Henry J. Stern, the city parks commissioner, ultimately apologized for the way the donation request had been handled.
"The way Freedom of Information requests have been handled is one of the main areas being explored by Sir Muir Russell's independent review.
Callers will receive a reference number and, once their requests have been handled, a follow-up phone call or e-mail message.
"I think this part of their story is incredibly important, and especially underreported of late, in addition to their dual US-Middle Eastern heritage which they are very proud of," Wade H. McMullen Jr., managing attorney of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, which has been handling media requests, wrote in an email.
They had also requested that the IAAF apologise for the way the Semenya saga had been handled.
The assignment had been handled by Resolution Media.
The assignment had been handled internally.
The account had been handled by Costa Mesa, Calif.
I admit that it's fairly ludicrous, but at this point, seeing how poorly and ignorantly my initial date request (and yes, my feelings) have been handled, I am asking myself whether this behavior technically constitutes homophobia -- albeit insidious and perhaps unintended.
A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said Mr. Riera's request had been sent to the Interior Ministry, which handles state security.
After an equally unsuccessful internal review of this rejection, the applicant took advantage of his right to complain to the person who decides whether FOI requests have been correctly handled by public bodies - the Information Commissioner.
