UNCLASSIFIED

FOI/2016/163

 

Dear Mr/Miss CD

 

Thank you for your email dated 8 September 2016, received by the
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department), in which
you made a request to the Department under the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (the FOI Act) in the following terms:

 

I hereby request, under the Freedom of Information Act, documents produced
for, during and after the "Legislative and Other Barriers Workshop"
conducted by DPM&C on December 11 2015 where representatives from across
the APS met to identify legislative barriers to the release, use, and
reuse of public data.

 

Timeframe for receiving your decision

 

We received your request on 8 September 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 Saturday 8 October 2016
(or next business day, Monday 10 October 2016).The period of 30 days may
be extended in certain circumstances. We will advise you if there is any
extension of time.

 

Charges

 

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. If the Department decides that you
are liable to pay a charge, we will send you a preliminary assessment of
the charge as soon as possible.

 

Publication of documents

 

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our disclosure log at
[1]http://www.dpmc.gov.au/pmc/accountabilit...,
subject to certain exceptions. If you think you might wish to raise any
objections to the publication of any of the information which may be
released to you please contact us by email at [2][DPMC request email].  If you
do wish to object to the publication of information, you would need to
provide supporting reasons.

 

Exclusion of officers’ names and contact details

 

For documents that fall within scope of the request, it is the
Department’s policy to withhold:

·         any person’s signature;

·         the names and contact details of Australian Public Service
officers not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);

·         the mobile or direct numbers of SES officers;

·         the names and contact details of Ministerial staff at a level
below Chief of Staff.

 

The names and other details of SES officers will not be withheld unless
there is some reason for that information to be exempt from release. If
you require signatures, the names and contact details of non-SES officers
or Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff, or the mobile or
direct numbers of SES officers please let us know at [3][DPMC request email] so
the decision-maker may consider; otherwise we will take it that you agree
to that information being excluded from the scope of your request (that
is, the information will be treated as irrelevant and redacted from any
documents for release).

 

We will write again when the Department has more information.  Further
information on FOI processing can be found at the website of the Office of
the Australian Information Commissioner at
[4]http://www.oaic.gov.au/foi-portal/about_....

 

Your sincerely

 

 

FOI Administration Officer/Adviser

Access and Administrative Review | Honours, Symbols and Legal Policy
Branch

Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. +61 2 6271 5849

e. | [5][DPMC request email] | [6]www.dpmc.gov.au

PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600

 

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UNCLASSIFIED

Dear CD

 

Please find attached the access decision for your FOI request (reference
FOI/2016/163) and the documents to which access has been granted. Please
note that access has been granted to an additional document which is
available online
[1]http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_f...
. A copy of that document (document 5) has not been attached to this
email.

 

Regards

Frances

 

 

FOI Adviser

Access and Administrative Review Section | Honours, Symbols and Legal
Policy Branch

Government Division | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

p. 02 6271 5849

e. [2][email address]

[3]www.dpmc.gov.au | [4]www.indigenous.gov.au

PO Box 6500 CANBERRA ACT 2600

 

 

 

 

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