If not delivered return to PO Box 7820 Canberra BC ACT 2610
18 March 2022
Our reference: LEX 67006
Posty (Right to Know)
Only by email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Posty,
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). You requested access to:
The aforementioned guide for staff that National Managers would use that: "describes
processes to be followed internally to ensure published information is accurate, up to
date and complete helps staff identify what needs to be published under the IPS
describes processes for publishing information."
The most up to date version is requested - if a new revision is in progress, please just
use whatever is the current "production" version (though being notified there is a new
revision coming would be nice).
if it has closely related supporting documents, please include those as well.
Your request was received by the agency on 12 March 2022 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 11 April 2022. The period of 30 days may be extended if we
need to consult third parties or for other reasons. We wil advise you if this happens.
Charge
The agency wil 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
wil 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
wil continue to be sent to the address specified above.
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Administrative Release of Documents
The agency has administrative access arrangements ('the arrangements') for the release of
certain documents without the need for a formal FOI request. The arrangements do not
extend to information or materials of third parties. You wil be notified when documents are
released to you under the arrangements.
Disclosure Log
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may be published in a disclosure log
on the agency'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 staff details
The agency is working towards ensuring that all staff 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 wil be redacted under
section 22 of the FOI Act.
Further assistance
If you have any questions please ema
il xxx.xxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Yours sincerely
FOI Registration Officer
Freedom of Information Team
Information Access Branch | Legal Services Division
Services Australia
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