Expenditure on management consultants for RBNZ CBDC campaign
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From: J Bruning
Dear Reserve Bank of New Zealand,
Please advise names of all consultancy firms who have provided advice/information/strategy direction to staff and the governing Board, and produced content including white papers, online content and press releases to establish and support the CBDC campaign from conception through to the current date: '‘We're progressing our digital cash work through 4 stages. We're currently in stage 2.’
Please advise expenditure per year on consultancy firms including Accenture who have provided advice/information/strategy direction and produced content including white papers, online content and press releases to establish and support the CBDC campaign from conception through to current date.
Thank you
Sincerely
Jodie Bruning.
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Kia ora
We’ve received your official information request.
On 18/09/2024 you sent us a request for the following official
information:
Please advise names of all consultancy firms who have provided
advice/information/strategy direction to staff and the governing Board,
and produced content including white papers, online content and press
releases to establish and support the CBDC campaign from conception
through to the current date: '‘We're progressing our digital cash work
through 4 stages. We're currently in stage 2.’
Please advise expenditure per year on consultancy firms including
Accenture who have provided advice/information/strategy direction and
produced content including white papers, online content and press releases
to establish and support the CBDC campaign from conception through to
current date.
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Ngā manaakitanga
Government and Industry Relations Team
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
– Te Pūtea Matua
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Good afternoon Jodie,
Please see the attached the response from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
– Te Pūtea Matua to your Official Information Act request.
Many thanks,
James
Government and Industry Relations Team
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
– Te Pūtea Matua
2 The Terrace, Wellington
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Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2024 1:59 pm
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Subject: Acknowledgement of OIA request
Kia ora
We’ve received your official information request.
On 18/09/2024 you sent us a request for the following official
information:
Please advise names of all consultancy firms who have provided
advice/information/strategy direction to staff and the governing Board,
and produced content including white papers, online content and press
releases to establish and support the CBDC campaign from conception
through to the current date: '‘We're progressing our digital cash work
through 4 stages. We're currently in stage 2.’
Please advise expenditure per year on consultancy firms including
Accenture who have provided advice/information/strategy direction and
produced content including white papers, online content and press releases
to establish and support the CBDC campaign from conception through to
current date.
What happens next?
We expect to have a response to you within 20 working days of your
original request. Some responses require more time, and we’ll be in touch
with you if we need to extend the timeframe.
Is there a cost?
We usually provide official information to requestors for free. However,
when a request is particularly complex or requires our staff to spend a
lot of time collating information, we may need to pass on some of that
cost. This is provided for under the Official Information Act (see the
Ombudsman’s [7]Guide to Charging).
If your request falls into this category, we’ll be in touch with you to
discuss how you might be able to refine your request to avoid, or
minimise, any costs to you.
What happens to the information you ask for?
Responses to official information requests are published on the Reserve
Bank’s website after they have been sent to the requestor. We do this as
part of Open Government – because all public sector agencies have a
responsibility to be open and transparent about what they’re doing and the
decisions they’re making.
More information
You can find more information on our website:
[8]www.rbnz.govt.nz/research-and-publications/official-information-requests.
Ngā manaakitanga
Government and Industry Relations Team
Reserve Bank of New
Zealand – Te Pūtea
Matua
2 The Terrace,
Wellington 6011. PO Box [10][IMG] [11][IMG] [12][IMG] [13][IMG] [14][IMG]
2498, Wellington 6140
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