Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information, advice, guidance, or opinion on their social media use in a private capacity.
I limit the scope of documents to:
- the original request from the employee
- the agency/department's response
- any follow-up questions and response
- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar) team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)
- where the original request was created in the last 2 years
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours faithfully,
James Smith
Dear applicant,
I write to acknowledge your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act), as below.
Your request was received on 8 August 2017 and pursuant to the FOI Act, the statutory timeframe for responding to your request is 30 days from the date of receipt. This timeframe may be extended in certain circumstances. We will advise you if such circumstances arise.
The department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your request and the amount of any such charge as soon as practicable.
Please feel free to contact the FOI team at the Commission if you have any questions in relation to your request, quoting the reference number above.
Kind regards,
FOI Officer
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 6, Aviation House, 16 Furzer Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
-----Original Message-----
From: James Smith [mailto:[FOI #3836 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 August 2017 7:22 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information, advice, guidance, or opinion on their social media use in a private capacity.
I limit the scope of documents to:
- the original request from the employee
- the agency/department's response
- any follow-up questions and response
- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar) team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)
- where the original request was created in the last 2 years
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours faithfully,
James Smith
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Dear Applicant,
Please find attached correspondence related to your FOI request dated 8 August 2017.
Kind regards,
FOI Officer
Legal Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, Parkes ACT 2600 GPO Box 3176, Canberra ACT 2601
-----Original Message-----
From: James Smith [mailto:[FOI #3836 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 August 2017 7:22 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information, advice, guidance, or opinion on their social media use in a private capacity.
I limit the scope of documents to:
- the original request from the employee
- the agency/department's response
- any follow-up questions and response
- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar) team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)
- where the original request was created in the last 2 years
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours faithfully,
James Smith
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #3836 email]
Is [APSC request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to Australian Public Service Commission? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
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If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
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Locutus Sum left an annotation ()
This request was refused under s 24A(1) of the Commonwealth FOI Act. The section says that requests can be refused when the requested documents cannot be found or do not exist.
... but this is extraordinary. The Australian Public Service Commission was in the news exactly because of the advice it gave to employess and because of the way that the behaviour or the APS Commissioner, John Lloyd conflicted with the advice of his agency.