State sector agencies and NZBN

5 July 2016 at 10:47 (8 years ago)

Provide an up-to-date list of all state sector agencies and their NZBN

Opening this data would solve the problem of…

Helping the private sector understand which entities make up the state sector. A structured format (vs. unstructured http://ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/guide-to-central-government-agencies-1-june16.pdf) enables analysis and lowers cost of private sector doing business with govt.

Opening this data would solve this problem by…

Providing a structured data format that can easily be consumed by the private sector

Response from
State Services Commission

5 July 2016 at 13:39 01:39 pm (8 years ago)

Status Other

Comments A list of all State Sector organisations is available on SSC's website - http://www.ssc.govt.nz/state_sector_organisations. We do not hold NZBN numbers for these organisations. There is a website to search for NZBN for each organisation - https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/.

1 Comment

Kieran 24 August 2016 at 22:48 10:48 pm (8 years ago)

What a cop out - clearly "a structured data format" was requested.

SSC needs to be upfront and admit they aren't willing to put in the effort...