OFFICIAL

Dear Alex Pentland

I refer to your request of 2 June 2023, for access to documents held by
the Department of Defence (the Department) under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

While attempting to locate the documents relevant to the scope of your
request, the Department has identified a previous FOI (042/21/22) that we
believe may satisfy your request.

The released documents, as well as the corresponding Statement of Reasons
are able to be located on the Department’s archived Disclosure Log, which
can be accessed via the following link: [1]05 Oct 2021 - Disclosure Log :
Decisions : Department of Defence - Trove (nla.gov.au).

Noting the above, we ask that you respond in one of the following ways:

1.       Advise that you agree to withdraw your FOI as the documents
released in FOI 42/21/22 satisfy your request for information;

2.       Provide further information regarding the information to which
you are seeking access.

It would assist us with the management of this request if you are able to
respond by COB 9 June 2023.

Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us via
email at [2][email address].

Kind regards

Erin
FOI Case Manager
Media and Information Disclosure Branch

Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division

Department of Defence

[3]Freedom of information requests | About | Defence

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