Cost Overrun and Failed ICT Projects
      
    
Marcus made this Official Information request to Auckland Council
Auckland Council did not have the information requested.
      From: Marcus
      
    
    Dear Auckland Council,
I would like to request any, and all information on ICT projects that have either failed or suffered large cost overruns.
I would also like to request names of the vendors chosen and where possible, the reasoning for why those vendors were awarded contracts over local entities.
Yours faithfully,
Marcus
        Auckland Council
      
    
    Dear Marcus,
Thank you for your request for information about ICT projects.
We are processing your request according to the provisions of the Local
 Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. We will respond to
 your request within 20 working days of receipt of your request.
I have attached an information sheet on our processes and requirements
 under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
If you have further questions please feel free to contact Rebecca Rowsell
 on  [1][email address]  or 09 301 0101, quoting
 reference 8140000432.
    
 Kind regards
 Privacy & LGOIMA Team 
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        Auckland Council
      
    
    Dear Marcus
We have considered your request for information about "ICT projects that
 have either failed or suffered large cost overruns".
We are unable to grant your request in its current form because the
 information requested cannot be clearly identified and in any case would
 be likely to require substantial collation and research.
However, you are welcome to refine your request by:
* Specifying a reasonable time-frame for the request - at present your
 requests does not state the period of time for which the information
 is sought, for example are you seeking data for the last financial
 year?; and/or
* Restricting the scope of the request by focussing on particular search
 terms, projects or people; and/or
* More clearly defining what you mean by "...projects that have either
 failed or suffered large cost overruns...", for example, do you mean
 projects that have run over budget by more than a certain amount?
If you would like to make a refinement please let me know by no later
 than 20 September 2016 and we will reconsider your request. Otherwise it
 is likely that your request will be refused because it has not been
 specified with due particularity (as required by section 10(2) of the
 Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987) or under
 section 17(f) of the Act on the basis that making the information
 available would require substantial collation and research.
Please contact me on 09 301 0101 if you have any further questions or
 would like to discuss ways your request could be refined. Alternatively,
 if you are able to provide me with a contact number I am happy to call you
 to discuss.
Kind regards
Rebecca Rowsell
Privacy and LGOIMA Team
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        Auckland Council
      
    
    Dear Marcus
I refer to my email dated 13 September 2016 (see copy attached) indicating
 that we had considered your request for information about "ICT projects
 that have either failed or suffered large cost overruns" but were unable
 to grant your request in its current form because the information
 requested cannot be clearly identified and in any case would be likely to
 require substantial collation and research. 
I invited you to refine or clarify your request and gave you a deadline of
 20 September 2016 to come back to me with your response.  Unfortunately, I
 have heard nothing further from you and as you have not provided us with a
 contact number I am unable to call you to discuss.
Accordingly, I am writing to confirm that we are unable to respond to your
 request because it has not been specified with due particularity (as
 required by section 10(2) of the Local Government Official Information and
 Meetings Act 1987) and furthermore under section 17(f) of the Act on the
 basis that making the information available would be likely to require
 substantial collation and research.
I am closing your file.  However, should you wish to revisit this issue
 and provide us with a refined request, we would be more happy to
 consider the matter afresh.  It might be useful to discuss options for
 refinement with one of the team.  You can speak to a member of the Privacy
 and LGOIMA Team by contacting us on 09 301 0101 if you have any further
 questions or would like to discuss ways you could submit a
 refined request.
Kind regards
Rebecca Rowsell
Privacy and LGOIMA Team
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      From: Marcus
      
    
    Dear Auckland Council,
Apologies for my lack of a response due to a busy few weeks. I don't have a specific scope at present so understandably, the request can't be carried forward anymore. I appreciate your response regardless.
Yours sincerely,
Marcus
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