Non-ASL public service staff
Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
I seek the following under FOI;
- A document that contains the total number of non-APS staff, filling equivalent roles to actual APS staff in your department.
- A document that contains a list of all position titles within your department, that are currently filled by non-APS staff.
Typically these non-APS employees are ostensibly employed through labour hire agencies, and fulfil functionally equivalent roles to their colleagues.
If no such document exists please advise.
Yours faithfully,
John Smith
OFFICIAL
FOI/2020/161
Dear Mr Smith
Thank you for your email dated 6 July 2020, received by the Department of
the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), in which you made a
request to the Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the
FOI Act) in the following terms:
‐ A document that contains the total number of non‐APS staff, filling
equivalent roles to actual APS staff in your
department.
‐ A document that contains a list of all position titles within your
department, that are currently filled by non‐APS
staff.
Typically these non‐APS employees are ostensibly employed through labour
hire agencies, and fulfil functionally
equivalent roles to their colleagues.
If no such document exists please advise.
Timeframe for receiving your decision
We received your request on 6 July 2020 and the 30 day statutory period
for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You
should therefore expect a decision from us by 5 August 2020. The period of
30 days may be extended in certain circumstances. We will advise you if
there is any extension of time.
Charges
Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. If the Department decides that you
are liable to pay a charge, we will send you a preliminary assessment of
the charge as soon as possible.
Publication of documents
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log at
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subject to certain exceptions. If you think you might wish to raise any
objections to the publication of any of the information which may be
released to you please contact us by email at [2][DPMC request email]. If you
do wish to object to the publication of information, you would need to
provide supporting reasons.
Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details
For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the
Department’s policy to withhold:
· any person’s signature;
· the names and contact details of Australian Public Service
officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);
· the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;
· the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level
below Chief of Staff.
The names and other details of SES officers will not be withheld unless
there is some reason for that information to be exempt from release. If
you require signatures, the names and contact details of non-SES officers
or Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff, or the mobile or
direct numbers of SES officers please let us know at [3][DPMC request email] so
the decision-maker may consider; otherwise we will take it that you agree
to that information being excluded from the scope of your request (that
is, the information will be treated as irrelevant and redacted from any
documents for release).
We will write again when the Department has more information. Further
information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of
the Australian Information Commissioner
[4]https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor....
Yours sincerely
FOI Adviser
FOI and Privacy Section| Legal Policy Branch
Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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OFFICIAL
FOI/2020/161
Dear Mr Smith,
Please find attached the decision in relation to your request.
Yours sincerely
FOI Adviser
FOI and Privacy Section| Legal Policy Branch
Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Dear FOI,
I seek internal review of this decision.
I seek that both documents be each respectively produced under s17(1) of the FOI act.
Yours sincerely,
John Smith
OFFICIAL
FOI/2020/161IR
Dear Mr Smith
Thank you for your email dated 31 July 2020, received by the Department of
the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), in which you made a
request for internal review of the Department’s decision of the same day,
in relation to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the
FOI Act) (reference: FOI/2020/161IR).
Timeframe for receiving your decision
We received your request for internal review on 31 July 2020 and the
30-day statutory period for internal review commenced from the day after
that date. You should therefore expect a decision from us by 31 August
2020.
Publication of documents
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log at
[1]https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/depart...,
subject to certain exceptions. If you think you might wish to raise any
objections to the publication of any of the information which may be
released to you please contact us by email at [2][DPMC request email]. If you
do wish to object to the publication of information, you would need to
provide supporting reasons.
Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details
For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the
Department’s policy to withhold:
· any person’s signature;
· the names and contact details of Australian Public Service
officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);
· the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;
· the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level
below Chief of Staff.
The names and other details of SES officers will not be withheld unless
there is some reason for that information to be exempt from release. If
you require signatures, the names and contact details of non-SES officers
or Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff, or the mobile or
direct numbers of SES officers please let us know at [3][DPMC request email] so
the decision-maker may consider; otherwise we will take it that you agree
to that information being excluded from the scope of your request (that
is, the information will be treated as irrelevant and redacted from any
documents for release).
We will write again when the Department has more information. Further
information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of
the Australian Information Commissioner
[4]https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-infor....
Yours sincerely
FOI Adviser
FOI and Privacy Section| Legal Policy Branch
Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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OFFICIAL
FOI/2020/161/IR
Dear Mr Smith,
Please find attached the Internal Review decision in relation to your
request.
Yours sincerely
FOI Adviser
FOI and Privacy Section| Legal Policy Branch
Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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IMPORTANT: This message, and any attachments to it, contains information
that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or
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you
must not review, copy, disseminate or disclose its contents to any other
party or take action in reliance of any material contained within it. If
you
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