Extract of data from OIA Tracking System
Shane Gibson made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
The request was partially successful.
From: Shane Gibson
Dear Department of Corrections,
Please provide an extract of data from the system you currently use to track information requests submitted under the Official Information Act 1982.
The extract should be in a machine readable form. This means either via a publicly accessible API or file in csv or JSON format.
The extract should have the following details in a single row for each request that was submitted:
- The title of the request.
- The date your organisation received the request
- The date of the final response from your organisation to that request, or the date you closed the request
To reduce the effort required by your organisation I am requesting records for the date range that the data is available in your OIA tracking system. For example if your OIA tracking system only holds two years of records then I am requesting data for those two years.
Yours faithfully,
Shane Gibson
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora,
Thank you for your email of 11 JULY 2020 requesting information relating
to extract of data from OIA Tracking System.
Please be advised your request has been received, and will be considered
under the Official Information Act 1982.
Please note that our response letter to you (with your personal details
redacted), and any enclosed documents, may be published on Corrections’
website.
Ngâ mihi | Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora
Please find the attached correspondence from Corrections.
Kind Regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011
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From: Shane Gibson
Dear Info@Corrections,
Please amend my request to limit it to 12 months of OIA requests.
Please include all fields requested including the Title field. I understand that PII data in these titles will be redacted.
Yours sincerely,
Shane Gibson
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora
Please find the attached correspondence from Corrections.
Kind Regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011
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information in this message is the property of the New Zealand Department
of Corrections. It is intended only for the person or entity to which it
is addressed and may contain privileged or in confidence material. Any
review, storage, copying, editing, summarising, transmission,
retransmission, dissemination or other use of, by any means, in whole or
part, or taking any action in reliance upon, this information by persons
or entities other than intended recipient are prohibited. If you received
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
As you implied in your annotation earlier, you would have pretty solid grounds to complain about this extension. Considering how late Corrections sought clarification on your request, it seems almost certain that the real reason why they won't be able to complete your request within the standard 20 working day timeframe is simply that they didn't start working on this request until the time limit was nearly up. Extending a request under s15A does not exempt an agency from their legal obligation to make a decision and communicate it as soon as reasonably practicable.
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Kia ora
Please find the attached correspondence from Corrections.
Kind Regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections, Ara Poutama Aotearoa
a: National Office, Freyberg Building, 20 Aitken Street, Wellington, 6011
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information in this message is the property of the New Zealand Department
of Corrections. It is intended only for the person or entity to which it
is addressed and may contain privileged or in confidence material. Any
review, storage, copying, editing, summarising, transmission,
retransmission, dissemination or other use of, by any means, in whole or
part, or taking any action in reliance upon, this information by persons
or entities other than intended recipient are prohibited. If you received
this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all
computers.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.corrections.govt.nz/
2. http://www.corrections.govt.nz/
3. https://www.facebook.com/CorrectionsNZ/
4. https://nz.linkedin.com/company/departme...
5. https://twitter.com/correctionsnz?lang=en
Shane Gibson left an annotation ()
Waited 20 days to respond asking for clarification.
Then went for an extension to respond.
And when they did finally respond, excluded the descriptive information (title etc) I was actually looking for.
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Shane Gibson left an annotation ()
Waited the full 20 days before responding asking me to clarify my request.
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