Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Email Provider
Dear Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Specifically, I am seeking information regarding your secure communication.
s43(1) applies to trade secrets - it *cannot* be used to refuse this request.
s43(2) deals with prejudice to commercial interests, and similarly cannot apply either - how can giving the name of a supplier be prejudicial?
FOIA - which takes a neutral approach to requests (i.e. there is no "purpose" clause or provisions) - can be a driver to economic growth and competition, and that it is absolutely acceptable for businesses to request information like this, and disclosure should be made.
Please provide me with the following information:
1. What is your current email provider (e.g. Outlook or G-suite)?
2. Do you have a solution for secure email in place (Y/N)?
3. Who is your current email security provider (e.g. Egress)?
4. When is the contract up for renewal?
5. Typically what is the chosen duration of these contracts 12, 24, or 36 Months?
6. Name and contact details of the person responsible?
7. Current annual spend for this contract?
8. Current number of licenses for this contract?
9. Did you purchase via a reseller, or partner (if yes, please specify who e.g. Phoenix, Softcat etc.)?
10. Are you planning on assigning specific budgets for securing email communication
in 2024?
11. Do you procure through the G-Cloud framework (if not, how do you procure &
plan to procure secure email in the future)?
Yours faithfully,
Matthew Etherington
Dear Sir / Madam,
REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
The Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was formed under the Local
Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 effective 1 April 2015 and replaces
the former councils of Ballymoney, Coleraine and Limavady Borough Councils
and Moyle District Council. Requests made to the legacy councils since 1
April 2015 are being handled by the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough
Council and duplicate requests made to the legacy councils are being
treated as one request.
Council acknowledges your request for information under the above
legislation and will process your personal data, provided as part of this
request i.e. name and contact details as part of its legal obligation.
Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), subject to the information not
being exempt, containing reference to a third party or other provisions
within the legislation.
If any of the exemption categories apply, the information will not be
released and you will be informed of this, including your rights of
appeal. Where a public interest test is required, Council will inform you
if the 20 day time scale has to be extended.
Where information requested contains reference to a third party, they may
be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release
the information and you will be informed where appropriate.
There may be a fee payable for this information. For requests under FOIA,
Council will not normally charge unless the cost of responding exceeds
£450 based on £25 per hour. Where applicable, the council can choose to
either decline to respond to the request, or to do so only after payment
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normally charge a fee for complying with requests for information based on
a fee of £25 per hour. Where a Fees Notice has been issued and no payment
received within three months of issue, the Council will consider the
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Council will endeavour to provide information in the format requested.
However if it is not practicable or it is unreasonable to do so, it will
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Yours faithfully,
Aileen Devlin
Policy & Community Planning
Business Support Assistant
Email: [3][email address]
[4]Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
[5]www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk
Good Afternoon,
Please see attached correspondence for your attention.
Kind regards
Romana
Romana Khaoury
Information Governance Officer
Email: [1][email address]
[2]Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
[3]www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk
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