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, (850)245-4401, email: Aaron_Kite-Powell@doh.state.fl.us.

Please refer all comments to: Dr. Julia Gill, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Epidemiology, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A12, Tallahassee Florida 32399-1720, (850)245-4401, email: Julia_Gill@doh.state.fl.us.