Infoshare maintenance
Aaron Schiff made this Official Information request to Statistics New Zealand
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From: Aaron Schiff
Dear Statistics New Zealand,
I would like to understand the extent to which Stats NZ’s Infoshare platform is maintained to reduce the chance of extended outages. Specifically I would like to ask:
1. What processes does Stats NZ use to ensure that the underlying software infrastructure and dedicated codebase of Infoshare are kept updated with security patches and any other critical software updates?
2. Approximately how much software developer and/or IT technician person time has been allocated to maintaining the Infoshare software platform and codebase each year for the past five years? To clarify, I am asking about maintenance of the Infoshare platform itself rather than updating timeseries data held in that system.
3. What standards, if any, has Stats NZ set for uptime of Infoshare?
4. What contingency plans does Stats NZ have for making data in Infoshare publicly available in the event of an extended outage of more than one week?
Yours faithfully,
Aaron Schiff
From: Matt Phimmavanh
Statistics New Zealand
Kia ora Aaron
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Statistics New Zealand
Kia ora Aaron
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Ngâ mihi
Matt Phimmavanh (pronouns: he/him)
Senior Advisor – Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive
Kaitohutohu Matua – Tari o Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz | +64 3 964 8779
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