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From: Jingyuan Wang <[FOI #958534 email]>
Sent: 10 March 2023 10:34
To: FOI (Freedom of Information) [Mailbox] <[IPSA request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Research of why FOI requests
were rejected

Dear Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority,

My name is Jingyuan Wang from Monash University Australia. If possible,
please provide the requested information in electronic copies format.
For my research I want to analyze why some FOI requests were rejected, and
why the data processing of some requests would exceed the 'cost
limit'(under s.12 of the Freedom of Information Act (2000).
Firstly, I want to ask some questions about your information storage
system.
1. What is the electronic systems do you use to store operational data
such as excel, email and SQL?
2. Whether the query can be completed by searching keywords in the
interactive interface, or need to use the database for the query. If there
are restrictions on this, please provide them.
3. What is the educational background (qualifications) of the staff
members handling FOI requests – including those who make estimates under
s.12 - and can they search the database using a programming language(eg.
SQL)? We are not interested in the names of the staff members, merely
their qualifications.

I also want to know the common reasons that you may reject requests under
s.12.
1. In the past 5 years, how many requests have been denied under s.12.
2. For those requests in (1), can you provide a list of any recorded
reasons that you rejected the request? (i.e. the detail of the ‘estimate’
you relied upon under s.12)
3. For those requests in (1), could you please provide us with your search
process (or proposed search process) for documents required for these
rejected request cases?

I would be most grateful for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Jingyuan Wang

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Dear Jingyuan Wang,

Please find attached a response to your freedom of information request.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Team

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