date: Wed Apr 22 14:44:14 2009 from: Phil Jones subject: RE: FW: National Science Foundation funded grant proposals - to: Wei-Chyung Wang Wei-Chyung, Worth doing, although I'm unsure what SUNYA legal people can do. I think many of these skeptics would like to be sued, so it could be counter productive. Maybe in the US there is some way of restricting the number of requests he can make. When NSF release your proposals, Keenan shouldn't be allowed to put them up on a web site. I know you have nothing to fear with these, but he shouldn't be able to go through all your previous grants. Did you contact Ray? Cheers Phil At 18:00 21/04/2009, you wrote: Hi, Phil, VP-Research is setting up, at my request, a meeting very soon with SUNYA legal representatives. My intention is see whether SUNYA is willing and to what extent to start some legal actions against Keenan. I cannot just allow him to run around wild without putting brake on this. Any thoughts? wcw ************************************* Dr. Wei-Chyung Wang Professor of Applied Sciences Atmospheric Sciences Research Center State University of New York 251 Fuller Road Albany, New York 12203 Tel: 518-437-8708 Fax: 518-372-8325 E-mail: [1]wang@climate.cestm.albany.edu [2]http://asrc.albany.edu/people/faculty/wang/wang.html ************************************** From: Phil Jones [[3]mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:55 AM To: Wei-Chyung Wang; 'Thomas.R.Karl' Cc: 'Wei-Chyung Wang' Subject: Re: FW: National Science Foundation funded grant proposals - Response required Wei-Chyung, Do ask them! This looks as though it could get out of control. Look at the tone of some of the recent things on his web site. Also - send an email to Ray Bradley. He has been through this related to the Hockey Stick work with Mike Mann and Malcolm Hughes. They ere asked by a congressman or senator for details of all their grants. Also ask SUNYA if Keenan has to be US (and/or live in the US) to file US FOI requests. Cheers Phil At 15:41 15/04/2009, Wei-Chyung Wang wrote: I think I am going to ask SUNYA to take action now, including the legal one, trying to put a stop to this. à Anything you can think of, let me know. WCW From: Wei-Chyung Wang [ [4]mailto:wang@climate.cestm.albany.edu] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:28 AM To: 'Lynn Videka' Cc: 'John H Reilly'; 'Wei-Chyung Wang' Subject: RE: National Science Foundation funded grant proposals - Response required Lynn, Thanks. I think it is also about time the SUNYA starts some legal action. Have you notice that: âThe requester is Douglas J. Keenan of New w York, he did not provide me with his affiliation.â I though Keenan resides in UK, at least from the past communication. Perhaps NSF needs to find out who Keenan is, his affiliation, and also the consequences of using false information. WCW From: Lynn Videka [ [5]mailto:lvideka@uamail.albany.edu] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:16 AM To: Wei-Chyung Wang Cc: John H Reilly Subject: Re: National Science Foundation funded grant proposals - Response required Wei-Chyung, This is very disturbing. I will ask our counsel for his opinion on the matter. Lynn -----Original Message----- From: Wei-Chyung Wang To: Lynn Videka CC: Wei-Chyung Wang Sent: Wed Apr 15 09:55:39 2009 Subject: FW: National Science Foundation funded grant proposals - Response required Hi, Lynn, FYI, it looks Keenan is still trying. Given the situation, should SUNYA inform NSF about the circumstance? Furthermore, should we do something to stop the continued hustle. Please advise. WCW From: Jensen, Leslie A. [[6]mailto:ljensen@nsf.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:41 AM To: wang@climate.cestm.albany.edu Subject: National Science Foundation funded grant proposals - Response required Importance: High Case #09-147F April 15, 2009 Dr. Wei-Chyung Wang SUNY at Albany Dear Dr. Wang: We have received a request for copies of the following proposals associated with the NSF funded grants entitled: ÷ Atmospheric Trace Constituents and Global Climate #0342530 ÷ Atmospheric Trace Constituents and Global Climate #0087073 ÷ Meeting on Research on Climate Changes of the Last 2000 Years in Monsoon Asia #9222875 ÷ Atmospheric Tract Constituents and Global Climate #9713858 ÷ Atmospheric Trace Gases and Global Climate #9115199 ÷ Atmospheric Trace Gases and Global Climate #8805908 ÷ Workshop on General Circulation Model Study: Climate Chemistry Interaction #9211795 ÷ Atmospheric Trace Gases and Global Climate #9096124 ÷ Atmospheric Trace Constituents and Global Climate #9415336 Records are available to the public on request except for material that is personal, privileged or confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under law. NSF will remove, before disclosure to the requester, personal information (SSN, date/place of birth, individual salaries, bios, pending and non-Federal grants) in the file about yourself or other individuals under Exemption 6 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to protect personal privacy. The FOIA generally prohibits us from withholding records except to the extent that disclosure of proprietary information (trade secrets or commercial or financial information) in the records, if any, that you assert is privileged or confidential. Therefore, I request that you carefully review your proposal, identifying by page number, line or paragraph, the parts you consider confidential. You will need to include a detailed statement explaining how disclosure of this information would harm your organization or benefit your competitors, or why it is otherwise exempt from disclosure under the FOIA. Understand that information you submit in response to this request may itself be subject to disclosure. Your response is not an agreement between us that the information you request us to withhold will not be disclosed. Under the law, we must decide what may be withheld and be prepared to defend that withholding in court. We will, however, notify you if we cannot agree. If you have questions regarding this request, you may wish to contact your institutions intellectual property or grants office for guidance. If you have no objection to disclosure of the proposal -- many submitters have none -- simply let me know that. The requester is Douglas J. Keenan of New York, he did not provide me with his affiliation. Please send your response to me, preferably by email at ljensen@nsf.gov <[7]mailto:ljensen@nsf.gov> , within five (5) working days after receipt of this letter. Your prompt response enables us to comply with the statutory time for response to requests. Sincerely, Leslie A. 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