Proactive release: Good practices for proactive release of official information

This guide:

• explains what proactive release is;
• describes the benefits of proactive release; and
• identifies some good practices in proactive release.  

It is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to proactive release, but to pull together the Ombudsman’s previous guidance on this subject. 

It complements existing guidance by:

• Te Kawa Mataaho—Public Service Commission: see Proactive release guidance opens page in this tab and Agency guidance opens page in this tab; and
• the Cabinet Office: see CO (23) 4: Proactive Release of Cabinet Material opens page in this tab.

The guide is intended to be updated over time, so contact us if you have any feedback or questions.