Department of Health, Division of Disease Control

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Division of Disease Control

Notice of Request for Determination of Trade Secret

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Florida Department of Health, Division of Disease Control, Bureau of Epidemiology, has received a Request for Determination of Trade Secret by the University of Pittsburgh – of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, on March 11, 2009. The request seeks the agency’s determination that over-the-counter sales data being accessed by the agency via the University’s National Retail Data Monitor be treated as a trade secret under Section 381.83, Florida Statutes, and therefore be exempt from disclosure provisions of Section 119.07(1), F.S., and s. 24(a), Article I of the Florida State Constitution.

A copy of the Request for Determination of Trade Secret may be obtained by contacting: Aaron Kite-Powell, Epidemiologist, Bureau of Epidemiology, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A12, Tallahassee Florida 32399-1720, [phone], email: [e-mail].

Please refer all comments to: Dr. Julia Gill, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Epidemiology, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A12, Tallahassee Florida 32399-1720, [phone], email: [e-mail].