11 July 2024
45 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wel ington 6011
PO Box 805, Wel ington 6140
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Joe
Fax +64 4 382 3589
[FYI request #27127 email]
Email [email address]
Website www.dia.govt.nz
Tēnā koe Joe
Your Official Information Act request OIA2425-0001
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, which we received on 1 July 2024.
You have asked:
I request documents, reports, advice, or any other information, that describe the
Department of Internal Affairs': understanding of:
(a) the meaning of "email redirection",
(b) when "email redirection" is to be implemented as part of a communication plan,
(c) how "email redirection" is to be implemented,
Please specify whether the "email redirection" should:
(a) occur during transit, that is the email is redirected to an unintended person at an
email server and before reaching the intended recipient, or
(b) occur after the intended recipient received the email, which requires either the
intended recipient to open and forward the email manual y, or the intended
recipient sets up a rule so that the email is forwarded to a person that they
designated.
The Department of Internal Affairs is refusing your request under s18(e) as the requested
information does not exist or could not be found despite reasonable search. The
Department does not have any official definition for email redirection, or any policies,
business rules, guidance or instructions regarding when or how email redirection is to be
implemented as part of a communications plan.
We intend to publish our response to your request on www.dia.govt.nz. The letter, with your
personal details removed, wil be published in its entirety. Publishing responses increases
the availability of information to the public and is consistent with the Act’s purpose of
enabling more effective participation in the making and administration of laws and policies
and promoting the accountability of Ministers and officials.
If you have any feedback or questions about the Department’s response, please let us know
at [email address]
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Melanie Carpinter
General Manager Communications
Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs
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