COVID vaccine distribution and prioritization 2020 (State Of Kansas Department. Of Health And Environment)

This communication is an initial response to your request
under the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA). The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) KORA
Officer has received your KORA request.  Your request identifier is provided in
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questions. Sincerely,
Michael Smith KORA Officer & Attorney Office of Legal Services Kansas Department of Health and Environment 1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 560 Topeka, Kansas 66612-1371 Phone:  785-296-5334 Email: kdhe.koraofficer@ks.gov (mailto:kdhe.koraofficer@ks.gov)
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Good evening:

Thank you for your Kansas Open Records Act [KORA] request to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment [KDHE]. KDHE has had the opportunity to review and assess the KORA request you submitted. Your request states that you are seeking the following information:

* Any and all correspondence between this agency and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about vaccine priority, including emails, presentations, recordings, photographs, and memos, about vaccine distribution and prioritization plans
* Any and all correspondence between this agency and stakeholders (including private companies and their representatives and their attorneys, nonprofit groups, advisory committees, elected officials, and county-and-local health officials) including emails, presentations, recordings, photographs, and memos about vaccine distribution and prioritization plans
* Any documents about or referring to algorithms, computer programs, partnerships, or software that will be used to help determine vaccine priority and distribution
* Any presentations, pdfs, or legal analyses about vaccine priority and distribution
* Any communication with law enforcement (state, local, or national) about vaccine priority and distribution plan

KDHE has determined that your request would create an unreasonable burden on the Agency to fill as it would take weeks of work to gather, review, and redact the records. Therefore, pursuant to K.S.A 45-218(e), KDHE is refusing to fill your request in its current form.

We kindly request that you reconsider the breadth of your request, and should you chose to do so, resubmit your open records request to KDHE with a much more limited scope. If you have questions regarding this email or of how best to limit the scope of your request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your interest in Kansas government and your patience in awaiting our response.

Sincerely,

Katelyn Radloff
Attorney
Office of Legal Services
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 560
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1371
Phone: 785-296-5334
Fax: 785-559-4272

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