APSC Style/brand/writing Guides
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
This is a Freedom of Information Request for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
I request access to the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used for the Australian Public Service Commission,
Given the upcoming holiday period for the APS (happy holidays to you reading this), I forecast my consent for any required 30 day extension to deal with the request at this time.
Yours faithfully,
Glenn Hamiltonshire
OFFICIAL
Good afternoon Mr Hamiltonshire
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 for access to documents held by the Australian Public Service Commission (Commission).
Thank you for granting the Commission an extension of 30 days under section 15AA of the FOI Act. The due date for this request is now 11 February 2024.
This timeframe may be extended in certain circumstances. You will be notified if these circumstances arise and the timeframe is extended.
Kind regards
FOI OFFICER
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 4, B Block, Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, PARKES ACT 2600
GPO Box 3176 CANBERRA ACT 2601
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OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Hamiltonshire
We are writing to provide you an update on your FOI request and to consult
with you on our proposed next steps.
We have conducted the searches with the relevant business area within the
Commission. A majority of those documents are publicly available online.
In order to provide you copies of that publicly available information, the
business area advises it may be a substantial and unreasonable diversion
of resources to convert that information into PDFs in circumstances where
it is easily accessible online.
Given we have been able to identify all possible documents that meet the
terms of your FOI request, we ask whether you would agree to the
Commission providing you all readily available documents, including links
to all the publicly available information through an administrative
release (a process outside the FOI Act)?
It is our view that our proposed approach will provide you the information
sought in the most expeditious manner without further delay. If you agree
to an administrative release, we will consider your FOI request withdrawn
and look to release the documents to you administratively, noting that you
will not have appeal rights under the FOI Act. If you do not agree to an
administrative release, we will continue processing the request under the
FOI Act.
May we please seek your response by COB Wednesday 15 January 2025?
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
FOI OFFICER
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 4, B Block, Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, PARKES ACT 2600
GPO Box 3176 CANBERRA ACT 2601
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Dear FOI team,
Thank you for your reply.
I would welcome the release of these documents through administrative access. As such, and for the avoidance of doubt, I withdraw this FOI request to proceed with the AA process.
Yours sincerely,
Glenn Hamiltonshire