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Good Morning,

I refer to your request for information, received on 9 April 2018, to Hon Iain Lees-Galloway, Minister of Immigration requesting information regarding a "data modelling programme".

This letter is to notify you that the Minister of Immigration is transferring your request to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
This transfer is occurring because the information you requested is believed by the Minister of Immigration to be held by the Ministry.

In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the Official Information Act to transfer your request.

You will hear further from MBIE concerning your request.

Kind regards,

Office Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
Minister of Immigration |Minister for Workplace Relations & Safety | Minister of ACC
Deputy Leader of the House | MP for Palmerston North
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From: John Hart [mailto:[FOI #7584 email]]
Sent: Monday, 9 April 2018 4:52 PM
To: I Lees-Galloway (MIN) <[Iain Lees-Galloway request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - List of external vendors for pilot data modelling programme

Dear Iain Lees-Galloway,

It has recently been reported a pilot data modelling programme "targetting overstayers by using age, gender, and ethnicity to identify troublemakers" (RNZ) has been operated by Immigration New Zealand for the last 18 months.

Could your office please provide a list of external vendor organisations that have provided design, software or integration services to this project, specifically - but not restricted to - the algorithm used to target specific people, and a brief summary of those organisations' contributions to the project.

Yours faithfully,

John Hart

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Ref: 1718-1454

 

Dear Mr Hart

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 09 April 2018 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

·        Could your office please provide a list of external vendor
organisations that have provided design, software or integration services
to this project, specifically - but not restricted to - the algorithm used
to target specific people, and a  brief summary of those organisations'
contributions to the project.

 

Your request has been transferred to the Ministry from the Minister of
Immigration on 12 April 2018 and is being processed in accordance with the
Official Information Act 1982. A response will be sent to you in due
course. If you have any enquiries regarding your request feel free to
contact us via email [1][email address] or using the contact details
below.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

Alan Witcombe

MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

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Dear Mr Hart

Please find attached the response from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment to your Official Information Act request of 9 April 2018.

Yours sincerely

Elizabeth Cantrick
Senior Advisor
Compliance, Risk and Intelligence Services
Immigration New Zealand

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