Data Science Services - MSD
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From: Andrew Chen
Kia ora,
I would like to make a request for a list of vendors that have provided data science services to MSD in the last three years.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen
From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development
Tēnā koe Andrew Chen
Thank you for your email received 04 February 2021, under the Official
Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate
officials at National Office to respond. You can expect a decision as soon
as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days
after the day on which the request was received.
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Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development
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From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development
Tçnâ koe Andrew Chen,
On 4 February 2021, you emailed the Ministry of Social Development (the
Ministry) requesting, under the Official Information Act, the following
information:
o A list of vendors that have provided data science services to MSD in
the last three years.
The Ministry has interpreted your request for ‘data science services’ to
mean consultants from outside the Ministry that deliver services that the
Ministry’s internal data science team would normally produce. Please
confirm that this is what you are after.
Please note that if your request is changed, the 20 day time-frame for a
response to be due to you will re-start.
Nâ mâtou noa, nâ
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and
Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development
Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and
independent
Ko ta mâtou he whakamana tangata kia tû haumaru, kia tû kaha, kia tû
motuhake
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From: Andrew Chen
Kia ora,
Yes, I confirm that I am referring to external providers and vendors, separate to what is produced by the internal data science teams.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen
From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development
Tçnâ koe Andrew Chen
Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request.
Nâ mâtou noa, nâ
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and
Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development
Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whânau.
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are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have
received this email in error please notify the author immediately and
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From: Andrew Chen
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for your response. While I disagree that this request necessitates a trade-off between identifying vendors by category and "the effective and efficient administration of the public service", I appreciate that if your systems have not already categorised the vendors that it would be a lot of work to do this in retrospect. Thank you for nevertheless providing the list of data science vendors for the Client and Business Intelligence team. Thank you for your time in considering this request and for providing a response.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen
From: Andrew Chen
Tēnā koe,
In a related but hopefully simpler OIA request, I'd like to request the list of vendors who are on the data services supplier/procurement panel (or similar procurement panel that fits a similar purpose) for MSD. Unfortunately I don't know the name of this panel, hence I cannot ask for it by name directly.
Ngā mihi nui,
Andrew Chen
From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development
Tēnā koe Andrew Chen
Thank you for your email received 19 February 2021, under the Official
Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate
officials at National Office to respond. You can expect a decision as soon
as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days
after the day on which the request was received.
Nā mātou noa, nā
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and
Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development
Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and
independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū
motuhake
------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain
information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you
are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have
received this email in error please notify the author immediately and
erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social
Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or
attachments after transmission from the Ministry.
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From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Ministry of Social Development
Tçnâ koe Andrew Chen
Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request.
Nâ mâtou noa, nâ
Official and Parliamentary Information team | Ministerial and
Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development
Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whânau.
------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain
information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you
are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or
duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have
received this email in error please notify the author immediately and
erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social
Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or
attachments after transmission from the Ministry.
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From: Andrew Chen
Dear MSD,
Thank you for your response, and thank you for providing the information requested. I appreciate the time and effort taken to respond, and am satisfied with the information provided.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen
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