Australian Government Policy Change in support of ILC transfer to DSS effective 31 January 2021
Dear Department of Social Services,
Can you please provide the policy changed cited on page 134 of 'Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2021-22 Social Services Portfolio', note (c) that reads "As a result of change in Australian Government policy, responsibility for the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Program was transferred from NDIA to DSS effective 31 January 2021".
Yours faithfully,
Karen
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Dear Karen
I refer to your correspondence received by the Department of Social
Services (the Department) on 27 March 2022, in which you made a request
under the Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). Your
request was framed in the following terms:
Can you please provide the policy changed cited on page 134 of 'Portfolio
Additional Estimates Statements 2021-22 Social Services Portfolio', note
(c) that reads "As a result of change in Australian Government policy,
responsibility for the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Program
was transferred from NDIA to DSS effective 31 January 2021".
Removal of non-SES staff names and contact details
The Department is seeking your agreement to the removal of the names and
contact details of non-Senior Executive Service (non-SES) staff, which may
be contained within any documents identified in relation to your request.
Based on the scope of your request, this information does not appear
relevant to you, therefore we would like to remove it under section 22 of
the FOI Act.
I would appreciate your response to this email by 12 April 2022 to advise
whether you agree that this information is not relevant to you.
Decision due
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When the processing period may be extended or suspended
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Yours sincerely,
Jess
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Dear FOI,
I agree to the removal of the names and contact details of non-Senior Executive Service (non-SES) staff, which may be contained within any documents identified in relation to my request.
Yours sincerely,
Karen
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Dear Karen,
I am reaching out to provide an update in relation to your FOI request,
and also to seek an extension of time from you.
Update on status of request
We are engaged with the relevant line area regarding document searches,
and we are reviewing the responses we have received to date.
Currently, we understand that the scope of your request is seeking the
underlying policy (or policies) that led to the decision to transfer the
ILC program from the NDIA to DSS, as stated at item ‘c’ in the Portfolio
Additional Estimates Statements 2021-22 which you provided along with your
request. To this end, we would like to further engage with the line area
regarding those policy documents.
Request for extension of time
Due to the upcoming public holidays, the Department in effect has six (6)
days remaining in which to finalise your request. In addition, a number of
staff are taking leave between the Easter and Anzac day long weekends,
which is impacting our ability to engage with the relevant internal
stakeholders.
With apologies for any inconvenience caused, we would very much appreciate
your agreement to a two week (15 day) extension of time under section 15AA
of the FOI Act. This would make the new decision date Wednesday 11 May
2022.
I would be grateful for your response on or before Tuesday 19 April 2022.
Many thanks,
Jess
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Dear Karen,
I am reaching out to provide an update regarding the progress of FOI LEX
44311.
The Department is in the final stages of finalising your FOI request, and
we are preparing a decision and package of documents for release.
Request for 10 day extension of time
To enable us to obtain internal clearances and finalise our internal
consultations, we wish to request a further 10 day extension of time from
you, under section 15AA of the FOI Act.
If you are agreeable to this extension, the new decision date for your
request would fall to Monday 23 May 2022.
We appreciate that these delays can be frustrating, and sincerely
apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Your response sought
We would be very grateful if you would consider this request, and provide
your response to us by tomorrow, Tuesday 10 May 2022, to ensure that your
request can be finalised within statutory timeframes.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you wish to discuss further.
Many thanks,
Jess
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E: [1][Department of Social Services request email]
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-----Original Message-----
From: Karen <[2][FOI #8657 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 14 April 2022 12:47 PM
To: FOI <[3][Department of Social Services request email]>
Subject: Re: FOI LEX 4311 - Agency request for extension of time
[SEC=OFFICIAL]
Dear FOI,
I agree to the time extension.
Yours sincerely,
Karen
-----Original Message-----
Dear Karen,
I am reaching out to provide an update in relation to your FOI request,
and also to seek an extension of time from you.
Update on status of request
We are engaged with the relevant line area regarding document searches,
and we are reviewing the responses we have received to date.
Currently, we understand that the scope of your request is seeking the
underlying policy (or policies) that led to the decision to transfer the
ILC program from the NDIA to DSS, as stated at item ‘c’ in the Portfolio
Additional Estimates Statements 2021-22 which you provided along with your
request. To this end, we would like to further engage with the line area
regarding those policy documents.
Request for extension of time
Due to the upcoming public holidays, the Department in effect has six (6)
days remaining in which to finalise your request. In addition, a number of
staff are taking leave between the Easter and Anzac day long weekends,
which is impacting our ability to engage with the relevant internal
stakeholders.
With apologies for any inconvenience caused, we would very much appreciate
your agreement to a two week (15 day) extension of time under section 15AA
of the FOI Act. This would make the new decision date Wednesday 11 May
2022.
I would be grateful for your response on or before Tuesday 19 April 2022.
Many thanks,
Jess
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Dear Karen,
Thank you for confirming your agreement, it is greatly appreciated.
The decision date for your request is now Monday 23 May 2022.
Yours sincerely,
Jess
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-----Original Message-----
From: Karen <[FOI #8657 email]>
Sent: Monday, 9 May 2022 6:00 PM
To: FOI <[Department of Social Services request email]>
Subject: Re: FOI LEX 4311 - Agency request for additional extension of
time [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Dear Jess,
I agree to the request for extension to May 23.
Yours sincerely,
Karen
-----Original Message-----
Dear Karen,
I am reaching out to provide an update regarding the progress of FOI LEX
44311.
