Mark R. Diamond
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 76) (page 3)
Hacking Team's malware, sold as "offensive security" software . Earlier years.
Response by Australian Federal Police to Mark R. Diamond on .
Refused.
For-Official-Use-Only
Good afternoon Mr Diamond,
Please find attached our internal review decision in relation to your
Freedom of Information...
Location of FTTN cabinets
Response by NBN Co Limited to Mark R. Diamond on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
nbn-Confidential: INTERNAL + RESTRICTED ACCESS ONLY
Mr Diamond - The time period's expired for the payment of the advance deposit, so your request is d...
Hacking Team's malware, sold as "offensive security" software
Information not held.
For some of my thoughts about this request and the basis for its refusal, see my comments on the page about Gamma International's FinFisher spyware at...
Reports of evaluations of government policy interventions
Request to Department of Agriculture and Water Resources by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Partially successful.
I've left this request showing as "open" (now "delayed") only because I intend to follow up the suggestions of the FOI officer in the next couple of da...
Reports of evaluations of government policy interventions
Follow up sent to Department of Health by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
Many thanks for the useful information in your email reply of 10 January 2017.
Yours faithfully,
Mark R. Diamond
Reports of evaluations of government policy interventions
Follow up sent to Department of Social Services by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
Many thanks for the useful information in your email reply of 13 January 2017.
Yours sincerely,
Mark R. Diamond
State of the Service survey data
Request to Australian Public Service Commission by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
The information about the background to the survey and its release on data.gov.au was interesting and helpful. As a point of verification, it is worth...
Comments about Freedom of Information made by Mr Michael Parkinson
Follow up sent to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
Thank you for the information regarding Dr Parkinson's comments about the Freedom of Information Act. Please treat the matter as closed.
Yours fai...
Comments purportedly made by Commissioner John Lloyd
Follow up sent to Australian Public Service Commission by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
Thank you very much for the prompt and clear reply. You can certainly treat the application as closed.
Kind regards,
Mark Diamond
Tobacco Tracing Surveys completed since February 2009
Response by Cancer Institute NSW to Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Diamond
In response to your request below, please find attached a copy of the
Cancer Institute NSW Tobacco Tracking Surveys, in Excel fo...
Cost of legal advice in 2011
Follow up sent to Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority by Mark R. Diamond on .
Partially successful.
Many thanks for the information in your email of 27 August 2015.
Yours sincerely,
Mark R. Diamond
Senate Estimates brief for Secretary Halton
Response by Department of Finance to Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED
Hi Mark
The document released to you was the only relevant document within the scope of your request.
Regards,
Chak
FOI Officer
Corp...
Request for correspondence relating to terms of use of My School
Request to Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
The documents are interesting primarily for what they do not contain, rather than what they do ... by which I most definitely do not mean to imply that...
Thank you to Ben Fairless for having zipped the submissions and linked them to this request.
Default copyright position on departmental web documents
Follow up sent to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
FOI Coordinator
Legal Branch
GPO Box 9839
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Default copyright position on departmental web documents
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Default copyright position of departmental web documents
Follow up sent to Department of Education by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
The FOI Coördinator
Schools, Youth, Child Care and Corporate Legal Branch
Location Code: C50MA10 - LEGAL
GPO BOX 9880
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Defaul...
Request for Capability Review report relating to DEEWR
Follow up sent to Australian Public Service Commission by Mark R. Diamond on .
Refused.
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
Report of the Capability Review of DEEWR
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Thank yo...
Privacy Impact Statement relating to a Unique Student Identifier
Request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
The Student Identifiers Act 2014 (Cth) was assented to on 25 June 2014 with the main body of the Act coming into force on 27 June 2014. There remains o...
There were some redactions in the material that was provided but for two reasons I have marked this request as having been met in full. The first reaso...
Privacy Impact Statement relating to australia.gov.au account processes
Response by Department of Finance to Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
Thank you for your email to the Freedom of Information section of the
Department of Finance. We have received your email and will endeavour to
respon...
Privacy Impact Statement for the Standard Business Reporting Authentication Solution
Follow up sent to Australian Taxation Office by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
Mr Mark Gilchrist
Legal Officer
General Counsel Practice
Australian Taxation Office
GPO Box 4889
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Your reference: 1-5FK9CHO
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Many thanks to Mark for getting in touch with us about this request and sending us through his fixed spreadsheet.
I didn't have any problem opening i...
In re an investigation initiated by the Department
Withdrawn by the requester.
I did not, in fact, withdraw the request. I've forced system to presume that I withdrew it in order that I could avoid having to classify the request u...
Closure of the staff gym at the ATO office in Hobart
Follow up sent to Australian Taxation Office by Mark R. Diamond on .
Withdrawn by the requester.
Dear Mr McGilchrist
Your FOI reference: MYM61947
Re: Documents relating to the closure of the staff gym
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Article by the Prime Minister regarding NAPLAN
Response by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to Mark R. Diamond on .
Information not held.
Dear Mr Diamond
I refer to our telephone discussion and your email of 2 July 2013, above.
I am writing to confirm that request FOI/2013/061...
This person's 66 annotations (page 3)
Document setting out topics relevant to Australian membership of Open Government Partnership.
Refused.
The fact that the application stated that "administrative access" was sought, is not, I think, a good reason for failing to fulfill the basic requireme...
Thank you to Ben Fairless for having zipped the submissions and linked them to this request.
Request for School Contact Details
Information not held.
Heidi. The statement "we do not supply our organisational database details to the public" should be taken with a grain of salt. Because you did not spe...
Privacy Impact Statement relating to a Unique Student Identifier
Request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
The Student Identifiers Act 2014 (Cth) was assented to on 25 June 2014 with the main body of the Act coming into force on 27 June 2014. There remains o...
Prohibitions in making an application to Tribunal
Information not held.
I reported the request for Administrator attention. Why? (1) Because it is not a request, it is a series of questions, (2) because it is addresses to t...
Privacy Impact Statement relating to a Unique Student Identifier
Request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
I have decided to pay the reduced charge, sent today.
There were some redactions in the material that was provided but for two reasons I have marked this request as having been met in full. The first reaso...
Privacy Impact Statement relating to a Unique Student Identifier
Request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
Someone changed the status of this request to "delayed" but the "delayed" status implies, incorrectly, that the department should have done something s...
Privacy Impact Statement relating to a Unique Student Identifier
Request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
The letter from the department states, in part, that "the document contains information that is already available in the public domain and will not add...
I had some trouble opening the Excel 2003 formatted workbook that was sent by the Australian Research Council. Whether that is because the file is dama...
I have paid the charge and am now awaiting a response.
In re an investigation initiated by the Department
Withdrawn by the requester.
I did not, in fact, withdraw the request. I've forced system to presume that I withdrew it in order that I could avoid having to classify the request u...
Privacy Impact Statement relating to a Unique Student Identifier
Request to Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Successful.
No, I was not aware that departments were automatically notified about the validity of the righttoknow.org.au address.
If that is the case, then Steve...
Mr Cordover, thank you for using Right to Know to make your request and, more particularly, for using Right to Know to apply for an internal review....
It looks as if the document was probably the "hot issues brief" mentioned on the ATO disclosure log (http://www.ato.gov.au/About-ATO/About-us/In-detail...
In re an article by the Prime Minister in the Weekend Australian
Request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet by Mark R. Diamond. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .
Refused.
I have made a slight mistake in this letter. I mention another application relating to "this year, as opposed to 2012". In fact, this request relates t...