Request for records concerning COVID-19 testing availability
| Submitted | April 18, 2020 |
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From: Christopher Tidmarsh
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Wisconsin Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all digital records (including but not limited to emails, text messages, PDF files, social media posts, etc.) concerning a real or potential shortage of COVID-19 testing supplies in Wisconsin and/or an estimated timeline on when said COVID-19 testing supplies are expected to be in sufficient supply to meet the general public's demand for COVID-19 testing to the degree necessary to alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin.
By "COVID-19 testing supplies", I mean any medical supplies necessary for doctors to administer tests to patients either to diagnose the patients with COVID-19, or to determine whether they have already recovered from COVID-19.
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 10 business days.
Sincerely,
Christopher Tidmarsh
From: Christopher Tidmarsh
To whom it may concern:
I would like to amend the part of my Wisconsin Open Records Act request that reads: "...either to diagnose the patients with COVID-19 or to determine whether they have already recovered from COVID-19."
I would like to change it to: "...either to diagnose the patients with COVID-19 or to determine whether they possess immunity to COVID-19 (such as through antibody tests or any other methods that might be used to test for immunity)."
Sincerely,
Christopher Tidmarsh
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Health Services
Good evening, Mr. Tidmarsh,
Thank you for your follow-up email about a possible timeline for fulfilling your open records request. We appreciate your concerns and are in the process of reviewing our records to determine what would be responsive records. We support the public's need for information and want to provide you the information you are requesting; however, it has been difficult to find those records. It would be helpful if you could provide some specificity to your request, i.e., names of staff to search for emails or key words/terms to search.
We have been inundated with open records requests and are working through them as quickly as possible. We strive to respond to open records requests as soon as possible. We anticipate that it will be at least 2 to 3 weeks before we will be able to respond to your request. Your continued patience and understanding is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Donna Moore
Operations Director
Division of Public Health
Department of Health Services
DonnaJ.Moore@wi.gov<mailto:DonnaJ.Moore@wi.gov>
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Health Services
Good afternoon, Mr. Tidmarsh,
Thank you for your follow-up email about a possible timeline for fulfilling your open records request. We appreciate your concerns and are still in the process of identifying responsive records. I am working with the subject matter expert (SME); however, many of the open records requests that we are responding to are very large and complex and are taking a considerable amount of time to review. For that reason, it is difficult to project a definitive timeline for completion. I will connect with the SME to get a better timeline.
We have also updated our website with a lot of information regarding COVID-19. I intend to review the website to see if any information is available there that would be responsive to your request.
Sincerely,
Donna Moore
Operations Director
Division of Public Health
Department of Health Services
DonnaJ.Moore@wi.gov<mailto:DonnaJ.Moore@wi.gov<mailto:DonnaJ.Moore@wi.gov%3cmailto:DonnaJ.Moore@wi.gov>>
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Health Services
Good morning,
As a follow up to your April 18, 2020 request, we pulled the records responsive to your request; however, as we were reviewing the records the file became corrupted. Out IT staff are working on the file in hopes that we do not have to start over. Unfortunately, I do not have a timeline as to when we will be able to provide you a response. I am hopeful that it will not be long.
Please have a safe new year.
Sincerely,
Donna Moore
Operations Director
Division of Public Health
Department of Health Services
DonnaJ.Moore@wi.gov<mailto:DonnaJ.Moore@wi.gov>
From: Christopher Tidmarsh
Hello Ms. Moore,
Thank you for letting me know. It's not a problem for me if you are experiencing a delay. I will appreciate receiving the records as soon as you are able to send me them. As soon as you have another update regarding my open records request, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Christopher Tidmarsh
From:
The Department of Health Services has received your public records request. Your request will be routed to the appropriate Records Custodian.
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RE: Wisconsin Open Records Act Request: Request for records concerning COVID-19 testing availability
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Wisconsin Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Health Services
We apologize, we had some issues with the application timing out trying to upload the 1500 pages of responsive records. Please confirm that you have received the files.
From: Christopher Tidmarsh
Hi,
I received the records you sent me. Thanks so much for your help with this records request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Christopher Tidmarsh
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