APSC Social Media - where is the line?
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
I refer to your 'Social Media: Where is the line?' campaign at the following URL:
http://www.apsc.gov.au/working-in-the-ap...
This is an FOI request for:
1. Any emails received from APS employees not published at the following URL:
https://www.apsc.gov.au/working-in-the-a...
2. The latest version of any reports or summaries of the feedback received
Yours faithfully,
James Smith
Dear Mr Smith
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 for access to documents. Your request was received on 23 February 2017 and the statutory timeframe for responding to your request is 30 days from the date of receipt. This timeframe may be extended in certain circumstances. We will notify you if such circumstances arise.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about your request.
Jo Motbey
Australian Public Service Commission
Aviation House, 16 Furzer Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
E: [email address]
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Dear Mr Smith
I refer to your request for access to documents relating to APSC Social Media- where is the line?
As your request covers documents which potentially contain personal information, the APSC is consulting the relevant individuals under section 27A of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) before making a decision on the release of those documents. For this reason the period for processing your request has been extended by 30 days in order to allow our agency time to consult with the relevant individuals (section 15(6) of the FOI Act).
The consultation mechanism under section 27A applies when we believe the individuals may wish to contend that the requested documents are exempt for reasons of personal privacy. We will take into account any comments we receive from the individuals but the final decision about whether to grant you access to the documents you requested rests with the FOI decision-maker.
Regards
Jo Motbey
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 6, Aviation House, 16 Furzer Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
Dear FOI Officer,
I refer to your correspondence dated 23 March 2017 in which you have extended the processing time of my request by 30 days.
I am happy to exclude the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and job titles of all individuals from the scope of this request.
In addition, any information which might reasonably identify a particular individual can also be excluded. For example, if an employee were to write 'I am the Director of Team A in Newcastle'.
I trust this will assist you in processing this request and hope you can provide a timely response.
Yours sincerely,
James Smith
Dear Mr Smith,
Please find attached documents related to your request dated 23 February 2017.
Kind regards,
FOI Officer
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 6, Aviation House, 16 Furzer Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
Dear FOI Officer
I respectfully request an internal review for my FOI request (your reference C17/708) which can be found at the following URL:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/3...
I would like the review officer to reconsider all redactions made to documents under S47C of the Act.
Yours sincerely,
James Smith
Dear James,
We write to acknowledge receipt of your request for internal review of the Freedom of Information (FOI) decision dated 24 April 2017 (our reference C17/708) (the Primary Decision).
Your request was received by the department on 20 May 2017 and the statutory timeframe for responding to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act) is 30 days from the date of receipt. This timeframe may be extended in certain circumstances, we will notify you if such circumstances arise.
We confirm that in accordance with section 54C(2) of the FOI Act a person other than the original decision maker will review the Primary Decision.
Please feel free to contact the Commission should you have any questions relating to your request.
FOI Officer
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 6, Aviation House, 16 Furzer Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
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From: James Smith <[FOI #3145 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 20 May 2017 1:51 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - APSC Social Media - where is the line?
Dear FOI Officer
I respectfully request an internal review for my FOI request (your reference C17/708) which can be found at the following URL:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/3...
I would like the review officer to reconsider all redactions made to documents under S47C of the Act.
Yours sincerely,
James Smith
Dear Mr Smith,
Please find attached correspondence relevant to your request for internal review.
Kind regards,
FOI Officer
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 6, Aviation House, 16 Furzer Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
Locutus Sum left an annotation ()
Suggestion to the applicant: I suggest (if my assumption is correct) that you immediately write to the agency to say that you do not want the name of any person who made a submission to the agency. This might reduce very much the amount of consultation that is necessary and so it would also reduce any charges that the agency might want to make.