The Chief Ombudsman is warning Government agencies that those which do not comply with the Official Information Act will face public embarrassment. Photo: ODTFor the first time, Judge Peter Boshier has joined forces with the State Services Commission to release statistics on how the public sector responds to official information requests. The data gives an overview of how many requests each department receives, whether they respond by the deadline, and how many complaints are lodged about them. "They regarded official information work as peripheral, and not work they would put mainstream resources into.'' Southern DHB received 308 requests, met deadline 90.8% of the time.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 31, 2017 19:27 UTC