Switch to new payroll system
Julie Fairey made this Official Information request to Ministry of Education
The request was successful.
From: Julie Fairey
Dear Ministry of Education,
Please provide information on the decision to bring forward the implementation date of shifting the Ministry's payroll to Novopay, from Datacom.
Specifically I would like to know who made the decision, whether it went to the Minister or Cabinet, what advice was given by officials regarding the implementation, and what were the reasons given for making the decision to bring the date forward.
I would also like to know what advice the Ministry received from Treasury, Novopay, Datacom and the working group looking at switching systems, in regard to the appropriate timeframe to execute the new payroll system, in particular anything which indicated a recommended date for implementation.
Yours faithfully,
Julie Fairey
From: Angela Morris
Dear Ms Fairley
Please see the attached letter which acknowledges your OIA request. Could
you please provide a contact telephone number so that an advisor can
contact you to discuss your request in more detail?
Kind regards
Angela
Angela Morris | EA to Frances Kelly, Group Manager – Schooling Policy
Ministry of Education | Schooling | Level 2 St Paul's Square 45-47
Pipitea St | * PO Box 1666 Wellington 6011
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-----Original Message-----
From: Communications Mailbox
Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 1:32 p.m.
To: Ministerial Requests
Cc: Karl Ferguson
Subject: FW: Official Information Act request - Switch to new payroll
system
Hi Ministerials
Please see attached OIA request re Novopay.
Please forward to the team and ask them to acknowledge receipt.
Karl, FYI
Many thanks
Dee
-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Fairey
[[3]mailto:[OIA #409 email]]
Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 10:13 a.m.
To: Communications Mailbox
Subject: Official Information Act request - Switch to new payroll system
Dear Ministry of Education,
Please provide information on the decision to bring forward the
implementation date of shifting the Ministry's payroll to Novopay,
from Datacom.
Specifically I would like to know who made the decision, whether it
went to the Minister or Cabinet, what advice was given by officials
regarding the implementation, and what were the reasons given for
making the decision to bring the date forward.
I would also like to know what advice the Ministry received from
Treasury, Novopay, Datacom and the working group looking at
switching systems, in regard to the appropriate timeframe to
execute the new payroll system, in particular anything which
indicated a recommended date for implementation.
Yours faithfully,
Julie Fairey
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From: Alison Anderson
Dear Ms Fairley
Could you please provide a contact telephone number so that I can contact
you to discuss your request in more detail?
We do not understand your request clearly enough to respond to it as it
stands. As this affects your access to the information you want, we are
trying to contact you so we can get clarification from you. Once we have
that we can start on our response.
Kind regards
Alison Anderson, Senior Policy Analyst, Schooling Policy, Ministry of
Education
DDI: 04 463 7546 [1]www.minedu.govt.nz
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From: Angela Morris
Sent: Monday, 6 August 2012 10:58 a.m.
To: Alison Anderson
Subject: FW: Official Information Act request - Switch to new payroll
system
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From: Angela Morris
Sent: Friday, 3 August 2012 4:46 p.m.
To: '[OIA #409 email]'
Subject: RE: Official Information Act request - Switch to new payroll
system
Dear Ms Fairley
Please see the attached letter which acknowledges your OIA request. Could
you please provide a contact telephone number so that an advisor can
contact you to discuss your request in more detail?
Kind regards
Angela
Angela Morris | EA to Frances Kelly, Group Manager – Schooling Policy
Ministry of Education | Schooling | Level 2 St Paul's Square 45-47
Pipitea St | * PO Box 1666 Wellington 6011
| ( 463 7768 (x47768) | e [2][email address] | w
[3]www.minedu.govt.nz
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-----Original Message-----
From: Communications Mailbox
Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 1:32 p.m.
To: Ministerial Requests
Cc: Karl Ferguson
Subject: FW: Official Information Act request - Switch to new payroll
system
Hi Ministerials
Please see attached OIA request re Novopay.
Please forward to the team and ask them to acknowledge receipt.
Karl, FYI
Many thanks
Dee
-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Fairey
[[4]mailto:[OIA #409 email]]
Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 10:13 a.m.
To: Communications Mailbox
Subject: Official Information Act request - Switch to new payroll system
Dear Ministry of Education,
Please provide information on the decision to bring forward the
implementation date of shifting the Ministry's payroll to Novopay,
from Datacom.
Specifically I would like to know who made the decision, whether it
went to the Minister or Cabinet, what advice was given by officials
regarding the implementation, and what were the reasons given for
making the decision to bring the date forward.
I would also like to know what advice the Ministry received from
Treasury, Novopay, Datacom and the working group looking at
switching systems, in regard to the appropriate timeframe to
execute the new payroll system, in particular anything which
indicated a recommended date for implementation.
Yours faithfully,
Julie Fairey
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From: Julie Fairey
Dear Alison Anderson,
Thank you Alison, I acknowledge receipt and will call you early next week on your DDI.
Yours sincerely,
Julie Fairey
From: Alison Anderson
I am out of the office on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 August. I'll respond to your email when I return, or if you have an urgent query, you can contact my manager Pauline Nesdale on (04) 463 7527.
Thanks
Alison
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From: Alison Anderson
Dear Julie Fairey
As discussed in our phone conversation of 13 August 2012, you have
clarified your request for information of 30 July 2012 as follows:
You have agreed that the wording in your request, “I would also like to
know what advice the Ministry received from Treasury, Novopay, Datacom and
the working group…”, should be replaced by, “I would also like to know
what advice the Ministry received from Treasury, Talent2, Datacom and the
Payroll Reference Group…”.
You also clarified that you are only seeking information generated within
the past 12 months.
We are proceeding with our response to your request on this basis. Please
do not hesitate to contact me if there is any further clarification you
wish to make.
Regards
Alison Anderson
Ministry of Education
Alison Anderson, Senior Policy Analyst, Schooling Policy, Ministry of
Education
DDI: 04 463 7546 [1]www.minedu.govt.nz
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From: Alison Anderson
Dear Julie Fairey
Please see the attached letter regarding your OIA request
Kind regards
Alison Anderson
Ministry of Education
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From: Alison Anderson
Please find enclosed a response to your OIA request.
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From: Julie Fairey
Dear Ministry of Education,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Education's handling of my FOI request 'Switch to new payroll system'.
The answer I received appears to be inconsistent with this media report:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/teacher-...
Please clarify.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://fyi.org.nz/request/switch_to_new_...
Yours faithfully,
Julie Fairey
From: Julie Fairey
Dear Alison Anderson,
It has now been one week since I requested an internal review of this and I have not had a response. Can you please reply with confirmation of receipt of the request for an internal review and a timeframe for final response.
Yours sincerely,
Julie Fairey
From: Julie Fairey
Dear Alison Anderson,
It has now been almost one month since I requested an internal review of this OIA request, as a result of media stories which conflicted with the information supplied. I have not even had an acknowledgement of this request. If I do not hear further on the progress of the internal review by 19th December I will refer this to the Ombudsman.
Yours sincerely,
Julie Fairey
From: Leanne Gibson
Please find attached the response to your email of 19 November.
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The MOE has assured me in their most recent response that the media reports are incorrect and that implementation of Novopay was pushed back rather than brought forward.
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