Dave Lane
Joined FYI in 2014
I am currently the president of the New Zealand Open Source Society - http://nzoss.org.nz, a registered charity in NZ with the aim of providing educating the people of NZ about the value of Free and Open Source Software and the socio-political environment in which it thrives. Please note, my role is voluntary (unpaid).
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This person's 22 Official Information requests
'Big Tech' select agreements for NZ Schools
Response by Ministry of Education to Dave Lane on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Dave
Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act
request.
Ngā mihi
Official and Parliamentary Inf...
Rationale for funding Google & Microsoft software for public schools in New Zealand
Response by Ministry of Education to Dave Lane on .
Partially successful.
Kia ora Dave
Please find the response to your request of 17 August 2023 attached.
Ngā mihi
Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te M...
Informed consent for proprietary software used at NZ public schools?
Response by Ministry of Education to Dave Lane on .
Successful.
Dear Dave
Please see attached your OIA Response
Thanks
Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | TW
33 Bowen St, Wel...
Use of gratis and paid Facebook Corporation services by NZ gov't entities
Partially successful.
Requester advised to seek the information they were requesting from each agency.
Internal Affairs provided a breakdown of their use of Facebook & asso...
Documentation related to decision to offer NZ students "free" Microsoft Office 365 licenses
Response by Ministry of Education to Dave Lane on .
Partially successful.
Dear Dave
Please see attached your OIA response 1177785
Thanks
Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | TW
33 Bowen...
Role responsible for Microsoft Office 365 free licenses
Response by Ministry of Education to Dave Lane on .
Successful.
Dear Dave
Please see attached your OIA response 1176023
Thanks
Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | TW
33 B...
Role responsible for Microsoft Office 365 free licenses
Response by Department of Internal Affairs to Dave Lane on .
Long overdue.
Kia ora Dave
Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email).
As the information you have requested...
What services is the NZ government getting from the Facebook Corporation
Partially successful.
I did not receive sufficient details on the ways in which the SSC was using Facebook's pro bono (no cost) services, which I also requested.This is disa...
MBIE expenditure on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Response by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to Dave Lane on .
Partially successful.
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Dave Lane,
Please find attached a letter regarding your OIA request.
Kind regards,
Executive Services...
How much did MFAT spend on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement?
Follow up sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Dave Lane on .
Long overdue.
I'm keen to receive the information I requested under formal OIA, and which you are legally bound to provide.
Sincerely,
Dave Lane
Full record of NZ gov't spending related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Partially successful.
I don't believe that the Minister's response answers my query. He simply points me to publicly available information at https://www.dia.govt.nz/About-u...
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Response by Victoria University of Wellington to Dave Lane on .
Successful.
Please find attached Victoria's response to your Official Information Act
request.
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Response by Lincoln University to Dave Lane on .
Refused.
Dear Dave,
The University’s response to your two requests under the Official
Information Act 1982 follows. A pdf of the response is also attach...
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Response by Lincoln University to Dave Lane on .
Successful.
Dear Dave,
The University’s response to your two requests under the Official
Information Act 1982 follows. A pdf of the response is also attach...
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Response by University of Waikato to Dave Lane on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Lane and Mr Jones,
The attached response refers.
Agnes Betschart
Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Executive)
University of Wa...
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Response by Massey University to Dave Lane on .
Successful.
For attention of Dave Lane
I am responding on behalf of Massey University to your request dated 28^th
November 2014 for information under the Of...
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Clarification sent to University of Otago by Dave Lane on .
Refused.
Apologies for the previous request in response to the request for a breakdown of expenditure by vendor and in aggregate over the past 5 years. I onl...
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Response by University of Otago to Dave Lane on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Lane,
The total expenditure for proprietary software licenses and subscription fees over the past 5 years broken down by year totals is:
201...
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Response by University of Canterbury to Dave Lane on .
Partially successful.
Dear Dave,
Please find attached response to your recent OIA requests.
Please note that this is one single response to both of your requests...
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Response by University of Auckland to Dave Lane on .
Long overdue.
[1]University of Auckland
Thank you for your enquiry. Our business hours are Monday to Friday 8am to
5pm. We aim to respond to your enquiry within t...
Expenditure on proprietary software vendors across University
Request sent to Auckland University of Technology by Dave Lane on .
Long overdue.
I would like to have an account of total expenditure for proprietary software (end user and client access) licenses and subscription fees (e.g. for...
Expenditure on proprietary software licenses across University
Request sent to University of Canterbury by Dave Lane on .
Successful.
I would like to have an account of total expenditure for proprietary software (end user and client access) licenses and subscription fees (e.g. for...
This person's 6 annotations
Rationale for funding Google & Microsoft software for public schools in New Zealand
Partially successful.
Apologies for my misnumbering (missed out 8).
What services is the NZ government getting from the Facebook Corporation
Partially successful.
I did not receive sufficient details on the ways in which the SSC was using Facebook's pro bono (no cost) services, which I also requested.This is disa...
What services is the NZ government getting from the Facebook Corporation
Partially successful.
Apologies - I referred to "the Facebook" in my message because I had originally called "the Facebook Corporation" but subsequently removed Corporation,...
Full record of NZ gov't spending related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Partially successful.
I don't believe that the Minister's response answers my query. He simply points me to publicly available information at https://www.dia.govt.nz/About-u...
Money spent on software licencing
Long overdue.
Did you receive a response? It'd be great if you could post it here as there are others interested in similar information.
Money spent on software licencing
Long overdue.
We, too, would like this information about software licensing expenditure by the University. We note that the previous request is now a couple of years...
