He was informed about it on Friday to have the data ready by Monday.
These data are from various departments and are all consolidated in the admin department.
The fastest and most efficient way is to get it from the admin instead of going to the different departments to search through the database which will probably takes 3 hours..
His has access to Top Secret information based on his job position and work requirement.
The data are classified as "Confidential."
Seeing no issue and difficulty in requesting the data from the admin department, he dropped an email to his colleague to request for them immediately after receiving instruction from his CFO.
He reckoned that by giving his colleague ample time, he should be able to obtain the data before end of the work week.
The reply he got was that these data are confidential and he needed to go through the proper channel and get the relevant person to authorize an approval.
Was his colleague just following the standard procedure?
He has heard that the admin department is well-known to be unwilling to share information for fear that others will claim credit for work done by them.