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<< I would suspect that you have an angel at the agency who made a halfhearted attempt at following the intent of the law. i.e. They left enough of a last name showing that you could use. That is terrific for you as it makes life soooo much easier. >>
Non-identifying information that hasn't been completely whited-out has come to me from 2 agencies....and in both batches of docs, there were whole names that were skipped from being cut out, always buried in the middle of a document. I agree that the social workers sometimes realize how antiquated this whole system is, and take pity on the people who write to them.
But you can't thank them for it, specifically, as that puts them in an awkward position. Just send a note saying that you're very thankful for the documents they sent you, and that you appreciate their preparing them.
Because also, if you draw their (or a supervisor's) attention to the fact that they're not concealing everything, the office might buckle down and change procedures...and then the next searcher would be out of luck.
Last edited by California_Chris : 07-17-2009 at 05:22 PM.
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