12 December 2024
Tēnā koe Miss W Forest
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your email of 20 November 2024, requesting information relating
to relational database schemas.
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
1. Please provide all the relational database schemas that are in currently
use at across MSD.
2. Please provide the current technical design and documentation associated
with the database schemas.
Your request for all relational database schemas and associated is very broad, and
substantial manual col ation would be required to locate and prepare all documents
within scope of your request. As such, I refuse your request under section 18(f) of
the Act. The greater public interest is in the effective and efficient administration
of the public service.
I have considered whether the Ministry would be able to respond to your request
given extra time, or the ability to charge for the information requested. I have
concluded that, in either case, the Ministry’s ability to undertake its work would
still be prejudiced.
I will be publishing this decision letter, with your personal details deleted, on the
Ministry’s website in due course.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
[MSD request email]. If you are not satisfied with my decision on your request regarding relational
database schemas, you have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi nui
pp.
Magnus O’Neill
General Manager
Ministerial and Executive Services
The Aurora Centre, 56 The Terrace, PO Box 1556, Wellington
– Telephone 04-916 3300 – Facsimile 04-918 0099