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Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh
If you can figure out the name and contents of the report, then do an Access to Information request, off you go.
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Rant button firmly pressed:
As a former staff type I can only say that submitting an ATI request for the "report" just for the sole purpose of finding a photo of a piece of equipment is both troubling and a waste of staff time that could be better spent on administering the troops.
If you had any idea of the amount of work that it takes to process these "flights of fancy", or if you had to do it yourself, you would shake your head. If you are putting together the package, which as stated is a legal requirement, you are not putting your effort towards your job.
The average joe at the HQ processes these ATI requests - not a specialist. So, the next time you want a picture of your truck with its CFR painted on the side and want to go the ATI way, keep in mind that if the staff is engaged in that bullshit, they are not "supporting the troops".
Leave the ATI request for "real" and "important" issues. Using MLU is far easier than wasting your time, and more importantly the staffs' time.
Rant button released...
Man, I hated ATI requests...Here is a sample:
"Provide all the paperwork involving the entire lifecycle for the C1 Howitzer from 196? to present day"
Get the picture (pun
not intended)?