Dear Attorney General’s Office,

1. Do you currently make use of any Oracle products? If so, which?
2. What is the quantity of licensed users split by each Oracle product used by your organisation?
3. What is the value of your current Oracle contracts, split by product?
4. Do you outsource your Oracle projects, services or maintenance to an external supplier? If so, whom? When does that contract expire?
5. In 2013, the Cabinet Office appointed an Open Standards Board to drive the use of Open Source across Government. Which Open Source databases have you (a) deployed since 2013 and (b) have firm plans to deploy within the next 18 months as alternatives to Oracle
products?

Yours faithfully,
David Clark

Dear Attorney General’s Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews, Rowena Collins Rice.
I am writing to request an internal review of Attorney General’s Office's handling of my FOI request 'Use of Oracle Products'.

The reply I received from your Freedom of Information Officer explains that you do not hold the information requested. While this might be an acceptable reason for some of the questions I asked, I have the following concerns:

Q1 - Do you currently make use of any Oracle products. If so, which.
This is a simple yes / no question which should be able to be answered by your IT department, in much the same way as asking if you use Microsoft Office for example. To suggest the you don't hold this information is unreasonable.

Q5 - Which Open Source products have you deployed since 2013 and which do you have firm plans to deploy within the next 18 months.
Again, this is a straightforward question which should be able to be answered by your IT department by simply referring to their change management logs.

Given that (certainly in the case of Question 1) I don't believe this FoI request has been handled appropriately, I request an internal review. A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/u...

Regards,
David Clark