Reference: 20210214
7 July 2021
Alex Harris
[FYI request #15496 email]
Dear Alex
Thank you for your Official Information Act (OIA) request, received on 18 May 2021.
You requested:
* Treasury Circular 2019/10: Budget 2020: Requirements and Timeline for
Budget 2020 Initiatives (24 September 2019)
* Treasury Circular 2019/12: Budget 2020 - Timetable and Technical
Requirements for Agencies (18 December 2019)
You also clarified in a follow up communication that your request included the related
documents to these circulars.
Information being released
Please find enclosed the following documents:
Item Date
Document Description
Decision
1. 18 December 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/12
Release
2. 18 December 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/12 – Budget 2020 Process and
Release
Technical Guide for Agencies
3. 18 December 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/12 – Guidance March Baseline
Release
Update 2020
4. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10
Release
5. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 – Guide to Writing Initiative
Release
Titles and Descriptions
6. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 – Cost Pressure Template
Release
7. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 – New Spending Template
Release
8. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 – Letter Templates
Release
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz
9. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 – Digital, data and ICT
Release
initiatives guidance for Budget 2020
10. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 – Budget 2020 Slides for
Release
Agency Information Session
I have decided to release the documents listed above, subject to direct dial phone
numbers of officials being withheld under section 9(2)(k) of the OIA, to prevent the
disclosure of information for improper gain or improper advantage.
Direct dial phone numbers of officials have been redacted under section 9(2)(k) in
order to reduce the possibility of staff being exposed to phishing and other scams. This
is because information released under the OIA may end up in the public domain, for
example, on websites including Treasury’s website.
Information publicly available
The following information is also covered by your request and is publicly available on
the Treasury website. Accordingly, we propose to refuse the request for this
information under section 18(d) of the Official Information Act, as the information
requested is publicly available.
Item
Date
Document Description
Website Address
11. 18 December 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/12 –
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/pub
Estimates, Supplementary
lications/guide/estimates-
Estimates and their Supporting
supplementary-estimates-
Information: Technical Guide for
technical-guide-departments
Departments
12. 18 December 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/12 –
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/pub
Budget Style Guide for Estimates
lications/guide/budget-style-
and Supplementary Estimates of
guide-estimates-supplementary-
Appropriations and Supporting
estimates
Information
13. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 –
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/site
Budget 2020 Guide for Agencies
s/default/files/2020-08/b20-
guide-for-agencies-24sept19-
4177889.pdf
14. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 –
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/pub
Budget 2020 CBAx User Guidance
lications/guide/cbax-tool-user-
guidance
15. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 –
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/pub
Budget 2020 CBAx Spreadsheet
lications/guide/cbax-
Model
spreadsheet-model-0
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Information being withheld
Item Date
Document Description
Decision
16. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 – Guide to Uploading New
Withhold
Spending Initiatives to CFISnet
17. 24 September 2019
Treasury Circular 2019/10 – Guide to Uploading Cost
Withhold
Pressure Initiatives to CFISnet
The documents listed above contain sensitive information about the Crown’s Financial
Information system. Therefore I have decided to withhold them under section 9(2)(k) of
the Official Information Act to prevent the disclosure or use of official information for
improper gain or improper advantage.
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed
documents may be published on the Treasury website.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
Simon Duncan
Team Leader, Budget Management
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