Techenical Adivsory Team Decison Making Process
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) for access to documents held by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) concerning the Technical Advisory Team (TAT).
Specifically, I seek access to the following documents:
Policies, procedures, guidelines, or manuals used by the Technical Advisory Team (TAT) in its decision-making processes regarding participant plans, supports, or funding determinations;
Internal decision-making frameworks, charters, terms of reference or process maps that describe the role, authority, and operational processes of the TAT;
Records of standard operating procedures or workflow documents that outline how matters are referred to, considered by, and decided by the TAT;
Any document that sets out criteria, principles, or factors considered by the TAT in providing advice or recommendations to NDIA decision-makers;
If available, any training materials provided to NDIA staff that explain how the TAT process interacts with participant planning and decision-making.
For the avoidance of doubt, I seek documents that were current as at the date of this request as well as those that were in effect in the previous 24 months.
Format:
I request that any documents identified in response to this request be provided in electronic format (PDF preferred).
Scope limitations:
I am not seeking personal information about any individuals, such as names of NDIA employees below SES level or names and details of NDIS participants. Please redact such material if it appears in the documents.
Contact:
Should you require clarification regarding this request or if any part of this request needs to be refined to assist with processing, please contact me at [insert email address or preferred contact details].
I would appreciate an acknowledgment of receipt of this request and confirmation of the statutory timeframe for processing.
Yours sincerely,
Justin Elks
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Freedom of Information Team
Complaints Management & FOI Branch
General Counsel Division
National Disability Insurance Agency
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Emily Lacey left an annotation ()
Hey Justin — I thought these might be of interest to you if you haven’t seen them. These are the TAB related requests I’ve made:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/t...
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/a...
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/a...
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/a...
There’s also some other TAB docs floating around (I’m remembering something about mandatory referrals). They have been very inconsistent with what information they redact vs include, so there might be some things in those that have been kept out of mine — I’ve got them all somewhere so could probably track them down if you’re interested and don’t already have them.
And this request isn’t TAB, but might be up your alley https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/a... it’s also still currently under review by the OAIC here https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/a...