E-Mail Response FOI regarding the final report which ISS made regarding the $516,000 AUD received from the Department

From: FOI

Date: Fri, 24 May 2019, 03:46

Subject: FOI Request 18/19-102 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

To: arundohle@gmail.com

Cc: FOI

Dear Mr Dohle

I refer to your correspondence received by the Department of Social Services (the Department) on 20 May 2019, in which you requested access, under the Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) to:

“Herewith I request the final report, or a similar document which ISS made regarding the $516,000 AUD received from the Department ”.

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)(b)(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.

The statutory period for processing your request is 30-days commencing from the day after your request was received. Accordingly, the deadline for notifying you of the Department’s decision on access is 19 June 2019.

The Department will correspond with you by email in relation to your FOI request. Should you have any queries about this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me on 02 6146 0565. Alternatively, you may send queries via email to foi@dss.gov.au

Kind regards

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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