COVID-19 algorithmic testing (Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
| Tracking # |
2020FR00848 |
| Multi Request | COVID-19 algorithmic testing |
| Submitted | March 20, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | July 31, 2020 |
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From: Colin Lecher
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:
From the time period of January 1, 2020 to the present, any algorithms, risk assessments, flowcharts, manuals, slideshow presentations, guides, charts, graphs, or items that determine whether someone is eligible to be tested for COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus).
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Colin Lecher
From: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Your request has been emailed to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) because that agency is not yet using
the portal to respond to FOIL requests. The details of your request are shown below.
No further information will be available on the OpenRecords portal regarding this
request.
Requester's Contact Information
Name:
Colin Lecher
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Email:
requests@muckrock.com (mailto:requests@muckrock.com)
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Please contact the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via email at foil@health.nyc.gov
for any further information. (mailto:foil@health.nyc.gov)
From: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
We are experiencing technical difficulties with the open-records program. We can see your contact information. However, we cannot see the information that you are requesting. Please re-send your request to recordsaccess@health.nyc.gov<mailto:recordsaccess@health.nyc.gov> sorry for the inconvenience.
From: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Dear Colin Lecher:
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Law request and has assigned it the control number indicated above. Due to the current COVID-19 emergency, DOHMH is focused on responding to the city's public health needs. Like other city agencies, all staff not essential to this response are working remotely. Under these conditions, it may neither be physically nor technologically possible to conduct the document collection and review required by the Freedom of Information Law at this time. If you have not heard back from us within 20 calendar days, please contact us for a status update, and we will try to provide you with an accurate estimate of how much additional time will be needed to respond to your request under the current circumstances.
Thanks,
Bernadette O'Donnell
Records Access Officer / Agency Attorney
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
42-09 28th St., CN 14-29
Long Island City, NY 11101
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From: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Dear Colin Lecher:
Based on the extraordinary circumstances posed by the current public health crisis, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will not be able to respond to this request until July 31, 2020.
I apologize for the delay.
Sincerely,
Bernadette O'Donnell
Records Access Officer
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 20, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on July 31, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 20, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on July 31, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 20, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on July 31, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Please provide the FOIL control number associated with your request. Thank you.