Communications regarding "Build Back Better"
P Shaw made this Official Information request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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From: P Shaw
Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
1). I would like to request all email communications sent from and/or sent to any official of this office during the dates 01/09/2020 - 01/09/2021 that include the term "build back better". I would like the search to be case insensitive to include any way in which this term may be written.
Yours faithfully,
P Shaw
From: Information [DPMC]
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From: Information [DPMC]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Kia ora
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which was received on 26 November 2021, copied below. A response will be provided in accordance with the Act.
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Ngā mihi,
Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E [DPMC request email]
The information contained in this email message is for the attention of the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute this message or the information in it. If you have received this message in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.
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Kia ora koe,
Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.
Ngā mihi,
Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E [1][DPMC request email]
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The information contained in this email message is for the attention of
the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.
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Kia ora koe,
Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.
Ngā mihi,
Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E [1][DPMC request email]
[2]cid:image002.png@01D43609.296F69C0
The information contained in this email message is for the attention of
the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.
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From: P Shaw
Dear Information [DPMC],
The response you have sent is unacceptable.
I stated that I wanted the search term "Build Back Better" and NOT, "build", "back" and "better". As you should be aware, the search term I requested significantly reduces the quantity of the material returned from a search due to the number of letters in that particular sequence. In contrast, the three terms you have used further broadens the search due to the searched material only needing one of these words. It is also clear that I am looking for information with a particular and well used phrase, so I find that your modification of my search term is not in good faith because it will return such a vast quantity of material. The only alteration I included was that the casing of the letters be ignored. So to be clear, this is not a clarification of the original request but rather I am pointing out your error in altering the search term to a term I did not request.
I would anticipate that the term I used will significantly reduce the quantity of material returned from the search. In that case, rejection under section 18(f) of the Act need not apply.
As you have already taken a significant amount of time to respond to this request and you have not yet answered my request, I urge you to do so promptly. Because I am not clarifying my request but rather asserting that my request need not be modified in the manner that you have modified it, need I remind you that you are now not meeting your obligations under the Official Information Act 1982.
Please reply promptly!
Yours sincerely,
P Shaw
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Kia ora koe,
Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.
Ngā mihi,
Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E [1][DPMC request email]
The information contained in this email message is for the attention of
the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.
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From: P Shaw
Dear Sarah Corbett (DPMC),
Thank you for your response and your suggestion. Your suggestion was:
"To assist us in responding
we suggest that the request is refined to include emails and communications held by DPMC that
include the phase “build back better” for the period 1 September 2020 – 1 February 2021."
I will be happy to assist you in the response to this request by accepting your proposed scope of search as mentioned above.
Yours sincerely,
P Shaw
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Kia ora koe,
Please see the attached letter and release document regarding your recent
OIA request.
Ngā mihi,
Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial and Business Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E [1][DPMC request email]
The information contained in this email message is for the attention of
the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.
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I have sent a complaint to the Ombudsman to investigate this request due to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet reinterpreting the search term so that they can reject the request under section 18(f).
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