NDIS - National Security Clearance Waivers: Applications and Granted

Gladys made this Freedom of Information request to National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

How many National Security Clearance Waivers have been requested by the NDIA since establishment?
How many have been granted in that time?
How many people in the NDIA right now have a national security clearance waiver, as opposed to an actual national security clearance/vetting result?

Yours faithfully,

Gladys

foi, National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear Gladys

 

Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement

Thank you for your request of 3 February 2022, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of documents held by the
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

 

Scope of your request

You have requested access to the following documents:

 

“How many National Security Clearance Waivers have been requested by the
NDIA since establishment?

How many have been granted in that time?

How many people in the NDIA right now have a national security clearance
waiver, as opposed to an actual national security clearance/vetting
result?”

 

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and contact details of NDIA staff being excluded from the scope of your
request (that is, the information will be treated as irrelevant).

 

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Freedom of Information Officer

Parliamentary, Ministerial and FOI Branch

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National Disability Insurance Agency

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Dear Gladys

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

Please find attached correspondence and documents in relation to your
request. If you require these in a different format, please let us know.

 

Please contact us at [1][NDIA request email] if you have any questions or
require help.

 

Thank you.

 

Kind regards

 

Freedom of Information Officer

Parliamentary, Ministerial and FOI Branch

Government Division

National Disability Insurance Agency

E: [2][NDIA request email]

[3]Title: NDIS delivered by the National Disability Insurance Agency

 

The NDIA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout
Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We
pay our respects to them and their cultures and to Elders past, present
and emerging. 

 

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