Information and reports from CovidCard
Chris Smith made this Official Information request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet did not have the information requested.
      From: Chris Smith
      
    
    Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
I refer to this article dated 17 July 2020, authored by Pattrick Smellie of BusinessDesk
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/16-07-...
In which, it is detailed that "CovidCard" delivered a report to officials about their product and trials.
"The Ministry of Health’s Covid Tracer smartphone app is “almost certain to achieve nothing with regard to slowing the virus,” says a report received in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet more than a month ago from the backers of an alternative tracing technology option known as the CovidCard."
I would like to request a copy of that report.
Additionally, if not documented in that report, I would like to request information held about the CovidCard device as trialed, and proposed specifications of a production model. Specifically, information surrounding its form factor and battery life.
Yours faithfully,
Chris Smith
Yours faithfully,
Chris Smith
        From: Information [DPMC]
        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
      
    
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        From: Information [DPMC]
        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
      
    
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Kia ora Chris
 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which
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Ngā mihi
 
Ministerial Coordinator
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        From: Information [DPMC]
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    [UNCLASSIFIED]
 
Kia ora Chris Smith
 
Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.
 
Ngā mihi
 
Ministerial Coordinator
 Ministerial Services
 Strategy, Governance and Engagement
 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  
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 the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
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 are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
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