Search and Retrieval Charges Estimated for FY2017/2018 YTD
Verity Pane made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Veterans' Affairs
This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.
Dear Department of Veterans' Affairs,
Under s 17 of the FOI Act, I require the Department to compile a list of all preliminary charges assessments for FOI applications made in FY17/18 YTD, detailing the following:
Column 1......................................Column 2...............................................Column 3
DVA FOI Reference Number.......Preliminary Charges Assessment $....Did FOI Proceed Y/N
Yours faithfully,
Verity Pane
Dear Department of Veterans' Affairs,
The FOI Act requires FOI applications to be acknowledged within 14 days, yet the Department has ignored this application for quite a while now, in breach of its obligations.
Please remedy.
Yours faithfully,
Verity Pane
Dear Verity Pane,
Freedom of Information request – Search and Retrieval Charges Estimated
for FY2017/2018 YTD
I refer to the abovementioned request for access to information under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 and attach a decision in relation to this
matter as well as one document which I release to you in accordance with
my decision.
Kind regards,
Information Law team.
Dear Authorised Officer Position number 01003014 (or Alexander Gent, as we in the human race prefer to identify him as),
Thank you for your decision. Finally a response consistent with the FOI Act (it’s not that hard, is it).
Just one question, what does ‘LEX’ stand for?
Yours sincerely,
Verity Pane
Dear Verity Pane
We acknowledge receipt of your email dated 3 May 2018. Lex is the FOI matter management software used by the Department to manage FOI requests.
Regards
Information Law Team