Data Science Vendors - MBIE
Andrew Chen made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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From: Andrew Chen
Kia ora,
I would like to make a request for a list of vendors that have provided data science services to MBIE in the last three years.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen
From: Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: 2021-1438
Dear Andrew,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 04 February 2021 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
“I would like to make a request for a list of vendors that have provided
data science services to MBIE in the last three years”
Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.
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If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [2][MBIE request email].
Nâku noa, nâ
MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
NZBN 9429000106078
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From: Jon Little
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Hello Andrew
I’m writing in relation to your OIA request received 4 February 2021 for:
“a list of vendors that have provided data science services to MBIE in the
last three years.”
Our systems do not allow us to pull the information you have requested
without substantial collation and research. Are you able to further
clarify your request?
In particular, it would be useful to know what exactly you mean by “data
science services”. This would allow us to see if it aligns with one of the
codes we use to organize our finance systems. Also, if there are certain
vendors who you are interested in, please let us know.
Please feel free to get in touch to discuss further.
Sincerely
Jon Little
SENIOR MINISTERIAL WRITER
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
[1][email address]
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Andrew Chen
Dear Jon Little,
Thank you for following up. Without being too prescriptive, I am referring to vendors that are conducting data cleaning, analysing data held by MBIE, building mathematical models, and/or developing algorithms for analytical or operational use, including through the use of statistical methods or machine learning. However, I would not want this to narrow the scope too much and vendors of associated services should be included. I'm not looking to create a lot more work for you and your team, so any finance codes that relate to consulting or contracting that has to do with data would be appropriate.
I don't know of the vendors that currently provide services, hence why I need to get a list of the vendors first before I can identify which I need to request more information about.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen
From: Jon Little
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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Hello
Please see the attached letter regarding your OIA request (Ref: DOIA
2021-1438).
Sincerely
Jon Little
SENIOR MINISTERIAL WRITER
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
[1][email address]
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Jon Little
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Hello Andrew
In our consultations on your OIA request an individual has asked to know
who made the request. As your name is attached to the request via FYI, I
thought you wouldn’t have any issue with us providing your name, but I
wanted to double-check with you first. Are you happy with us releasing
your name to the consultees?
Also, our information indicates that you may have provided data science
related services to MBIE. Would you like your name included in our
response to you?
Thanks
Jon Little
SENIOR MINISTERIAL WRITER
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
[1][email address]
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Andrew Chen
Dear Jon Little,
Yes, I'm happy for my name to be released, and happy to be listed in the OIA response as well. My request is through FYI so all of the information is publicly available.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen
From: Jon Little
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Hello Andrew
Please find the attached response to your OIA request (DOIA 2021-1438).
Sincerely
Jon Little
SENIOR MINISTERIAL WRITER
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
[1][email address]
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
[2]cid:image001.png@01D5FDFB.FA9ADF50
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From: Andrew Chen
Dear MBIE,
Thank you for your response. I appreciate that my query was harder the answer than I had anticipated, as I had not realised that the finance systems were not set up in a way to make it easy to answer the query. I'm satisfied with the list that you have provided so far - I expect that there are others that may not appear on this list given the size and scope of MBIE, but I don't want to take up more of your time on this query. There is no need to do a search for the previous two financial years, as this gives me a good indication of which entities are being contracted by MBIE. Thank you for the time and effort in responding to this OIA request.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen
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