OIA Extensions
BAW Russell made this Official Information request to Department of Corrections
The request was partially successful.
From: BAW Russell
Dear Department of Corrections,
I am interested in how you manage extensions of time for OIA responses. For the last five calendar years (including the current calendar year) can you please provide me with a list of OIA requests where you sought an extension. For each request please provide:
* the date the request was received
* the original (i.e. 20 working day) date the request was due
* the date an extension was sought
* the reason for the extension
* the length of the extension
* the new due date
* the date the final response was provided
* whether any information was withheld in the response, and if so under what ground/s of the OIA.
Please provide all data in an accessible spreadsheet format, such as XLSX.
Yours faithfully,
BAW Russell
From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Hello,
Thank you for your email of 1 June 2018, requesting information relating
to the management of Official Information Act extensions by the Department
of Corrections.
Your request will be considered under the Official Information Act 1982.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa
Mayfair House | 44-52 The Terrace | Private Box 1206 | Wellington
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From: Info@Corrections
Department of Corrections
Good afternoon
Please find attached correspondence from the Department of Corrections -
C96743.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Services
Department of Corrections Ara Poutama Aotearoa
Mayfair House | 44-52 The Terrace | Private Box 1206 | Wellington
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
Since Corrections unfortunately chose to use an inaccessible format for their response letter, it's not possible to click on the URL they provide for where they have promised to publish the requested information. I've typed it out by hand for others' convenience: http://corrections.govt.nz/resources/off...
Also, I recently made a similar request to Corrections about how they handled OIA requests within Q3-4 of 2017, which includes information about OIA extensions. That information can be found here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/7622-oia-resp...
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