Intranet queries
Dear Arts Council of Wales,
I am writing to make a request for all the information to which I am entitled under Freedom of Information Act 2000. My requests are outlined below as specifically as possible to help you retrieve the information required. However, if any of the below is unclear, I would appreciate if you could contact me as I understand that under the act, you are required to assist requesters.
Please could you provide the following information:
1) How many employees are working for your organisation, including full-time, part-time, and contracted staff?
2) What is your annual intranet budget?
3) What is your current intranet solution? (e.g. Invotra, Sharepoint, Kahootz, Umbraco)
4) How long have you been using this solution, and when does your contract expire?
5) Do you work with an external partner to supply your intranet? If not, do you develop your intranet internally?
6) Which team/individual is responsible for managing your intranet internally?
7) Which other organisations have access to your intranet?
8) Do you share IT services with other organisations?
9) Are you using the Office 365 suite? If so, which applications from the suite are in use?
10) Who is responsible for your intranet’s procurement within the organisation?
11) Do you use Microsoft’s Active Directory to manage your people data? If so, is your Active Directory (AD) managed on-premise or in the cloud?
12) Do you use any other Software as a Service (SaaS) applications? (e.g. Atlassian/Jira, Slack, Trello, Xero)
If possible, please could you present the information via a Microsoft Word or Excel document, sent to me via email. I understand that under the act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 days and therefore I would appreciate if you could confirm receipt of my request.
Yours faithfully,
Miller Yuraszek
Dear Miller Yuraszek
Please find attached acknowledgement of your request for information below. Our full response will follow in due course.
Kind regards
Angela Thomas
Rheolwr Cynllunio, Perfformiad a Chydymffurfiaeth
Ffôn: 029 2044 1302
Planning, Performance & Compliance Manager
Tel: 029 2044 1302
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru
Plas Bute, Caerdydd CF10 5AL
www.celf.cymru
Arts Council of Wales
Bute Place, Cardiff CF10 5AL
www.arts.wales
Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg, ni fydd gohebu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.
We welcome correspondences in Welsh and English, corresponding in Welsh will not lead to a delay.
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Dear Miller Yuraszek
Thank you for your recent request for information.
Please find below our responses to your questions, in their original
order.
1) How many employees are working for your organisation, including
full-time, part-time, and contracted staff?
The total number of employees, including full-time, part-time, and
contracted staff (including those on fixed term contracts) as of the 22
October 2019 is 88
2) What is your annual intranet budget?
We are currently upgrading our intranet. Our new Intranet budget is £40k,
with £4k per annum for Maintenance and support costs
3) What is your current intranet solution? (e.g. Invotra, Sharepoint,
Kahootz, Umbraco)
Our intranet will be built on SharePoint Online (Office365)
4) How long have you been using this solution, and when does your contract
expire?
We intend to procure some assistance in delivering a new intranet in
SharePoint online via G-Cloud 2019/20
5) Do you work with an external partner to supply your intranet? If not,
do you develop your intranet internally?
This may be a combination of both, depending on requirements and skills
required.
6) Which team/individual is responsible for managing your intranet
internally?
Responsibility for development rests with our ICT team , whilst our Web
Content Editor has responsibility for corporate communications
7) Which other organisations have access to your intranet?
None at present
8) Do you share IT services with other organisations?
No
9) Are you using the Office 365 suite? If so, which applications from the
suite are in use?
Yes, we have adopted the Office 365 Suite and from this we currently
utilise Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint, Planner,
Delve, OneDrive, Flow
10) Who is responsible for your intranet’s procurement within the
organisation?
Responsibility for this rests with our Head of ICT and Infrastructure
11) Do you use Microsoft’s Active Directory to manage your people data? If
so, is your Active Directory (AD) managed on-premise or in the cloud?
We use Azure AD connect
12) Do you use any other Software as a Service (SaaS) applications? (e.g.
Atlassian/Jira, Slack, Trello, Xero)
We currently use Eventbrite, Vimeo, Issue, Hightail, Mailchimp, Survey
Monkey, SendGrid and FormStack,
If I can be of any more assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact:
The Chief Executive
Arts Council of Wales
Bute Place
Cardiff
CF10 5AL
You can also complain to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Kind regards,
Angela Thomas
Rheolwr Cynllunio, Perfformiad a Chydymffurfiaeth
Ffôn: 029 2044 1302
Planning, Performance & Compliance Manager
Tel: 029 2044 1302
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru
Plas Bute, Caerdydd CF10 5AL
Arts Council of Wales
Bute Place, Cardiff CF10 5AL
Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg, ni fydd gohebu drwy
gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.
We welcome correspondences in Welsh and English, corresponding in Welsh
will not lead to a delay.
Polisi Preifatrwydd
| Privacy Policy
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