Information gathered during review of proactive publication of Cabinet Papers
Andrew Ecclestone made this Official Information request to Public Service Commission
The request was partially successful.
From: Andrew Ecclestone
Dear State Services Commission,
In your response to this OIA request (https://fyi.org.nz/request/11989-review-...), you stated that:
"The SSC engaged with agencies on the proactive release of Cabinet material policy between August and October 2019.
A sector wide forum in August 2019 was followed by smaller group and one-on-one sessions with the agencies that produce the majority of Cabinet papers (those that lodged 10 or more papers between the implementation of the policy on 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2019).
This information was supplemented by information estimating the number of papers released, and information on the number of papers lodged, provided by the Cabinet Office."
Request 1: Please provide a list of all the agencies the SSC (a) contacted and (b) 'engaged with' on the proactive release of Cabinet material policy between August and October 2019.
Request 2: Please provide a copy of all meeting notes made (a) at the sector wide forum in August 2019, (b) the smaller group meeting(s), and (c) the one-on-one meetings.
Request 3: Please also provide any emails received from agencies (including those relating to SSC's own performance) and their attachments that provided information used in assessing the effectiveness and impact of the policy. For any that are withheld, please provide the name of the agency, and the date(s) of the communications in question, and a description of the information withheld.
Request 4: Please also provide the estimate of number of papers released and any information held relating to the methodology for producing this estimate.
SSC's response to my earlier response referred me to some slides shown to attendees at the Official Information Forum of August 2019 (https://ssc.govt.nz/assets/SSC-Site-Asse...). On slide 5, it is stated that the objectives of the policy included "To establish a process for the proactive release of more government information (to increase its availability, enable more effective public participation and promote the accountability of Ministers and officials)"
Request 5: Please provide the information held that relates to how SSC would assess whether proactive disclosure had succeeded in enabling 'more effective public participation', and the information gathered in that context.
Request 6: Please provide all information held that relates to seeking information from people outside government departments and Ministers' offices on the effectiveness of the policy of proactive release of Cabinet material.
Pursuant to section 16 of the OIA, my preferred method of receiving this information is as electronic attachments to an email sent to the address from which the Commission received this request. Also pursuant to section 16 of the OIA I request that the attachments are provided in the original file format in which they were created, and not as image-only (rasterised) PDF documents, and that they are not watermarked with ‘Released under the OIA’ or similar text, as the law does not require the Commission to do this.
Under section 19(a)(ii), if the Commission decides to withhold any of the requested information I have requested, I further request that it provides me with the grounds in support of any reasons for withholding that it has asserted. I also ask that it list each of the public interest factors favouring disclosure that it has considered when making its decision.
I look forward to hearing from the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable.
Kind regards,
Andrew Ecclestone
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Ecclestone <[FOI #12203 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2020 12:58 AM
To: SSC Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Information gathered during review
of proactive publication of Cabinet Papers
Dear State Services Commission,
In your response to this OIA request
([8]https://fyi.org.nz/request/11989-review-...),
you stated that:
"The SSC engaged with agencies on the proactive release of Cabinet
material policy between August and October 2019.
A sector wide forum in August 2019 was followed by smaller group and
one-on-one sessions with the agencies that produce the majority of Cabinet
papers (those that lodged 10 or more papers between the implementation of
the policy on 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2019).
This information was supplemented by information estimating the number of
papers released, and information on the number of papers lodged, provided
by the Cabinet Office."
Request 1: Please provide a list of all the agencies the SSC (a) contacted
and (b) 'engaged with' on the proactive release of Cabinet material policy
between August and October 2019.
Request 2: Please provide a copy of all meeting notes made (a) at the
sector wide forum in August 2019, (b) the smaller group meeting(s), and
(c) the one-on-one meetings.
Request 3: Please also provide any emails received from agencies
(including those relating to SSC's own performance) and their attachments
that provided information used in assessing the effectiveness and impact
of the policy. For any that are withheld, please provide the name of the
agency, and the date(s) of the communications in question, and a
description of the information withheld.
Request 4: Please also provide the estimate of number of papers released
and any information held relating to the methodology for producing this
estimate.
SSC's response to my earlier response referred me to some slides shown to
attendees at the Official Information Forum of August 2019
([9]https://ssc.govt.nz/assets/SSC-Site-Asse...).
On slide 5, it is stated that the objectives of the policy included "To
establish a process for the proactive release of more government
information (to increase its availability, enable more effective public
participation and promote the accountability of Ministers and officials)"
Request 5: Please provide the information held that relates to how SSC
would assess whether proactive disclosure had succeeded in enabling 'more
effective public participation', and the information gathered in that
context.
