Good afternoon

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACCESS APPLICATION

I refer to your access application received by the Chief Minister,
Treasury and Economic Development Directorate on 9 January 2024, in which
you sought access to information under the [1]Freedom of Information Act
2016 (the Act).

Specifically, you have requested the following:

o “I am requesting all documents regarding past, present, or future
plans, proposals, or attempts to introduce "vulnerability disclosure",
"bug bounty", and/or "hackathon" programs in the ACT public sector to
improve the ACT's cybersecurity stance. Please exclude any documents
which solely pertain to GovHack.

Additionally (and I understand this might be a bit difficult in terms of
scope), it would be helpful to include documents which cover individual
directorates within the ACT government proposing or attempting to
introduce such programs in the past.”

Please note on 24 May 2023, an amendment to the Act was made effective
which applies to access applications received on 24 May 2023 and onwards.
In accordance with section 40 of the Act, we are required to provide you
with a decision on access to the documents within the terms of your
request within 30 working days of receipt. Therefore, the due date for a
decision on your application is 21 February 2024

Please note you may be contacted to clarify your scope of requested
information under section 34 of the Act. We are currently making enquiries
on your scope as worded and where this request is best placed.  

Third Party Consultation

In processing your application, consultation with relevant third parties
may be required. If this is the case, you will be notified to this effect
and advised of a revised decision due date in respect of your application.
In terms of the Act, if third party consultation is required, the due date
may be extended by 15 working days.

Charges

Please be aware that processing charges may be payable in relation to your
request. Should you be liable to pay a processing charge, you will be
notified in writing of the preliminary assessment and given an opportunity
to make an application that the charge should be remitted in whole or in
part.  This may affect the time within which your application is
processed.

Open Access Information

The FOI Act requires that details regarding your request such as your
application, decision notices, and information released to you, be
recorded in the agency disclosure log and be made publicly available no
earlier than three working days after a decision on access has been given
to you. Please be aware that while no personal information will be
included in the published information all other information will be
published on [2]https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/functions/....

Should you have any queries in relation to your request please contact the
Information Access Team by telephone on 02 6207 7754 or email
[3][email address].

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Coordinator | Information Access Team

Phone: 02 6207 7754 | Email: [4][email address]

Corporate | Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
| ACT Government

220 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601 | GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601 |
[5]act.gov.au

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OFFICIAL

Good afternoon

Please see the attached decision letter relating to your recent Freedom of
Information request.

Regards

Freedom of Information Coordinator | Information Access Team

Phone: 02 6207 7754 | Email: [1][email address]

Corporate | Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
| ACT Government

Level 5, 220 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601 | GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT
2601 | [2]act.gov.au

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