Simply Discover / Public sector
Transparency.
With control.
Find the right records. Protect sensitive information. Explain the response. Connect eDiscovery, FOI and DSAR workflows in your own environment.
From request to responseSearch across communications.
Review before disclosure.
Evidence and recorded actions.
01 / The work behind the response
An information request rarely arrives neatly packaged in one system.
The relevant correspondence may be in email, the supporting papers in SharePoint and the conversation in Teams. Your team still needs to find the evidence, assess what is relevant and protect information that should not be disclosed.
Simply Discover brings search, review and reporting together, helping public-sector teams respond to growing volumes of communications with a clear record of the work.
An illustrative FOI request
Please provide the correspondence and supporting papers relating to the proposed redevelopment.
The task is not just finding documents. It is understanding the scope, reviewing the content and preparing an appropriate response.
Set the people, dates, sources and subject matter relevant to the request.
Search connected email, chat and documents using natural language and contextual filters.
Assess relevance and sensitive content. Review redactions and disclosure decisions.
Export the reviewed material and retain reporting that explains the work performed.
02 / Different responsibilities. Connected evidence.
From an individual information request to an internal investigation, the question changes. The need for controlled access, careful review and traceable evidence does not.
Information governance
Locate and review relevant records across email, chat and documents. Prepare FOI, FOIA and public-records responses with sensitive and potentially exempt information considered before release.
FOI & request workflowsInvestigations & legal
Investigate allegations of misconduct or policy breaches through defensible data retrieval and review. Keep the supporting communications and review history connected to the investigation.
eDiscovery capabilitiesAssurance & oversight
Surface evidence for oversight bodies and auditors. Report on review actions and support internal reviews and external audits with transparent logs and defensible processes.
Compliance supervisionPrivacy & individual rights
Find and review information relating to a person, while protecting third-party and sensitive content. Keep the scope and disclosure review appropriate to the request and applicable obligations.
DSAR capabilities03 / Clarity at each decision
Finding a match is the beginning of the review, not a decision to release it.
Our approach to redactionUse natural language search and contextual filters to narrow the material by the question you are investigating, not just a single keyword.
Bring email, chat, Teams and SharePoint content into a unified review workflow. Source availability depends on the connectors and scope configured for your deployment.
Identify sensitive content and review redactions before preparing the response. Authorised people remain responsible for what is disclosed.
Prepare material in supported export formats, with reporting and audit trails to support a clear account of the review.
Technology helps find the evidence.
People decide what happens next.
04 / Customer control
Bring the software to your data.
Simply Discover runs in customer-controlled Microsoft Azure, AWS or on-premises environments. Choose the deployment around your organisation’s data residency, access and operational requirements.
Encryption, role-based access and audit trails support controlled review. Your security team can assess the deployment against the standards and policies required for your organisation.
Control access to sensitive material through the roles and permissions assigned to your team.
Use review logs and reporting to explain how material was searched, assessed and prepared.
Review hosting, residency and security requirements for your specific environment. Deployment choice alone is not a certification.
05 / Common questions
It helps teams find relevant communications, review the content, protect sensitive information and prepare exports with reporting. Your team defines the scope and makes the disclosure decisions.
Yes. The platform supports both through search, review and response workflows. The requests have different scopes and review requirements, so the team applies the appropriate process to each case.
Explore DSAR and FOI workflowsNo. AI assists with finding and reviewing information. Authorised reviewers assess relevance, sensitive content and redactions, and decide what should be included in the response.
In your own Microsoft Azure, AWS or on-premises environment. Hosting, access and residency are considered as part of your deployment, rather than requiring your records to move into a vendor-operated SaaS platform.
Yes. eDiscovery supports evidence collection and review for investigations. Review logs, audit trails and reporting help teams respond to internal scrutiny and external oversight.
Explore eDiscoverySimply Discover for the public sector
Bring your information request, investigation or review challenge. Let’s look at the workflow and the environment it needs to run in.
