Social media policy
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
I seek access to the following documents under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982:
1. Current social media policy of the department, which covers
departmental use and/or private use by employees in an individual
capacity.
2. Any current guidance material which is available for employees to make informed decisions about their private social media use.
3. Any current policies, manuals, guidance material, etc, which APSC rely upon to provide advice to APS agencies in the development and/or implementation of social media policies within individual agencies.
Should a clarification of scope assist you in providing the above documents, please let me know.
Yours faithfully,
James Smith
Dear Mr Smith
Your Freedom of Information Request: No. C16/846
I refer to your email of 18 April 2016 (below) seeking access to the
following documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI
Act):
1. Current social media policy of the department, which covers
departmental use and/or private use by employees in an individual
capacity.
2. Any current guidance material which is available for employees to make
informed decisions about their private social media use.
3. Any current policies, manuals, guidance material, etc, which APSC rely
upon to provide advice to APS agencies in the development and/or
implementation of social media policies within individual agencies.
Your request was received by the Australian Public Service Commission (the
Commission) via the [1][email address] mailbox on 15 April 2016. Further
information on processing of your request is set out below.
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upon which your application was received by the Commission. This means
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should therefore expect to receive a decision from us by Monday 16 May
2016.
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Yours sincerely
Louise Futol
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 6, Aviation House, 16 Furzer Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
P: 02 6202 3702 W: [3]www.apsc.gov.au
-----Original Message-----
From: James Smith [[4]mailto:[FOI #1830 email]]
Sent: Friday, 15 April 2016 7:06 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Social media policy
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
I seek access to the following documents under the Freedom of Information
Act 1982:
1. Current social media policy of the department, which covers
departmental use and/or private use by employees in an individual
capacity.
2. Any current guidance material which is available for employees to make
informed decisions about their private social media use.
3. Any current policies, manuals, guidance material, etc, which APSC rely
upon to provide advice to APS agencies in the development and/or
implementation of social media policies within individual agencies.
Should a clarification of scope assist you in providing the above
documents, please let me know.
Yours faithfully,
James Smith
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Dear Mr Smith
I refer to your request for access to documents under the FOI Act. Please
find attached our correspondence of today's date, together with documents
released under the FOI Act.
The attached decision letter contains three links to our website. For
your convenience, I have included these hyperlinks below:
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Kind regards
Louise Futol
Australian Public Service Commission
Level 6, Aviation House, 16 Furzer Street, PHILLIP ACT 2606
P: 02 6202 3702 l F: 02 6250 4437
W: [4]www.apsc.gov.au | E: [email address]
-----Original Message-----
From: James Smith [[5]mailto:[FOI #1830 email]]
Sent: Friday, 15 April 2016 7:06 PM
To: FOI
Subject: HPRM: Freedom of Information request - Social media policy
Dear Australian Public Service Commission,
I seek access to the following documents under the Freedom of Information
Act 1982:
1. Current social media policy of the department, which covers
departmental use and/or private use by employees in an individual
capacity.
2. Any current guidance material which is available for employees to make
informed decisions about their private social media use.
3. Any current policies, manuals, guidance material, etc, which APSC rely
upon to provide advice to APS agencies in the development and/or
implementation of social media policies within individual agencies.
Should a clarification of scope assist you in providing the above
documents, please let me know.
Yours faithfully,
James Smith
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[6][FOI #1830 email]
Is [7][APSC request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Australian Public Service Commission? If so, please contact us
using this form:
[8]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:
[9]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
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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Important: This email remains the property of the Commonwealth and is
subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914. It may
contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you think it
was sent to you by mistake, please delete all copies and advise the
sender.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications-and-...
2. http://www.apsc.gov.au/managing-in-the-a...
3. http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications-and-...
4. http://www.apsc.gov.au/
5. mailto:[FOI #1830 email]
6. mailto:[FOI #1830 email]
7. mailto:[APSC request email]
8. https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...
9. https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...