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Email: [4][Disability Employment Services Reference Group request email]　

 

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4. mailto:[Disability Employment Services Reference Group request email]

Dear Mr Smith

 

I refer to your correspondence of 8 August 2017 addressed to the
Disability Employment Services Reference Group.

 

In that correspondence, you requested access to the following documents
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act):

 

…the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information,
advice, guidance, or opinion on their social media use in a private
capacity. I limit the scope of documents to:

- the original request from the employee

- the agency/department's response

- any follow-up questions and response

- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar)
team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)

- where the original request was created in the last 2 years

 

Under section 11(1)(a) of the FOI Act:

 

…every person has a legally enforceable right to obtain access in
accordance with this Act to a document of an agency…

 

The Disability Employment Services Reference Group is not an agency as
defined in section 4 of the FOI Act and therefore your request is not a
valid FOI request under the FOI Act. In any event, I note that the
Disability Employment Services Reference Group is no longer in existence.

 

I note that you have made a similar request to the Department of Social
Services (the Department). This request is valid and is currently being
processed.

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

Government and Executive Services Branch

Department of Social Services

E: [Disability Employment Services Reference Group request email]