Damage to APSC reputation by former Commissioner

D Conway made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Public Service Commission

This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.

The request was refused by Australian Public Service Commission.

Dear Australian Public Service Commission,

Under the FOI Act I request all documents that touch on issues such as:
- reputational damage to the APSC
- loss of confidence in the APSC among APSC staff and other APS employees

as a result of former Commissioner and IPA pin-up boy John Lloyd's tenure and his career-ending misconduct finding.

Yours faithfully,

D Conway

FOI, Australian Public Service Commission

UNCLASSIFIED

Good morning D Conway

 

FOI Reference C18/1973

           

The Australian Public Service Commission (the Commission) acknowledges
receipt of your email below, received on 14 October 2018, requesting
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act),
seeking access to:

           

                        ‘…all documents that touch on issues such as:

                        - reputational damage to the APSC

                        - loss of confidence in the APSC among APSC staff
and other APS employees

                        as a result of former Commissioner and IPA pin-up
boy John Lloyd's tenure and his career-ending misconduct finding’.

 

Section 15(2)(c) of the FOI Act provides that the requirement for a
request to be valid, it must provide such information concerning the
document/s as is reasonably necessary to enable an officer of the agency
to identify it.

 

At this point, the Commission does not consider that your request meets
the requirements of the section 15(2)(c) of the FOI Act, to enable
searches to be conducted. Therefore, could you please provide further
information to allow the Commission to identify which documents you seek
access to?

 

While the statutory timeframe for responding to a valid FOI request is 30
days from the date of receipt, at this point your request has not been
validated until further information has been provided to allow the
documents to be identified.

 

If you would like to discuss your request, please contact the FOI
Coordinator on 02 6205 3500 or via email to [1][email address]

 

Kind regards

 

Karen | FOI Coordinator

Australian Public Service Commission

Level 4, B Block, Treasury Building

Parkes Place West, Parkes ACT 2600

P: 02 6202 3500 l E: [2][email address]

 

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FOI, Australian Public Service Commission

UNCLASSIFIED

FOI Reference: C18/1973

 

Good morning D Conway

 

I refer to your email to the Commission dated 14 October 2018, detailed
below.  I also refer to the Commission’s email to you of 15 October 2018,
seeking further information in order for your request to be considered.

 

As the Commission has not received any further correspondence from you,
your request has been deemed to be invalid for the purposes of section
15(2)(b) and section 15(3) of the FOI Act.

 

Your request has now been closed.

 

Regards

Karen

 

FOI Coordinator

 

Australian Public Service Commission

Level 4, B Block, Treasury Building

Parkes Place West, Parkes ACT 2600

P: 02 6202 3500    l    E: [1][email address]

 

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From: FOI
Sent: Monday, 15 October 2018 10:27 AM
To: 'D Conway' <[FOI #4900 email]>
Subject: FOI Request - further information required to be valid Ref:
C18/1973 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

 

UNCLASSIFIED

Good morning D Conway

 

FOI Reference C18/1973

           

The Australian Public Service Commission (the Commission) acknowledges
receipt of your email below, received on 14 October 2018, requesting
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act),
seeking access to:

           

                        ‘…all documents that touch on issues such as:

                        - reputational damage to the APSC

                        - loss of confidence in the APSC among APSC staff
and other APS employees

                        as a result of former Commissioner and IPA pin-up
boy John Lloyd's tenure and his career-ending misconduct finding’.

 

Section 15(2)(c) of the FOI Act provides that the requirement for a
request to be valid, it must provide such information concerning the
document/s as is reasonably necessary to enable an officer of the agency
to identify it.

 

At this point, the Commission does not consider that your request meets
the requirements of the section 15(2)(b) of the FOI Act, to enable
searches to be conducted. Therefore, could you please provide further
information to allow the Commission to identify which documents you seek
access to?

 

While the statutory timeframe for responding to a valid FOI request is 30
days from the date of receipt, at this point your request has not been
validated until further information has been provided to allow the
documents to be identified.

 

If you would like to discuss your request, please contact the FOI
Coordinator on 02 6205 3500 or via email to [2][email address]

 

Kind regards

 

Karen | FOI Coordinator

Australian Public Service Commission

Level 4, B Block, Treasury Building

Parkes Place West, Parkes ACT 2600

P: 02 6202 3500 l E: [3][email address]

 

Important: This e-mail is for the use of the intended recipients only and
may contain information that is confidential, commercially valuable and/or
subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you are
notified that any review, re-transmission,

disclosure, dissemination or other use of, or taking any action in
reliance upon this information is prohibited. If you have received this
e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all
electronic and hard copies of this transmission together with any
attachments.

 

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