Correspondence between CV ISMB and CV TAG
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From: Maxwell
Dear Ministry of Health,
I write as New Zealand citizen.
Can I please request all available correspondence between the COVID-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (CV ISMB) and the COVID-19 Vaccine Technical Advisory Group (CV TAG) since their inception?
This should include any joint meeting minutes, current and historic safety reports, current and historic safety evaluations, current and historic adverse reaction reports, emails and/or memos related to vaccine safety, etc.
Yours faithfully,
Maxwell
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Maxwell,
Thank you for your request for official information received on 15 October
2021 for:
"Can I please request all available correspondence between the COVID-19
Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (CV ISMB) and the COVID-19
Vaccine Technical Advisory Group (CV TAG) since their inception?
This should include any joint meeting minutes, current and historic safety
reports, current and historic safety evaluations, current and historic
adverse reaction reports, emails and/or memos related to vaccine safety,
etc.”
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202114511
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 15 November 2021, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. If
we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
notify you of an extension of that time frame.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]
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From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Maxwell,
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 15
October 2021 for:
"Can I please request all available correspondence between the COVID-19
Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (CV ISMB) and the COVID-19
Vaccine Technical Advisory Group (CV TAG) since their inception?
This should include any joint meeting minutes, current and historic safety
reports, current and historic safety evaluations, current and historic
adverse reaction reports, emails and/or memos related to vaccine safety,
etc."
We are contacting you in accordance with section 18B of the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) as your request, as it is currently worded,
is for a very large volume of information. Your request may be refused
under section 18(f) of the Act as the information requested cannot be made
available without substantial collation or research.
If it is possible for you to narrow the scope of your request by selecting
a shorter time frame and a more specifying a topic, we may be able to
provide you with information.
Please respond by 11 November 2021 so that we can consider your refinement
in our response to your request.
We look forward to receiving your response.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]
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From: Maxwell
Dear OIA Requests,
Thanks for your response. In regards to your suggested course of action:
"If it is possible for you to narrow the scope of your request by selecting a shorter time frame and a more specifying a topic, we may be able to provide you with information."
Can I narrow the scope of the request to the following correspondence since inception of both committees:
- joint meeting minutes
- emails and/or memos related to vaccine safety
Yours sincerely,
Maxwell
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora,
Thank you for your Official Information Act (the Act) request. This is
an automatic reply to let you know we received it.
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. We
will endeavour to acknowledge your request as soon as possible. Further
information about COVID-19 can be found on our
website: [1]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
In accordance with the Act, we'll let you know our decision within no more
than 20 working days. If you'd like to calculate the timeframe, you can
use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [2]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
If you have any questions while we're processing your request, please let
us know via [3][email address]
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
[4]Ministry of Health information releases
[5]Unite against COVID-19
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2. http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&a...
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4. https://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministr...
5. https://covid19.govt.nz/
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Maxwell
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]
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