Examples of Chief Ombudsman in a sentence
The Chief Ombudsman requested a copy of the information at issue and an explanation of the reasons for withholding.
The total value of the agreement was within the Chief Executive’s financial delegation, and the Council noted that, as the decision was considered to be part of Council’s routine operations, it was not reported.1 The Council stated: The Chief Ombudsman accepted that the processes identified by the Council went some way to meeting the public interest in disclosure to promote accountability for the Council’s handling of this matter.
The Chief Ombudsman was satisfied that release would be likely to ‘damage the public interest’ by creating mistrust amongst iwi and other parties as to the robustness of the Council’s confidentiality undertakings, leading them to be less willing to engage with the Council in this way, and making it more difficult for the parties to reach a negotiated outcome in the future.
The Chief Ombudsman accepted that the mutually agreed obligation of confidence played a key role in achieving the agreement in this case, and that there was a public interest benefit to be gained in protecting that confidentiality.
The more time saved, the more employees can focus on the engineering and production work at hand.
In their capacity as Accounting Officer, the Chief Ombudsman is separately accountable to the MoJ Principal Accounting Officer for the OLC’s performance in relation to Managing Public Money.
The Chief Ombudsman recommended the disclosure of information to be included in a summary.
The requester complained to the Ombudsman under the OIA.The first issue for the Chief Ombudsman was whether this was an OIA charging complaint, or one that had to be considered under the Ombudsmen Act.
The Court found that this argument amounted to a proposition that: … it is outside the legal powers of the Chief Ombudsman to fulfil his statutory duties if individuals enter into a contract using language that renders the Act nugatory.
However, those civil servants who are elected as the Chief Ombudsman or ombudsmen shall be appointed to positions in equal standing to acquired positions by the authorities who are entitled to effect such appointments if they apply to their former institutions within thirty days after their tenure at the Institution is terminated for reasons other than being no longer eligible to be a public servant or they seek to leave from office at the Institution or their tenure is completed.