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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora Chris

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which
was received on 17 July 2020, copied below. A response will be provided in
accordance with the Act (please see the Office of the Ombudsman Website
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Ngā mihi

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Smith <[FOI #13342 email]>
Sent: Friday, 17 July 2020 1:56 pm
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Information and reports from
CovidCard

 

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

 

I refer to this article dated 17 July 2020, authored by Pattrick Smellie
of BusinessDesk

 

[4]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

 

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Kia ora Chris Smith

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
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