General Enquiries

The request was successful.

Dear Camden Borough Council,

Please could you help answer the following:

• Please may you supply a copy of the Council’s latest Digital Strategy.
• When was the Digital Strategy approved?
• When is the Digital Strategy due to be refreshed?
• Which member of the board is responsible for ICT?
• Please provide an organisation chart for the Council’s ICT department.
• Does the Council outsource some or all of its ICT services to an external provider? If so, please provide details of provider(s) and contract dates.
• Is the council looking to migrate any of its ICT services to the cloud in the next 2 years? If so, please provide details of these services.
• Is the council considering its options for outsourcing / insourcing its ICT services in the next 3 years?
• Does the Council have any plans to review its operating model for ICT services within the next 2 years?
• Does the Council use external consultancy to support ICT initiatives and if so, how are they appointed?

Yours faithfully,

Kyle Preston

FOI, Camden Borough Council

Dear Mr Preston.

 

Thank you for your request.  We are dealing with this as a routine request
rather than formally as a Freedom of Information Act request so we can
provide you with a faster and less formal response. 

Our Digital Strategy can be found in in the Camden Plan at the following
link - [1]https://www.camden.gov.uk/camden-2025?in...

 

There are also a number of responses regarding your request already
published on our Open Data Portal - Open Data Camden
[2]https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/browse

The following previous FOI response may be useful. Please click on the
following link and enter ‘ICT’ in the ‘find in this dataset’ search field
to view them, particularly FOI12676.

 

[3]https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Your-Coun...

 

This doesn’t remove or affect your rights under the Freedom of Information
Act.  So if you’re unhappy with this reply for any reason please let us
know at [4][Camden Borough Council request email].  We will have a look formally under the Act
and send you a formal reply within 20 working  days of your original email

 

Thank you for your interest in Camden Council.

 

Kind regards,

 

Kieran Heneghan  
Information Rights Officer

London Borough of Camden

Telephone:    020 7974 4022
Web:              [5]camden.gov.uk

10
5 Pancras Square
London N1C 4AG

 

The majority of Council staff are now working at home through remote,
secure access to our systems.

Where possible please now communicate with us by telephone or email. We
have limited staff in our offices to deal with post, but as most staff are
homeworking due to the current situation with COVID-19, electronic
communications will mean we can respond quickly.
Please consider the environment before printing this email.

 

From: Kyle Preston <[FOI #695476 email]>
Sent: 30 September 2020 15:29
To: FOI <[Camden Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - General Enquiries

 

[EXTERNAL EMAIL] Beware – This email originated outside Camden Council and
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note there have been reports of emails purporting to be about Covid 19
being used as cover for scams so extra vigilance is required.

Dear Camden Borough Council,

Please could you help answer the following:

• Please may you supply a copy of the Council’s latest Digital Strategy.

• When was the Digital Strategy approved?

• When is the Digital Strategy due to be refreshed?

• Which member of the board is responsible for ICT?

• Please provide an organisation chart for the Council’s ICT department.

• Does the Council outsource some or all of its ICT services to an
external provider? If so, please provide details of provider(s) and
contract dates.

• Is the council looking to migrate any of its ICT services to the cloud
in the next 2 years? If so, please provide details of these services.

• Is the council considering its options for outsourcing / insourcing its
ICT services in the next 3 years?

• Does the Council have any plans to review its operating model for ICT
services within the next 2 years?

• Does the Council use external consultancy to support ICT initiatives and
if so, how are they appointed?

Yours faithfully,

Kyle Preston

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FOI, Camden Borough Council

Dear Mr Preston.

 

Following on from my email below, please note we will log your request as
FOI. An acknowledgement email will follow shortly.

 

Kind regards,

 

Kieran Heneghan  
Information Rights Officer

London Borough of Camden

Telephone:    020 7974 4022
Web:              [1]camden.gov.uk

10
5 Pancras Square
London N1C 4AG

 

The majority of Council staff are now working at home through remote,
secure access to our systems.

Where possible please now communicate with us by telephone or email. We
have limited staff in our offices to deal with post, but as most staff are
homeworking due to the current situation with COVID-19, electronic
communications will mean we can respond quickly.
Please consider the environment before printing this email.

 

From: FOI
Sent: 01 October 2020 08:48
To: 'Kyle Preston' <[FOI #695476 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - General Enquiries

 

Dear Mr Preston.

 

Thank you for your request.  We are dealing with this as a routine request
rather than formally as a Freedom of Information Act request so we can
provide you with a faster and less formal response. 

