Intranet queries

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Dear Flintshire County Council,

Under the freedom of information act 2000, I’m writing to obtain the following information:

1) How many employees are working in the council?
2) What is your annual IT budget?
3) What is your annual Intranet budget?
4) What is your current Intranet solution and how long has it been in use?
5) Do you use Open Source applications, such as Drupal or Wordpress?
6) Who is responsible for managing your Intranet?
7) Who is responsible for the procurement of your Intranet?
8) Who is responsible for managing your IT Team?
9) Do you use any other SaaS (Software as a service) applications?
10) Who are your main software vendors?
11) Do you use Azure / Amazon Web Services or Office365?
12) Do you have a digital workplace strategy?

Yours faithfully,

Joanna Tsonou

Jackie Cox, Flintshire County Council

Dear Ms Tsonou,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request which has been given the reference number R016760 . If you send any further correspondence about this request, please include the reference number and either e.mail it to [Flintshire County Council request email], or post it to Freedom of Information, Flintshire County Council, Information Governance, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 6NA.

Your request has been forwarded to the Freedom of Information Act Contact Officer for ICT Services to process and this Officer will be in contact with you.
Regards,
FOI Contact Officer

FOI Contact Officer | Swyddog Cyswllt Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Governance | Llywodraethu
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint
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Pete Fuller, Flintshire County Council

Dear Ms Tsonou

 

I refer to your FOI request in which you asked:

 

" Under the freedom of information act 2000, I’m writing to obtain the
following

information:

 

1) How many employees are working in the council?

2) What is your annual IT budget?

3) What is your annual Intranet budget?

4) What is your current Intranet solution and how long has it been in use?

5) Do you use Open Source applications, such as Drupal or Wordpress?

6) Who is responsible for managing your Intranet?

7) Who is responsible for the procurement of your Intranet?

8) Who is responsible for managing your IT Team?

9) Do you use any other SaaS (Software as a service) applications?

10) Who are your main software vendors?

11) Do you use Azure / Amazon Web Services or Office365?

12) Do you have a digital workplace strategy?”

 

The Council does hold this information and the response is provided below.

 

 

1) How many employees are working in the council?

Current headcount 5,950 employees. (This equates FCC only)

2) What is your annual IT budget?

£4,180,181 (Excluding schools ICT)

3) What is your annual Intranet budget?

No specific budget allocation.

4) What is your current Intranet solution and how long has it been in use?

Contensis CMS by Zengenti (also used for website)

5) Do you use Open Source applications, such as Drupal or Wordpress?

No

6) Who is responsible for managing your Intranet?

Infrastructure and Design – (Digital Solutions Manager), Content –
 (Communications Strategic Engagement Advisor)

7) Who is responsible for the procurement of your Intranet?

 IT Business Services Manager

8) Who is responsible for managing your IT Team?

IT Business Services Manager and IT Infrastructure Manager. We do not have
a Head of IR or CIO but both share responsibility. Both posts report in to
Gareth Owens (Chief Officer – Governance)

9) Do you use any other SaaS (Software as a service) applications?

Civica – Cash Management

MKInsight – Audit Solution

CAMS – Performance Management

10) Who are your main software vendors?

Civica

Capita

Midland HR

Microsoft

(These are not SaaS suppliers but core business solutions)

11) Do you use Azure / Amazon Web Services or Office365?

No

12) Do you have a digital workplace strategy?

We have a corporate Digital Strategy which can be found on our website
(flintshire.gov.uk). We have no other digital strategy dedicated to the
workplace.

 

I hope this is helpful to you but if you are dissatisfied with any aspects
of this response please refer to the Council's FOI Complaints Procedure
below.

 

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Information Governance Manager, Information Governance Team, Flintshire
County Council, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire  CH7 6NB, or
[1][email address].

 

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Information Governance Team,

County Hall,

Mold,

CH7 6NA

 

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Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF.

 

However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a
complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.

 

Regards,

 

FOI Contact Officer
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FOI Contact Officer |  Swyddog Cyswllt Rhyddid Gwybodaeth

Governance | Llywodraethu

Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint

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