Breakdown of costs associated with the NDIS Review
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I am requesting access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Specifically, I seek documents held by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) that relate to the development, implementation, or discussion of strategies involving "Growth Targets," "Growth Caps," and "Cost Savings" within the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Scope of Request:
1. Internal emails, memos, or directives sent to or from the senior NDIA staff internally or externally between January 2022 and present that reference:
"Growth Targets"
"Growth Caps"
"Cost Savings"
in relation to NDIS participant numbers, scheme cost or plan utlilisation.
2. Minutes of meetings, briefing notes, or reports prepared for or by senior NDIA executives that discuss:
Strategies to manage participant growth
Measures to cap funding growth
Cost-saving initiatives and their projected impacts on service delivery or participant outcomes.
Exclusions:
To streamline this request, I exclude:
Personal information about any individual
Media articles or publicly available documents
Timeframe for Response:
I understand the statutory timeframe for processing FOI requests is 30 days. If my request is likely to attract charges, please inform me of the estimate before proceeding.
I am happy to recieved staged delivery and to coloaborate on the request via teams meeting to conduct a remote document review to help cull out of scope material.
If you require clarification or have suggestions to refine the scope, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Pietsch
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Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
Complaints Management & FOI Branch
General Counsel Division
National Disability Insurance Agency
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