Information & Ethics committee  First of all, for the benefit of the committee, I would like to say that I have been working in the area of access to information for 16 years. I deal with thousands of requests and I'm proud to tell you that I take those responsibilities very seriously. I'm aware of the implications of these requests and of the right to access that these people have and exercise.

Information & Ethics committee  I make decisions with regard to the act.

Information & Ethics committee  I make decisions under the act.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  I would presume so, because my files are well documented. We have a tracking system; it's well documented.

Information & Ethics committee  It's about a third media, a third public, and a third others--that is, academia, organizations, and businesses.

Information & Ethics committee  Are we just speaking about the 2006 Afghan report?

Information & Ethics committee  Well, that particular request was from Mr. Attaran. There were 105 pages of Afghan reports from 2001 or 2002 and on, so I was talking about this collection.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  There's a process where, as Ms. Thomsen mentioned, at the beginning of every week we provide electronically a list of new ATIP requests that we receive, and that is sent electronically to staff in the minister's office.

Information & Ethics committee  It's a list of requests, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  It was all done electronically.

Information & Ethics committee  Oh. Well, not conversations, but it was done electronically.

Information & Ethics committee  Not the documents, just the requests.

Information & Ethics committee  Again, it's an e-mail message. It's called a notification, and it was sent on April 17, with a copy of the released package.