Intranet queries

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Dear Local Government Boundary Commission for England,
Dear Sir/Madam,

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

Cleverly, Karen, Local Government Boundary Commission for England

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Dear Miller Yuraszek,

FOI Ref: 27918

 

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which
we received on 30 October 2019.

 

You requested:

 

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)

 

The Commission aims to respond promptly and within the statutory deadline
of 20 working days set by the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please
expect a response by 27 November 2019.

In some cases a fee may be payable and if that is the case I will let you
know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be required to pay
before I will proceed to deal with your request.

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Regards,

 

Karen

 

 

Karen Cleverly

Finance Lead

LGBCE

 

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50 Victoria Street

London

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Hendry, Angela, Local Government Boundary Commission for England

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Dear Miller Yuraszek

 

FOI ref: 27918/19

 

Thank you for your email of 30 October 2019 requesting information under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Please see below the information you requested along with our responses:

 

 1. How many employees are working for your organisation, including
full-time, part-time, and contracted staff?  

19

 

 2. What is your annual intranet budget?

We do not have a separate intranet budget. Our intranet is built in
Sharepoint and we maintain it ourselves. We have an overall budget of
£8,000 (in 2019/20) for SharePoint support.

 

 3. What is your current intranet solution? (e.g. Invotra, Sharepoint,
Kahootz, Umbraco)

SharePoint

 

 4. How long have you been using this solution, and when does your
contract expire?

We own it, therefore no contract

 

 5. Do you work with an external partner to supply your intranet? If not,
do you develop your intranet internally?

AMT evolve

 

 6. Which team/individual is responsible for managing your intranet
internally?

Business Team

 

 7. Which other organisations have access to your intranet?

None

 

 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?

Standard E3 licensing with no additional products

 

10. Who is responsible for your intranet’s procurement within the
organisation?

Luke Dawson

 

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?

On-Premises Active Directory

 

12. Do you use any other Software as a Service (SaaS) applications? (e.g.
Atlassian/Jira, Slack, Trello, Xero)

ArcGIS

 

 

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Lynn Ingram

Finance Director

Local Boundary Commission for England

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Windsor House

50 Victoria Street

London SW1H 0TL

 

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Regards,

 

Angela

 

 

Angela Hendry

Office Manager and HR Lead

1^st Floor, Windsor House

50 Victoria Street

London SW1H 0TL

 

0330 500 1264

 

 

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