Public records request - Business Insider (Georgia Institute of Technology)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. A copy of all guidelines, protocols, training materials, educational materials, and screening or diagnostic materials used by the university’s athletics department related to the prevention of disordered eating, identification of student-athletes at risk of developing disordered eating, and establishing a chain of reporting for a student-athlete flagged as at risk for developing or exhibiting symptoms of disordered eating. Relevant keywords to this records search include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, relative energy deficiency, low energy availability, RED-S, and disordered eating.

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $10. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees because I am a reporter for a widely read news site, Business Insider, and the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of American universities’ procedures for assisting student-athletes at risk of developing eating disorders.

In conducting your search, please use the most recent technologies and tools available.

If any part of our request is determined by your organization to be exempt from disclosure, please release any segregable non-exempt portions. If your organization determines that such segregation is impossible, please indicate why this is technically the case. If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the Georgia Open Records Act § 50.18.70 et seq.,. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to deny a waiver of fees.
Please produce these records in the electronic format and share them with me via email at nparakul@insider.com, if possible.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Hannah Beckler

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. I am following up on the status of my request, as it is past the statutory three-day acknowledgement deadline required by the Georgia Open Records Act. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from your office soon.

Hello,

I would like to request an update on the status of my public records request. Please let me know if you may have an estimated date on which I might expect to receive correspondence or records from your office, or if I can provide any clarification about my request. Thank you.

Hello,

Thank you for your message. I submitted my request via MuckRock on January 10 2024. Below is a copy of the original request language:

Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. A copy of all guidelines, protocols, training materials, educational materials, and screening or diagnostic materials used by the university’s athletics department related to the prevention of disordered eating, identification of student-athletes at risk of developing disordered eating, and establishing a chain of reporting for a student-athlete flagged as at risk for developing or exhibiting symptoms of disordered eating. Relevant keywords to this records search include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, relative energy deficiency, low energy availability, RED-S, and disordered eating.

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $10. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees because I am a reporter for a widely read news site, Business Insider, and the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of American universities’ procedures for assisting student-athletes at risk of developing eating disorders.

In conducting your search, please use the most recent technologies and tools available.

If any part of our request is determined by your organization to be exempt from disclosure, please release any segregable non-exempt portions. If your organization determines that such segregation is impossible, please indicate why this is technically the case. If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the Georgia Open Records Act § 50.18.70 et seq.,. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to deny a waiver of fees.
Please produce these records in the electronic format and share them with me via email at nparakul@insider.com, if possible.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,
Narimes Parakul