The phrase "authority to request" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is granted the power or permission to make a request on behalf of another person or organization.
Example: "As the project manager, I have the authority to request additional resources from upper management."
Alternatives: "permission to ask" or "power to request".
David M. Steiner, the state education commissioner, said in a letter earlier Tuesday that the mayor had the authority to request the waiver himself.
The president has more than a dozen special assistants, each of whom has the authority to request an appointment for someone with the president.
An order signed by Judge Joan A. Lenard of Federal District Court in Miami gives investigators the authority to request the information from UBS.
Yet rather than give out any more names, the vice president has challenged the accounting office's authority to request this information.
The culture minister, Ed Vaizey, recently wrote to the authority to request information on how it was implementing £1.6m of cuts to its libraries, to make sure it had met its legal obligation to provide a comprehensive and efficient service.
By tomorrow, the board plans to grant the school construction agency the authority to request bids on roofing and masonry so that the building can be protected until renovation begins, said Cecilia Gutierrez, Dr. Hamer's special assistant.
He says he is trying to contact Indonesian authorities to request permission for the group to land at Merauke.
The host cities have been the focus of furious demonstrations, prompting local authorities to request security reinforcements from the national government.
The court, headed by the activist chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, had repeatedly ordered the prime minister to write to the Swiss authorities to request the reopening of old money-laundering cases against Mr Zardari.
Once he had decided to accept a peerage, Glasman's next step was to contact the relevant authorities to request that his title be Lord Glasman of the City of London.
Twitter said it had guidelines for authorities to request information about individual accounts, as well as rules on "potentially sensitive content".
