In New Zealand information held by any independent contractor providing services to a government agency is deemed to be held by that agency, and is therefore subject to the freedom of information law. That would usually require that the total value of each subcontract should be disclosed.
Regards John Edwards Barrister and Solicitor PO Box 11 290 Wellington NEW ZEALAND ph +64 4 802 4164 fax +64 4 802 4169 cell +64 27 448 8690 skype john.edwards12 web www.johnedwards.co.nz This is a confidential communication which may be subject to legal professional privilege. On 20/11/09 2:52 AM, "Linda Austere" <linda at providus.lv> wrote: > Dear FOIAnet colleagues, > > I would appreciate your help on the following issue: > > Government of Latvia is building a new national library. Beautiful and > expensive. Information about money spent by the government is public according > to our FOIA. > > BUT the amount of work to be done is so massive that construction companies > formed a consortium in order to participate in the tender and, naturally, part > of the job is entrusted to subcontractors. The consortium now claims that > their contracts with the subcontractors are a commercial secret and thus the > value of these contracts is not revealed to the public. > > Here comes the FOIA question: would in your country information about > contracts with subcontractors be public? > > Most thankful for your help! > > Regards, > > Linda > > > > > Linda Austere > > Policy researcher > > Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS > > Alberta 13 > > Riga, LV-1010 > > Latvia > > Ph. +371 670 39 339 > > Fax. +371 670 39 244 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20091120/7b36a0fe/attachment.htm>
