Policies relating to the handling of OIA requests

Ben made this Official Information request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

The request was partially successful.

From: Ben

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

I am conducting research into the Official Information Act (OIA) policies & practices adopted by government agencies, with a view to identifying best practice approaches.

I therefore request the following information under the OIA:

* Copies of the current policy, procedure, manual or other process document that records the Department's process or processes for handling and deciding requests under the OIA; and
* Any diagram or flowchart of the Department's process or processes (if any have been created);
* Copies of any template response letters that form part of the Department's process or processes (if any have been created).

If you need any more information from me please let me know as soon as possible. For the avoidance of doubt, this request does NOT seek drafts or previous policies.

I understand that a decision on a request for information under the OIA must be made as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days after receipt of the request. I trust that a narrow request such as this can be dealt with relatively quickly.

Yours faithfully,

Ben

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From: Information [DPMC]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Dear Ben

Thank you for your email of 23 June 2017 (copied below). This email is to acknowledge the receipt of your request by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) and to confirm that we are treating your request as a request for information under the Official Information Act 1982.

Kind regards

Ministerial Coordinator
Office of the Chief Executive

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Jason Brown left an annotation ()

The DPMC response includes templates and manuals as requested, dated 28 October 2014.

The template lists all 18 legal provisions for withholding information, but does not appear to give much balancing guidance on why information should be released.

There is also a copy of a general Public Service guide.

However a more detailed "step by step" DPMC manual linked in the documents does not appear to be attached to this response.

A follow up email may have to be sent to get access to the step by step guide.

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