Research funding for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Dear National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC),
I hereby request a copy of any documents pertaining to NHMRC funding for research into Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Yours faithfully,
Asher Wolf
Dear Asher Wolf,
Thank you for your email. Unfortunately your email is not a valid FOI request.
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• Be made in writing;
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Jess
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From: Asher Wolf <[FOI #5163 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 December 2018 1:05 PM
To: NHMRC FOI <[NHMRC request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Research funding for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Dear National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC),
I hereby request a copy of any documents pertaining to NHMRC funding for research into Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Yours faithfully,
Asher Wolf
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Stephanie Johnson left an annotation ()
I agree with Ben,
Seems extremely pedantic, and I'm a pedant myself, so that's saying something.
If they are going to say this isn't valid, the original requester would should probably also include something along the lines of:
'Documents can be provided by return email to the auto-generated and unique Right to Know email address from which you received this correspondence.'
Good luck
Steph
Ben Fairless left an annotation ()
The agency is being a touch pedantic. Any request made using Right to Know puts "Freedom of Information Request" in the subject. This makes it clear that the applicant is making a Freedom of Information Request.
You could possibly use the below wording:
"I hereby request a copy of any documents pertaining to NHMRC funding for research into Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
I am happy for you to consider releasing these documents under administrative access, if possible. If you aren't able to do this, please process this request as a formal FOI request"