Vice-Chancellor’s Office
24 October 2024
Michael
By email:
[FYI request #28535 email]
Tēnā koe Michael
I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (“Act”) email request of 26 September 2024,
seeking information on the University’s IT services.
You had specifically sought the following information:
• a copy of the Service Level Agreement between IT services and students of Lincoln
University;
• the number of requests made to IT services in years 2019 to 2024;
• the average resolution time of requests made to IT Services in years 2019 to 2024;
and
• all correspondence (emails, Teams, Signal, Whatsapp, etc) between IT services team
members regarding resolution time or level of service.
• copies of all complaints received by IT services.
Service Level Agreement
Such agreement between IT Services and Lincoln University students does not. This part of
your request is therefore refused pursuant to s. 18(e) of the Act.
Number of Requests
Please find below the number of recorded incidents and requests logged in the Service Now
ticketing system for the years you have requested (2024 to the end of September):
Year
IT helpdesk requests
2019
11251
2020
10327
2021
10820
2022
13123
2023
22534
2024 to end September
14795 (to end of September)
This is also presented graphically below:
Resolution Times
Lincoln University is not able to provide IT request resolution times as it does not record
information other than when the ticket was opened and then again when it was closed. This
does not consider working hours and suspend the clock over non-working periods that may
occur for any reason, including awaiting further contact or information from the requestor.
To try an extrapolate further data would be onerous, requiring each IT ticket to be manually
reviewed and given >6,500 tickets raised, amounts to substantial collation and research. This
part of your request is therefore refused pursuant to s. 18(f) of the Act.
All Correspondence within IT
This part of your request is refused pursuant to s. 18(f) of the Act as the requested information
cannot be made available without substantial collation or research.
Copies of Complaints
This part of your request is refused pursuant to s. 9(2)(a) and s.9(2)(ba) of the Act, as
complaints involving third parties are subject to obligations of confidentiality and privacy to
those complainants. It is also refused pursuant to s. 18(f) of the Act, as the requested
information cannot be made available without substantial collation or research
Please note that you are entitled, under the Privacy Act 2020, to request information held by
the university if it involves a complaint made to the university by you.
If you wish to discuss this response, please contact the undersigned.
Please note that you are entitled, under section 28 of the Official Information Act 1982, to have
this response reviewed by the Office of the Ombudsman.
Nāku noa, nā
Tim Lester
General Counsel
Email
: [email address]