45 Pipitea Street
2 November 2020
Wellington
Phone 0800 25 78 87
dia.govt.nz
Andrew Chen
[FYI request #13922 email]
Tēnā koe Andrew
Your official information request, reference OIA20/21-0212
Thank you for your email of 6 October 2020 requesting the fol owing information under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
In the documents released under the 02 October 2020 Proactive Release, there is
mention of a "Firmware Specification" and a "Hardware Specification" for the
CovidCard (particularly in the Defence Technology Agency's report). I would like to
request these two documents.
The Department of Internal Affairs is withholding these two documents in full under section
9(2)(b)(ii) of the Act, to protect information where making it available would be likely to
unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied the
information.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek an investigation and review of this
decision by the Office of the Ombudsman. The postal address of the Office of the
Ombudsman is PO Box 10152, Wel ington. Alternatively, you can phone 0800 802 602 or
email [email address].
Nāku noa nā
Anita Balakrishnan
Director Ministerial Advice, Monitoring, and Operations
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