E-Mail Exchange FOI Request 18/19-102 [SEC=OFFICIAL]
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From: FOI
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019, 05:32
Subject: FOI Request 18/19-102 [SEC=OFFICIAL]
To: arundohle@gmail.com
Cc: FOI
Dear Mr Dohle
I refer to your request received by the Department of Social Services (the Department) on 22 May 2019 for access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to:
‘…the final report, or a similar document which ISS made regarding the $516,000 AUD received from the Department”.
On 24 May 2019 we advised you by email of the following:
Unless you advise otherwise, duplicate documents and the names, contact details and signatures of non-Senior Executive Service (SES) staff, as well as mobile phone numbers and signatures of SES staff, will be excluded from the scope of your request under s22(1)(a)(ii) of the FOI Act. If you do require these details, please inform us within five days of this email so that the decision maker can consider your request.
In our email dated 22 May 2019 you were advised that the statutory deadline for a response to this request was 19 June 2019.
Your request covers documents which contain information of a commercial and personal nature of a number of third parties.
As such, there is a requirement to consult the third parties under section 27A of the FOI Act before the decision maker can make a decision on the release of the documents.
Subsection 15(6) of the FOI Act provides for an extension of 30 days to the statutory time limit for processing requests. Therefore, the deadline for providing you with the decision on your request is now 19 July 2019.
If you have any questions about this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Teresa Rivers
Strategic Coordination Section
Government and Executive Services Branch
Department of Social Services
P: 02 6146 0565 | E: Teresa.Rivers@dss.gov.au
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