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28 November 2016
Our reference: LEX 23964
Jan Jones
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Dear Sir or Madam
Acknowledgement of your Freedom of Information Request
I refer to your request for access to documents under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982
(the
FOI Act). I have taken your request to be for:
'I request any documents relating to misconduct by DHS staff breaching the APS
code of conduct by unauthorised access to DHS client records and the resulting
sanctions imposed in the period between May2014 to June 2016'.
I note that you also submitted a previous request on the same date. That request was for:
‘I request any documents relating to misconduct by DHS staff breaching the APS
code of conduct by unauthorised access to DHS client records and the resulting
sanctions imposed in the period between May2014 to June’
Evidently, this request was framed in substantially the same terms as the aforementioned
request, and was submitted a matter of minutes prior. For this reason, we have taken your
request to be a revision of your initial request, and we will process it as such. If you intended
these applications to be two distinct requests, please contact us immediately.
Your request was received by the department on 22 November 2016 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 22 December 2016.The period of 30 days may
be extended if we need to consult third parties or for other reasons. We will advise you if this
happens.
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. No charge is payable for providing a
person with their own personal information.
Your Address
The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address which we can send notices to. You
have advised your electronic address is
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. We will send all notices and correspondence to this address. Please advise us as soon as
possible if you wish correspondence to be sent to another address or if your address
changes. If you do not advise us of changes to your address, correspondence and notices
will continue to be sent to the address specified above.
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Disclosure Log
Please note that information released under FOI Act may be published in a disclosure log on
the department's website. Section 11C of the FOI Act requires this publication, however it is
subject to certain exceptions, including where publication of personal, business, professional
or commercial information would be unreasonable.
Exclusion of junior department employee details
The department is working towards ensuring that all employees have a choice about whether
they provide their full name, personal logon identifiers and direct contact details in response
to public enquiries. Where such details are included in the scope of a request, this may add
to processing time and applicable charges as it may be necessary to consider whether the
details are exempt under the FOI Act. On this basis, unless you tell us otherwise, we will
assume that these details are out of scope of your request and they will be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act.
Further assistance
If you have any questions please email
xxx.xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Yours sincerely
FOI Registration Officer
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
xxx.xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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