The Department is in the final stages of finalising your FOI request, and
we are preparing a decision and package of documents for release.
Request for 10 day extension of time
To enable us to obtain internal clearances and finalise our internal
consultations, we wish to request a further 10 day extension of time from
you, under section 15AA of the FOI Act.
If you are agreeable to this extension, the new decision date for your
request would fall to Monday 23 May 2022.
We appreciate that these delays can be frustrating, and sincerely
apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Your response sought
We would be very grateful if you would consider this request, and provide
your response to us by tomorrow, Tuesday 10 May 2022, to ensure that your
request can be finalised within statutory timeframes.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you wish to discuss further.
Many thanks,
Jess
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Please find attached a decision letter and statement of reasons in
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- Attachment B – your review rights.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Karen <[2][FOI #8657 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 27 March 2022 6:55 AM
To: FOI <[3][Department of Social Services request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Australian Government Policy
Change in support of ILC transfer to DSS effective 31 January 2021
Dear Department of Social Services,
Can you please provide the policy changed cited on page 134 of 'Portfolio
Additional Estimates Statements 2021-22 Social Services Portfolio', note
(c) that reads "As a result of change in Australian Government policy,
responsibility for the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Program
was transferred from NDIA to DSS effective 31 January 2021".
Yours faithfully,
Karen
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Dear Department of Social Services,
Please pass this to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Social Services's handling of my FOI request 'Australian Government Policy Change in support of ILC transfer to DSS effective 31 January 2021'.
Can you please re-issue the documents highlighting the policy change that triggered the transfer of the Information, Linkages and Capacity (ILC) grants program from the NDIA to DSS. I have read through the documents and cannot locate the policy change cited in my original request.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/a...
Yours faithfully,
Karen
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You have contacted the Freedom of Information (FOI) team of the Department
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will respond to you as soon as practicable.
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Dear Karen,
I refer to your correspondence received by the Department of Social
Services (the Department) on 30 May 2022, in which you requested an
internal review of the Department’s decision for FOI LEX 44311.
The Department’s reference for this internal review is FOI LEX 44778.
The statutory period for processing your request is 30 days commencing
from the day after your request was received. If the due date falls on a
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the decision for the internal review is due on Wednesday 29 June 2022.
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contact the FOI team via email at [1][Department of Social Services request email]
With regards,
Paula
FOI Officer
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-----Original Message-----
From: Karen <[FOI #8657 email]>
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2022 8:06 PM
To: FOI <[Department of Social Services request email]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Australian
Government Policy Change in support of ILC transfer to DSS effective 31
January 2021
Dear Department of Social Services,
Please pass this to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Social
Services's handling of my FOI request 'Australian Government Policy Change
in support of ILC transfer to DSS effective 31 January 2021'.
Can you please re-issue the documents highlighting the policy change that
triggered the transfer of the Information, Linkages and Capacity (ILC)
grants program from the NDIA to DSS. I have read through the documents and
cannot locate the policy change cited in my original request.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[3]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/a...
Yours faithfully,
Karen
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Good afternoon Karen,
We refer to your email below.
In response to your request, we advise that the Department of Social
Services (the Department) does not hold documents that detail a specific
policy change regarding the transfer of the Information, Linkages and
Capacity Building program as cited at item ‘c’ on page 134 of the
Parliamentary Additional Estimates Statements 2021-22. The change was
considered to be administrative in nature as neither objectives nor scope
of the program were changed. The wording in the Portfolio Additional
Estimates Statements was meant in a general sense and was not a reference
to a specific policy document or any formal agreement to change the
existing policy.
As this is the case there are no documents that the Department is able to
provide in response to your request we are unable to reissue the documents
highlighting the policy changes as you have requested.
For your information, after some consideration, we have elected to deal
with your request as one for clarification about the documents issued to
you under the decision on 23 May 2022 as opposed to one for internal
review under Part IV of the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Our view is
premised on the specifics of your request and there being no need for the
Department to re-visit matters that are integral to the decision that was
made e.g. the adequacy of the document searches that were undertaken or
the reasons for exemption.
So that you are not disadvantaged by the approach that we have taken in
dealing with your request, if you would like to seek internal review of
this decision, we would be happy to accept that request any time in the
next 30 days (to 27 July 2022).
Usually an application for review is required to be submitted within 30
days of the original decision, but we recognise that you may have been
waiting for clarification of the original decision before making any
judgement about seeking re-consideration of the decision.
Regards,
DSS FOI Team
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-----Original Message-----
From: Karen <[2][FOI #8657 email]>
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2022 8:06 PM
To: FOI <[3][Department of Social Services request email]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Australian
Government Policy Change in support of ILC transfer to DSS effective 31
January 2021
Dear Department of Social Services,
Please pass this to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Social
Services's handling of my FOI request 'Australian Government Policy Change
in support of ILC transfer to DSS effective 31 January 2021'.
Can you please re-issue the documents highlighting the policy change that
triggered the transfer of the Information, Linkages and Capacity (ILC)
grants program from the NDIA to DSS. I have read through the documents and
cannot locate the policy change cited in my original request.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[4]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/a...
Yours faithfully,
Karen
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This email address is for applications under the FOI Act only. The
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access request will not be responded to or forwarded. Should you have a
query unrelated to FOI, please complete our [2]online feedback, enquiry or
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calling 1800 634 035.
With regards
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Freedom of Information
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Department of Social Services
E: [4][Department of Social Services request email]
The Department of Social Services acknowledges the traditional owners of
country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land,
water and community.
We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to Elders both past
and present.
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