FOI Request - PEMS
Dear Department of Finance,
Consistent with the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I am seeking all minutes and meeting papers from the Parliamentary Expenses Management Systems steering committee, known as the PEMS Steering Committee, since 15 April 2022.
I am not seeking drafts of the above documents.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this request.
Regards,
Yours faithfully,
Andorra
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
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Dear Andorra
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 22/104
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act):
I am seeking all minutes and meeting papers from the Parliamentary
Expenses Management Systems steering committee, known as the PEMS Steering
Committee, since 15 April 2022.
I am not seeking drafts of the above documents.
Your request was received by Finance on 11 November 2022. The statutory
period for processing your request commences from the day after Finance
received your request and a decision is due on 12 December 2022.
The processing period may be extended if we need to consult third parties,
impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.
Liability to pay a charge
You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as
possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
charge.
Publication
As required by the FOI Act, any documents provided to you under the FOI
Act will be published on our [1]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published within one working day after they
are released to you.
Policy to exclude junior officer contact details, signatures and mobile
phone numbers
Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance has also adopted a policy to
exclude signatures and mobile phone numbers from any documents released
under FOI (unless publicly available). Finance’s preference is to reach
agreement with FOI applicants to exclude these details from the scope of
the request. Where there is no objection, the names and contact details of
junior officers, as well as any signatures appearing in identified
documents, will be redacted under section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis
that these details are irrelevant to the request.
Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
discuss your request.
Kind regards
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FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [3][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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3. mailto:[Finance request email]
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Good morning Andorra
Finance will be conducting third party consultation for your request (FOI
22/104). As provided for under the FOI Act, the processing period has been
extended by 30 days to allow for this consultation. As such, a decision is
currently due to you by Wednesday 11 January 2023.
Kind regards
[1]cid:image002.png@01D892E6.FF23F6B0
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [2][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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From: FOI Requests <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 18 November 2022 11:27 AM
To: Andorra Loom <[FOI #9551 email]>
Cc: FOI Requests <[email address]>
Subject: FOI 22/104 - Acknowledgement of Request [SEC=OFFICIAL]
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Dear Andorra
Freedom of Information Request – FOI 22/104
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act):
I am seeking all minutes and meeting papers from the Parliamentary
Expenses Management Systems steering committee, known as the PEMS Steering
Committee, since 15 April 2022.
I am not seeking drafts of the above documents.
Your request was received by Finance on 11 November 2022. The statutory
period for processing your request commences from the day after Finance
received your request and a decision is due on 12 December 2022.
The processing period may be extended if we need to consult third parties,
impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.
Liability to pay a charge
You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as
possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
charge.
Publication
As required by the FOI Act, any documents provided to you under the FOI
Act will be published on our [3]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published within one working day after they
are released to you.
Policy to exclude junior officer contact details, signatures and mobile
phone numbers
Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude from any documents
released under FOI, the names and contact details of junior staff (non-SES
officers) and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act
1984 (adviser level and below). Finance has also adopted a policy to
exclude signatures and mobile phone numbers from any documents released
under FOI (unless publicly available). Finance’s preference is to reach
agreement with FOI applicants to exclude these details from the scope of
the request. Where there is no objection, the names and contact details of
junior officers, as well as any signatures appearing in identified
documents, will be redacted under section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis
that these details are irrelevant to the request.
Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
discuss your request.
Kind regards
[4]cid:image001.jpg@01D20F6A.F1CA1B30
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [5][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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Dear FOI Officer,
Thank you for your email.
I acknowledge that you will be undertaking a third party consultation to process this application. Noting that under the Act you are provided an extension of time to process this application to conduct this process, could you please confirm that the date for a decision is now 11th January 2023.
Regards,
Andorra
Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the Department’s FOI
Team for their consideration. A member of the FOI Team will respond to
your email in the next couple of days.
Kind regards
FOI Coordinator
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Dear Andorra
Thank you for seeking confirmation of the decision due date.
The decision due date is Tuesday 10 January 2023, being 60 days after the date of receipt of 11 November 2022.
We apologise for the incorrect date listed in the previous email.
Thank you
Jonathan Messieh | FOI Officer
Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
Please note that the Department of Finance will be closed between Monday 26 December 2022 to Monday 2 January 2023
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Dear Andorra
Please see attached a decision letter, together with the nine (9)
documents for release, in relation to your FOI request (our reference FOI
22/105).
As there are multiple documents, we will send them in four emails.
Kind regards
[1]cid:image002.png@01D892E6.FF23F6B0
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [2][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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Dear Andorra
Please see attached documents for release.
Kind regards
[1]cid:image002.png@01D892E6.FF23F6B0
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [2][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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Dear Andorra
Please see attached documents for release.
Kind regards
[1]cid:image002.png@01D892E6.FF23F6B0
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [2][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
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Dear Andorra
Please see attached documents for release.
Kind regards
[1]cid:image002.png@01D892E6.FF23F6B0
FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch
Business Enabling Services
Department of Finance
E: [2][Finance request email]
A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603
SEC=OFFICIAL
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