Request 6: Please provide all information held that relates to seeking
information from people outside government departments and Ministers'
offices on the effectiveness of the policy of proactive release of Cabinet
material.
Pursuant to section 16 of the OIA, my preferred method of receiving this
information is as electronic attachments to an email sent to the address
from which the Commission received this request. Also pursuant to section
16 of the OIA I request that the attachments are provided in the original
file format in which they were created, and not as image-only (rasterised)
PDF documents, and that they are not watermarked with ‘Released under the
OIA’ or similar text, as the law does not require the Commission to do
this.
Under section 19(a)(ii), if the Commission decides to withhold any of the
requested information I have requested, I further request that it provides
me with the grounds in support of any reasons for withholding that it has
asserted. I also ask that it list each of the public interest factors
favouring disclosure that it has considered when making its decision.
I look forward to hearing from the Commission as soon as reasonably
practicable.
Kind regards,
Andrew Ecclestone
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Dear Mr Ecclestone
Please find attached our response to your OIA below.
Kind regards
SSC Enquiries
email: [1][email address]
Te Kawa Mataaho | State Services [4][IMG][5][IMG][6][IMG] [7][IMG]
Commission
[2]www.ssc.govt.nz | [3]www.govt.nz
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Ecclestone <[FOI #12203 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2020 12:58 AM
To: SSC Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Information gathered during review
of proactive publication of Cabinet Papers
Dear State Services Commission,
In your response to this OIA request
([8]https://fyi.org.nz/request/11989-review-...),
you stated that:
"The SSC engaged with agencies on the proactive release of Cabinet
material policy between August and October 2019.
A sector wide forum in August 2019 was followed by smaller group and
one-on-one sessions with the agencies that produce the majority of Cabinet
papers (those that lodged 10 or more papers between the implementation of
the policy on 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2019).
This information was supplemented by information estimating the number of
papers released, and information on the number of papers lodged, provided
by the Cabinet Office."
Request 1: Please provide a list of all the agencies the SSC (a) contacted
and (b) 'engaged with' on the proactive release of Cabinet material policy
between August and October 2019.
Request 2: Please provide a copy of all meeting notes made (a) at the
sector wide forum in August 2019, (b) the smaller group meeting(s), and
(c) the one-on-one meetings.
Request 3: Please also provide any emails received from agencies
(including those relating to SSC's own performance) and their attachments
that provided information used in assessing the effectiveness and impact
of the policy. For any that are withheld, please provide the name of the
agency, and the date(s) of the communications in question, and a
description of the information withheld.
Request 4: Please also provide the estimate of number of papers released
and any information held relating to the methodology for producing this
estimate.
SSC's response to my earlier response referred me to some slides shown to
attendees at the Official Information Forum of August 2019
([9]https://ssc.govt.nz/assets/SSC-Site-Asse...).
On slide 5, it is stated that the objectives of the policy included "To
establish a process for the proactive release of more government
information (to increase its availability, enable more effective public
participation and promote the accountability of Ministers and officials)"
Request 5: Please provide the information held that relates to how SSC
would assess whether proactive disclosure had succeeded in enabling 'more
effective public participation', and the information gathered in that
context.
Request 6: Please provide all information held that relates to seeking
information from people outside government departments and Ministers'
offices on the effectiveness of the policy of proactive release of Cabinet
material.
Pursuant to section 16 of the OIA, my preferred method of receiving this
information is as electronic attachments to an email sent to the address
from which the Commission received this request. Also pursuant to section
16 of the OIA I request that the attachments are provided in the original
file format in which they were created, and not as image-only (rasterised)
PDF documents, and that they are not watermarked with ‘Released under the
OIA’ or similar text, as the law does not require the Commission to do
this.
Under section 19(a)(ii), if the Commission decides to withhold any of the
requested information I have requested, I further request that it provides
me with the grounds in support of any reasons for withholding that it has
asserted. I also ask that it list each of the public interest factors
favouring disclosure that it has considered when making its decision.
I look forward to hearing from the Commission as soon as reasonably
practicable.
Kind regards,
Andrew Ecclestone
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I see the State Services Commission has ignored this part of your request:
"Also pursuant to section 16 of the OIA I request that the attachments are provided in the original file format in which they were created, and not as image-only (rasterised) PDF documents, and that they are not watermarked with ‘Released under the OIA’ or similar text, as the law does not require the Commission to do this."
As you know, section 16(3) of the OIA requires that any agency must provide a good reason when they decide to not provide information in the format preferred by the requester. The SSC has not done this.
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