Our Digital Strategy can be found in in the Camden Plan at the following
link - [2]https://www.camden.gov.uk/camden-2025?in...

 

There are also a number of responses regarding your request already
published on our Open Data Portal - Open Data Camden
[3]https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/browse

The following previous FOI response may be useful. Please click on the
following link and enter ‘ICT’ in the ‘find in this dataset’ search field
to view them, particularly FOI12676.

 

[4]https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Your-Coun...

 

This doesn’t remove or affect your rights under the Freedom of Information
Act.  So if you’re unhappy with this reply for any reason please let us
know at [5][Camden Borough Council request email].  We will have a look formally under the Act
and send you a formal reply within 20 working  days of your original email

 

Thank you for your interest in Camden Council.

 

Kind regards,

 

Kieran Heneghan  
Information Rights Officer

London Borough of Camden

Telephone:    020 7974 4022
Web:              [6]camden.gov.uk

10
5 Pancras Square
London N1C 4AG

 

The majority of Council staff are now working at home through remote,
secure access to our systems.

Where possible please now communicate with us by telephone or email. We
have limited staff in our offices to deal with post, but as most staff are
homeworking due to the current situation with COVID-19, electronic
communications will mean we can respond quickly.
Please consider the environment before printing this email.

 

From: Kyle Preston <[7][FOI #695476 email]>
Sent: 30 September 2020 15:29
To: FOI <[8][Camden Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - General Enquiries

 

[EXTERNAL EMAIL] Beware – This email originated outside Camden Council and
may be malicious Please take extra care with any links, attachments,
requests to take action or for you to verify your password etc. Please
note there have been reports of emails purporting to be about Covid 19
being used as cover for scams so extra vigilance is required.

Dear Camden Borough Council,

Please could you help answer the following:

• Please may you supply a copy of the Council’s latest Digital Strategy.

• When was the Digital Strategy approved?

• When is the Digital Strategy due to be refreshed?

• Which member of the board is responsible for ICT?

• Please provide an organisation chart for the Council’s ICT department.

• Does the Council outsource some or all of its ICT services to an
external provider? If so, please provide details of provider(s) and
contract dates.

• Is the council looking to migrate any of its ICT services to the cloud
in the next 2 years? If so, please provide details of these services.

• Is the council considering its options for outsourcing / insourcing its
ICT services in the next 3 years?

• Does the Council have any plans to review its operating model for ICT
services within the next 2 years?

• Does the Council use external consultancy to support ICT initiatives and
if so, how are they appointed?

Yours faithfully,

Kyle Preston

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[9][FOI #695476 email]

Is [10][Camden Borough Council request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Camden Borough Council? If so, please contact us using this
form:

[11]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/change_re...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[12]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/offi...

For more detailed guidance on safely disclosing information, read the
latest advice from the ICO:

[13]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/ico-...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

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Camden Council, Camden Borough Council

Dear Kyle Preston

Your case reference is CAM546

Thank you for your enquiry. It is being looked at, we will be in touch
with you soon.

Yours sincerely

Camden Council

Camden Council, Camden Borough Council

Dear Requester,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 and ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS
2004 – request for information. Ref: CAM546

Thank you for your request dated 01-10-2020. We are dealing with it under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004.

You will receive a response by 29-10-2020 which is 20 working days (from
the day after the request is received) as defined by the Act and
Regulations.

Please check your spam folder in case our response may arrive there.

If we need to ask you to clarify your request we will contact you. If we
do ask for clarification and you don’t provide it your request will lapse,
so please read carefully any correspondence we send you about your
request.

We will provide information electronically where possible. If you need an
alternative format e.g. large print etc. please let me know.

There may be a fee payable for this information. We will let you know if
this is the case and explain how to pay it and what your options are.

If you have any queries or concerns, please contact me at
[email address].

We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided to
be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a
breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and
Electronic Communication Regulations.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner’s
Office at [1]www.ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, Email:
[2][email address].

Yours sincerely,

Peter Williams

Information Rights Officer

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Dear Requester

Thank you for your recent request.  Your response is attached.

Please do not reply to this email address it is ‘no-reply’ and we will not
receive any emails sent to it.  The response attached explains what to do
if you are not happy with the response, otherwise please email
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We publish our responses on our Open Data Portal, you will be able to see
your response and others back to August 2017 [1]here, although there is a
small lag before publication.

Thank you for your interest in Camden council

Yours sincerely,

Peter Williams
Information Rights Officer

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