45 Pipitea St
PO Box 805
25 June 2024
Wel ington 6140
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Fax +64 4 495 7222
Dave Watson
Websit
e dia.govt.nz
[FYI request #26791 email]
Tēnā koe Dave,
Official Information Act 1982 request, reference OIA2324-0969
Thank you for your email of 14 May 2024 to Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal
Affairs requesting the fol owing under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I wish to better understand NZ Government use of cloud services and the uptake of
such services through GCDO negotiated agreements.
Please provide any "cloud plans" that were shared with the GCDO in the past 3 years.
Agencies are required to have such plans for cloud adoption per digital.govt.nz
Please provide any security, risk or privacy assessments of any NZ or international cloud
service providers that DIA or relevant government organisations have undertaken
(directly or indirectly through vendors) in the past 3 years including any reports into the
integrity or suitability of these providers, detailing any concerns wrt. security, risk or
privacy of NZ government use of these services. This should include all correspondence
with these cloud service providers relating to assessments of audits of their services
and mitigation of any related risks or issues relating to the providers service.
Can GCDO provide any insight into the success or failure of cloud adoption projects by
government organisations in the past three years including any advise shared directly
with individual organisations on adherence to the government 'cloud first’ policy.
Please provide a list showing services and the government organisation that adopted
them
On 27 May 2024, you agreed to refine the third part of your request to:
A high-level summary of known obstacles to system level cloud adoption and a system
level view of % of agency systems that are cloud enabled.
On 14 June 2024, you advised that you only required the last three cloud plans and
associated information.
The timeframe to respond to your request has been extended by 20 working days to 24 July
2024, under sections 15A(1)(b) of the Act, as consultations necessary to make a decision on
the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made
within the original time limit.
I wil endeavour to respond to your request before this extended due date.
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Access to the Ombudsman
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek an investigation and review of my
decision by the Office of the Ombudsman. The postal address of the Office of the
Ombudsman is PO Box 10152, Wel ington. Alternatively, you can phone 0800 802 602 or
email [email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Jeremy Cauchi
Director Ministerial, Monitoring, and Capability
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