List of all briefings provided to your ministers
Jem Traylen made this Official Information request to The Treasury
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From: Jem Traylen
Tena koe e te Rangatira
Dear Secretary,
Please provide a complete list of the briefings that you have provided to your current ministers through to 10 December 2017.
Nga mihi
Jem Traylen
PolicyWorks NZ
From: Liam McCabe [TSY]
The Treasury
Dear Jem
Please find attached a reply relating to your Official Information Act
request.
Regards
Liam
Liam McCabe | Ministerial Advisor | The Treasury
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From: Cheryl Dean [TSY]
The Treasury
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Please find attached a letter advising an extension to your OIA request.
Regards
Cheryl Dean | Team Assistant
The Treasury | Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa
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From: Jem Traylen
Tena koe Cheryl Dean [TSY],
I have carefully considered your extension letter adding up to an additional 30 working days to the current 20 working day deadline. This would make it all but impossible to have timely access to information needed to participate in the democratic processes intended by the OIA Act, such as Budget 2018 (refer Section 4 (a) (i) of the Act).
Having worked extensively in policy ministries myself, I am quite dismayed that it would take you so long to process what I would have thought was quite a straightforward request.
I would have expected that, like other ministries, you maintain an easily searchable ministerial database and it would only take a few minutes to collate a list of briefings provided over the period in question.
Is this not the case?
Please respond urgently or I will have no choice but to complain to the Ombudsman.
Nga mihi,
Jem Traylen
From: Liam McCabe [TSY]
The Treasury
Dear Jem
Thank you for your email. The Minister of Finance has oversight and
responsibility for all Government expenditure. As you will appreciate this
results in an extremely large number of reports being prepared for the
Minister of Finance.
This means when a list of documents is requested not only are there large
number of titles to be considered for release, there are a significant
number of other agencies affected by the release of a title, not to
mention other Ministers' offices to be consulted with.
This does not include the documents prepared for the Minister of State
Owned Enterprises, or the Associate Ministers of Finance. From time to
time we will also prepare documents for other Ministers.
Therefore, this makes the consultation required to complete the request an
extensive and time consuming process. If you were to significantly refine
the scope of your request, it would reduce the amount of time required for
consultation.
Yours sincerely,
Liam McCabe
Liam McCabe | Ministerial Advisor | The Treasury
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From: Jem Traylen
Tena koe Liam McCabe [TSY],
My understanding of correct practice is that you should have asked me to refine the scope of my request in the first instance instead of deciding to notify an extension.
The priority is briefings for the Minister of Finance.
Please also note that my request was only for briefings, not other kinds of documents such as aide memoire.
Nga mihi,
Jem Traylen
From: Liam McCabe [TSY]
The Treasury
Hi Jem
Thank you for your email.
Thank you also for clarifying that your request will focus on briefings sent by Treasury to the Minister of Finance. As I mentioned in my earlier email this request will still result in substantial consultation. We will attempt to compile a response as soon as practicable within the new deadline.
Regards
Liam
Liam McCabe | Ministerial Advisor | The Treasury
[email address]
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b. any use, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
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From: Jem Traylen
Tena koe Liam McCabe [TSY],
Frankly, I am thoroughly disappointed by the approach you have taken. I do not believe that you are complying with the requirements of the OIA and the standard of conduct required by the official State Sector Code of Conduct and will be pursuing the matter with the appropriate authorities.
I hereby refine the scope of my request to matters directly pertaining to Vote:Health and if it saves significant time I am prepared to also limit the time period as well.
Yours faithfully,
Jem Traylen
From: Ministerial Services Inbox [TSY]
The Treasury
Dear Jem
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request.
Kind regards
Cheryl Robb | MAS Team Assistant | The Treasury
Tel: +64 4 917 6101 | [1][email address]
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From: Jem Traylen
Dear Ministerial Services Inbox [TSY],
Thank you for that. I will be requesting items 2,3 and 4
Yours sincerely,
Jem Traylen
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