Attachments omitted from FOI_11-48
Dear University of East Anglia,
Attachments omitted from FOI_11-48
On 30 March 2011, in response to FOI_11-048 you released in Appendix A Correspondence.zip, an undated email from Prof Briffa to Profs Overpeck and Jansen with the subject “urgent request”. It included the text:
“The attached file documents one of a series of allegations/questions that we have been asked to answer. We are forwarding it in confidence (thus please do not circulate further nor retain it unnecessarily) because we would value your input in responding to this allegation.”
[1] Please tell me the date of the email
[2] Please give me a copy of “the attached file”
In the same Appendix A you also released an email dated 26 February 2010 from the IPCC WGI TSU to which had been attached a files referred to as
“c:\Eudora\attach\Letter_WG1AR4Authors_2602210.pdf
[3] Please give me a copy of the attached file.
[4] Please indicate the status of individual whose name you redacted, if it is one of the individuals who appears at https://www.ipcc-wg1.unibe.ch/organizati...
On 30 December 2009 I sent by email two files to the Information Commissioner's Office, "DH Exhibits.zip" and "ICO Statement.doc". I subsequently received a request from the the ICO to permit it to give UEA a copy.
[5] Please let me know if you did receive either or both files and if so on what date and who at UEA were given access to it.
Yours faithfully,
David Holland
Dear Mr Holland,
Please find attached a letter acknowledging your request received 7 May 2011.
The letter also contains further information regarding the handling of this request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Someone will be in contact with you further in due course.
Kind regards,
Bob Heath
On behalf of Dave Palmer
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Bob Heath
LaRC Co-ordinator / Blackboard support
Learning and Resources Centre (LaRC)
The Library
Tel: 01603 593483
Email: R[email address]
Mr. Holland,
Attached please find a response to your request received by us on 6 May
2011. Please note that there is one (1) .pdf file attached to this email
which comprises part of our response. If you have any further questions,
do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely, Dave Palmer
____________________________
David Palmer
Information Policy & Compliance Manager
University of East Anglia
Norwich, England
NR4 7TJ
Information Services
Tel: +44 (0)1603 593523
Fax: +44 (0)1603 591010
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
Your Ref: FOI_11-097; EIR_11-009
Dear Mr Palmer
I am writing to request an internal review of University of East Anglia's handling of my FOI request 'Attachments omitted from FOI_11-48'.
Pursuant to Regulation 11(2) of the EIR I wish to you review your decision not to disclose information in respect of items [3] and [4] of my request of 7 May 2011, namely the attachment, c:\Eudora\attach\Letter_WG1AR4Authors_2602210.pdf, and the status of individual whose name that you redacted, from the IPCC WGI TSU email of 26 February 2010, if it is one of the individuals who appears at:
https://www.ipcc-wg1.unibe.ch/organizati...
Since 1993 the IPCC had been required by its member governments to undertake is assessment work on an open and transparent basis and the regulation 12(5)(a) suggestion that the IPCC being open and transparent would have an adverse effect on international relations with the same member governments seems rather absurd. Likewise the regulation 12(5)(f) suggestion, that being open and transparent as the rules require could have adverse effects on
person providing information, also seems absurd.
The IPCC assessment process is one the most globally important environmental decision-making processes, if not the most. The global public interest in disclosure far outweighs far outweighs the interests of any individual who in any case compete to be involved because of the prestige it brings.
As for regulations 12(3) & 13(1), personal information, all IPCC participants are more than happy to be named, photographed and associated with IPCC work when it suits them and it is well established in case law that the disclosure of name alone is rarely sufficient to breach the Data Protection Act.
Yours sincerely,
David Holland
Dear Mr Holland,
In response to your email of 7 June 2011, please find attached the
acknowledgement of your appeal.
Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions
Yours sincerely,
Jane Baker
On behalf of Dave Palmer
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Jane Baker
LaRC Co-ordinator / Blackboard support / Information Policy support
Learning and Resources Centre (LaRC)
Library
UEA
Norwich NR4 7TJ
01603 59 3483
For LaRC enquiries please email [email address]
For Blackboard enquiries please email the Staff or Student IT Helpdesk [email address] or [email address]
My office days are Wednesday to Friday
Bob Heath is in the office Mondays and Tuesdays
Information Services
Mr. Holland
Please find attached a response from Jonathan Colam-French, Director of
Information Services, to your request of 7 June 2011 seeking an internal
review of my response of 6 June 2011 in this matter. Should you have any
questions don't hesitate to contact me.
Your sincerely, Dave Palmer
____________________________
David Palmer
Information Policy & Compliance Manager
University of East Anglia
Norwich, England
NR4 7TJ
Information Services
Tel: +44 (0)1603 593523
Fax: +44 (0)1603 591010
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