SCC/FOI/04/18/KS: Information accounting software
Published 5 March 2021
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Our reference: SCC/FOI/04/18/KS
Published 19 June 2018
Re: Freedom of Information Request regarding information accounting software
Dear
I write in response to an email received from you to my offices on 8 June 2018 in which you ask the following:
1. What financial accounting software do you use?
2. Who supplies your financial accounting software (name of vendor or supplier)?
3.What was the original date of purchase or contact start date for your accounting software?
4. When is the contact renewal or expiry date for your accounting software?
5. If relevant, what is the cost of annual support and maintenance (last financial year April 2016- March 2017) for your accounting software?
6. Is Your IT in-house or outsourced, if outsourced, who is it outsourced to, and when is this contract up for renewal?
7. Could you confirm if your organisation has any applications (computer systems) running on the Fujitsu (formerly ICL) VME operating system?
8. If so, please list the names of these applications and their main role within your organisation?
9. Please also confirm if you have applications;
a) Operating on any other legacy platform such as OpenVME, IBM iSeries or written in legacy code such as Powerbuilder, COBOL etc.?
b) Any operating system considered expensive or (technically) challenging to enabling digital transformation?
c) That are critical to the business but are at risk due to the scarcity of ageing support personnel or limited documentation?
10. Please confirm if these applications have been developed in-house i.e. they are bespoke to your organisation and that you own the source code.
1. What financial accounting software do you use?
As an independent regulator I am supported by a small team of Home Office officials who make use of Home Office systems. I have no IT systems which are bespoke to or otherwise owned by me.
Should you require any information about those Home Office systems I would invite you to address your request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, separately to the Home Office.
If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the address below, quoting reference SCC/FOI/04/18/KS. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with the response.
As part of any internal review the Commissioner’s handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. If you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.
2. Who supplies your financial accounting software (name of vendor or supplier)?
Please see answer to 1.
3. What was the original date of purchase or contact start date for your accounting software?
Please see answer to 1.
4. When is the contact renewal or expiry date for your accounting software?
5. If relevant, what is the cost of annual support and maintenance (last financial year April 2016 - March 2017) for your accounting software?
Please see answer to 1.
6. Is Your IT in-house or outsourced, if outsourced, who is it outsourced to, and when is this contract up for renewal?
Please see answer to 1.
7. Could you confirm if your organisation has any applications (computer systems) running on the Fujitsu (formerly ICL) VME operating system?
Please see answer to 1.
8. If so, please list the names of these applications and their main role within your organisation?
Please see answer to 1.
9. Please also confirm if you have applications;
a) Operating on any other legacy platform such as OpenVME, IBM iSeries or written in legacy code such as Powerbuilder, COBOL etc.?
b) Any operating system considered expensive or (technically) challenging to enabling digital transformation?
c) That are critical to the business but are at risk due to the scarcity of ageing support personnel or limited documentation?
Please see answer to 1.
10. Please confirm if these applications have been developed in-house i.e. they are bespoke to your organisation and that you own the source code.
Please see answer to 1.