Intranet queries

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Dear Harborough 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@harborough.gov.uk, Harborough District Council

Dear Requestor

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request which was received on
July 19th 2018 and has been logged under the reference FOI18/884. 
Subsequently, I am dealing with your request in compliance with the Act. 
You should expect your response no later than August 16th 2018.

For your information, in some circumstances a fee may be payable and if
that is the case, I will communicate that eventuality to you. Should this
be necessary, a fees notice will be issued, and you will be required to
pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

If you have any queries about this Communication, please contact me.
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the Director for Corporate Resources, Harborough District Council, The
Symington Building, Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough,
Leicestershire, LE16 7AG

 

Kind regards

 

Suzanne Simons (Mrs)

Information Administration

 

I am usually in the office Monday to Friday from 1.00 pm until 4.45 pm. 

 

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foi@harborough.gov.uk, Harborough District Council

Dear Requestor,

 

In response to your Freedom of Information request, I have now completed
my investigations and I am able to confirm the following which has been
provided by the relevant service area.

                     

If you have any queries about this Communication, please contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above. If you are unhappy
with this response then you can ask for an internal review by writing to
the Director for Corporate Resources, Harborough District Council, The
Symington Building, Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough,
Leicestershire, LE16 7AG.

 

Kind regards,

 

Sharon Iddison

Administration Officer

 

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1) How many employees are working in the council ? 204 employees- FTE=
176.13
2) What is your annual IT budget ? £216,750
3) What is your annual Intranet budget ?  Annual support costs of £8,413. 
Annual hosting costs £9,000
4) What is your current Intranet solution and how long has it been in use
? Please see answer 10 in relation to vendor. 2008 contract issued
following tender process.  Following building, the website when live
during 2009.
5) Do you use Open Source applications, such as Drupal or Wordpress?
Please see answer 10
6) Who is responsible for managing your Intranet ? Communications and
Customer Services Manager
7) Who is responsible for the procurement of your Intranet ? Communication
and Customer Services Manager in liaison with Commissioning Manager and
ICT Manager
8) Who is responsible for managing your IT Team ? ICT Manager
9) Do you use any other SaaS (Software as a service) applications ? Please
see answer 10
10) Who are your main software vendors ? Details of software vendors are
available In line with the Public Service Network Code of Connection
controls relating to Network Obfuscation we do not release details of
software vendors beyond what we are required to publish under LGTC 2015.
This control is for security and data protection. Any data published under
LGTC 2015 is available on our website.
11) Do you use Azure / Amazon Web Services or Office365 ? Please see
answer 10
12) Do you have a digital workplace strategy? Internal action plan for
channel shift.

Harborough District [1]www.harborough.gov.uk
Council
The Symington Building E mail: [2][Harborough District Council request email]
Adam and Eve Street Contact Centre: 01858 82 82 82
Market Harborough Text Messages: 07860 041908
Leicestershire DX 27317 Market Harborough
LE16 7AG [3]Follow Us On Twitter @HarboroughDC
[4]Map of Council Offices

[5]Harborough DC Compliments, Comments and Complaints

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