceAcquisitionState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B FOIA-Based Acquisition of Competitor Qualifications" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Engineer B's FOIA request through Engineer B's own qualifications submission and procurement conclusion" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer A",
"Engineer B",
"State Agency" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "141" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T13:40:07.781238+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "141" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T13:40:07.781238+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B, a competitor of Engineer A, whose firm also intends to respond to the same RFQ, submits a state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to obtain a copy of the qualifications information Engineer A submitted to the state" ;
proeth:stateclass "FOIA-Based Competitor Intelligence Acquisition State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer B's use of FOIA to obtain Engineer A's submitted qualifications prior to Engineer B's own submission" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Conclusion of the procurement selection process" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B, a competitor of Engineer A, whose firm also intends to respond to the same RFQ, submits a state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to obtain a copy of the qualifications information Engineer A submitted to the state",
"The state provides the information to Engineer B",
"Thereafter, Engineer B submits his firm's engineering qualifications to the state agency for the same public project" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer B submitting a FOIA request to the state to obtain Engineer A's qualifications before the interview process and before Engineer B's own submission" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 141 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T13:59:20.687686"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 141 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
141
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T13:40:07.781238+00:00
First case
141
Generated
2026-02-28T13:40:07.781238+00:00
Attributed to
Case 141 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T13:59:20.687686
Generated by
ProEthica Case 141 Extraction