Intranet queries

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Dear West Dorset District 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

FOI West Dorset,

Thank you for contacting the FOI Team.  We acknowledge receipt of your
request for information.

This will now be passed to the relevant area(s) of the authority and a
response sent within 20 working days.

If for any reason we cannot respond in full within 20 days, we will let
you know.

You may find further information of interest on our website -
[1]www.dorsetforyou.com

 

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Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 5:00pm

Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm

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West Dorset District Council

Dear Ms Tsonou,
Thank you for your information access request: we aim to complete this
within 20 working days from 06/12/2018. Please quote your reference number
(27445) in further correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
The Customer Services Team at Dorset Councils Partnership, a partnership
between North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

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Beth Thomas,

Dear Ms Joanna Tsonou,

 

Regarding the following Information Access Request:

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?

 

Thank you for your information request.

 

1. West Dorset District Council does not employ any staff.  It is part of
the Dorset Councils Partnership which comprises North Dorset District
Council, West Dorset District Council and Weymouth & Portland Borough
Council.  Weymouth & Portland Borough Council is the host employer of all
employees within the Partnership.  As at 30 June 2018, the number of
employees within the Partnership was 626.

2. There is no specific budget for West Dorset District Council.

3. There is no specific budget for our Intranet, it is managed in-house by
internal developers.

4. Sharepoint - 5 years.

5. No.

6. Our Communications Team.

7. Not applicable.

8. Penny Mell.

9. We use Imperial Solutions and Applications 360.

10. Please refer to our Contracts Register on www.dorsetforyou.com

11. The Partnership use Azure and we are currently rolling out Office 365.

12. No

 

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submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
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Officer at [1][email address]. Please remember to quote the
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review then you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner (the
'ICO') for an independent review. The ICO is the Government’s Independent
Body responsible for overseeing the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the
Data Protection Act 1998 and The Environmental Information Regulations
2004. Please note the ICO will normally only review cases that have
exhausted the Dorset Council Partnerships’ internal review procedure. All
correspondence to the ICO must quote your reference number and your
reasons for your appeal. The ICO’s contact details are as follows:

 

The Information Commissioners Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF.

[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

More information can be found at the ICO’s website at
[3]http://www.ico.org.uk

 

Kind regards,

 

Beth Thomas

Customer Services Advisor

[4][email address]

 

Dorset Council Partnership serving: North Dorset District Council, West
Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

[5]www.dorsetforyou.com/contactus

 

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