Data dictionary for DHS data warehouse
Dear Department of Human Services,
Please provide the data dictionary (or equivalent) for the Department's data warehouse(s) (or equivalent).
The requested documents should list tables, columns, the plain English meaning of each column and the relationships between tables (foreign keys, etc), and include all non-sensitive reference data such as the meanings of codes used in tables.
Yours faithfully,
Patrick Conheady
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Dear Mr Conheady
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of
Information request (LEX 16962).
Regards
Thomas Van Kints
FOI Practitioner
FOI Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
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Dear FOI.LEGAL.TEAM,
Your request for an extension until 10 February 2016 is granted.
Yours sincerely,
Patrick Conheady
Dear Mr Conheady
Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of
Information request (LEX 16962).
Regards
FOI Practitioner
FOI Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
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Dear FOI.LEGAL.TEAM,
I apologise for the delay in responding to you.
I am interested in revising the request to obtain documents that are referred to by DHS in developing queries for DHS's data warehouse(s). I would like to know how best to frame the request i.e. what documents exist and what they are known as. I also want to confine the request, as much as possible, to documents which are patently non-sensitive and therefore do not require you to expend time on redaction.
Could you please give me a phone number so that I can discuss this with you?
Yours sincerely,
-Pat.
Dear Mr Conheady,
Thank you for your email dated 17 February 2016 (copy below).
The FOI team is in the process of obtaining some suggestions from the Business Information and Data Services Branch about the kind of documents you may wish to consider requesting. We are hoping to receive a response from this Branch by mid next week. It is hoped that this information will assist you to make a new request under the Freedom of Information Act.
We will be in contact with you once we receive this advice.
If you have any queries in the meantime, please email [email address].
Kind regards
FOI Delegate
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
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Dear Mr Conheady,
The Business Information and Data Services Branch has suggested that you may wish to consider making a request with a more targeted scope. You could do this by requesting documents for one specific payment or subject area.
For example, a request could be made for one of the Medicare lines of business such as the Child Dental Benefits Scheme or the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register. Alternatively, you could consider a targeted request relating to the Centrelink or Child Support programmes.
We trust that this will assist you in formulating a new request.
If you have any queries, please email [DHS request email].
Kind regards
FOI Delegate
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
Doris Blackburn Building 18 Canberra Avenue Forrest ACT 2603
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