Request
1. What IT Systems or Applications are you running for Research Funding Management or Current Research Information System (CRIS): Pre-Awards, Contract Management, Ethics, and Post-Awards
2. What is the Contract Value for the system(s) above and the start and end date of the current contract(s)? If separate systems, please state contract value and end dates for each system.
3. What are the IT Systems or Applications are you running for the following functions: Finance/ERP, HR/HCM, and Payroll
4. Are these hosted on premise or in the Cloud?
5. What are the contract values of these systems/applications?
Outcome
Some information provided.
Response
1. What IT Systems or Applications are you running for Research Funding Management or Current Research Information System (CRIS)
The National Archives do not use any systems for Research Funding Management or Current Research Information System (CRIS).
2. What is the Contract Value for the system(s) above and the start and end date of the current contract(s)? If separate systems, please state contract value and end dates for each system.
Please see above.
3. What are the IT Systems or Applications are you running for the following functions: Finance/ERP, HR/HCM, and Payroll
This information is exempt under Section 21 of the FOI Act as it is already published in the public domain. The exemption has been applied as details are available on our website. To assist you in locating this information, please review the links below:
ERP, CRM, HR payroll and finance software systems – Freedom of Information
The National Archives’ HR, finance and payroll software applications – Freedom of Information
4. Are these hosted on premise or in the Cloud?
This information is exempt under Section 21 of the FOI Act. Please see the response to question 3 above.
5. What are the contract values of these systems/applications?
This information is exempt under Section 21 of the FOI Act. Please see the response to question 3 above.
Explanatory annexe
Exemptions applied
Section 21: Information readily available to the applicant by other means
Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means. In this case the exemption applies because the information is already available.
Further guidance can be found at: Section 21 – information already reasonably accessible | ICO