Proposal to phase out the OPSI brand and The Office of Public Sector Information

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11 August 2009

Case Reference Number IRQ0263476

Dear Mr Corbin

Thank you for your email dated 11 August 2009 in which you have made a
request for information to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  We will respond by 9 September 2009 which is 20
working days from the day after we received your request.

Yours sincerely

Adam Stevens

Assistant Internal Compliance Manager

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http://www.ico.gov.uk or email: [email address]
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 700 Fax: 01625 524 510

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3rd September 2009

Case Reference Number IRQ0263476

Dear Mr Corbin

On 11 August you wrote to us requesting:

information regarding the Information Commissioner’s Office

involvement in The National Archives proposal to phase out The

Office of Public Sector Information and the OPSI brand, the impact

that the proposed actions will have on the UK’s policy and

implementation with respect to the re-use of public sector

information (Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 1515 – the UK

transposition of the EU Directive 2003/98/EC) and (the Protocol

between the Office of Public Sector Information and the Information

Commissioner, dated 11 August 2005)

The information requested to cover the period from the 1 July 2009

up to the time this request is answered.

Specifically, I need in relation to the phasing out of the OPSI

brand and or The Office of Public Sector Information the following

information:

1. A list of written documents (including emails) received by the

Information Commissioner’s Office from the National Archives –
the

list to include date, origin of the document, position of the

submitter (that is Job Title), to whom the document was addressed

(that is Job Title), the subject line of the document.

2. A list of written documents (including emails) sent by the

Information Commissioner’s Office to the National Archives – the

list to include date, position of the author, the position of the

person(s) to whom the document was addressed in The National

Archives, the subject line of the document.

3. A list of meetings held between one or more of the Directors of

The National Archives and the Information Commissioner’s Office.

List to include: date, place and position of the people involved in

the meeting.

4. A list of planned (schedule meetings) between one or more of the

Directors of The National Archives and the Information

Commissioner’s Office that will have on the agenda one or more of

the following topics: the OPSI brand; the Office of Public Sector

Information; the complaint handling procedures as outlined in the

Statutory Information 2005 SI 1515; the Protocol between the Office

of Public Sector Information and the Information Commissioner.

From enquiries I have made I am satisfied that we hold no information that
falls within these descriptions. We have had no correspondence on this
issue, nor held any meetings with The National Archives or OPSI on this
topic in the period in question. We have no meetings planned for which
this is an item on the agenda.

If you are dissatisfied with the response you have received and wish to
request a review of our decision or make a complaint about how your
request has been handled you should write to the Internal Compliance Team
at the address below or e-mail [2][email address]

Your request for internal review should be submitted to us within 40
working days of receipt by you of this response. Any such request
received after this time will only be considered at the discretion of the
Commissioner.

If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
request or review has been dealt with correctly, you have a further right
of appeal to this office in our capacity as the statutory complaint
handler under the legislation. To make such an application, please write
to the Case Reception Team, at the address below or visit the
‘Complaints’ section of our website to make a Freedom of Information
Act or Environmental Information Regulations complaint online.

Yours sincerely

Graham S Smith

Internal Compliance Team

Information Commissioner's Office

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http://www.ico.gov.uk or email: [email address]
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 700 Fax: 01625 524 510

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