Hard Copy and e-copy of the ‘Discussion Paper' is available from the Information Department of the Ministry or can be downloaded from the Government Portal website www.mic.gov.to
The closing date for submissions is 9 March 2012. Late submissions may not be considered.
Where to send your submission:
You may lodge your submission by email, post or facsimile or post on the website www.mic.gov.to .
Email submission:
The email address for submissions is:
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Postal submission:
You can post a submission to:
Mr. Paula Pouvalu Ma'u
CEO,
Ministry of Information and Communications,
PO Box 1380
Nuku'alofa, Tonga Islands
South Pacific.
Fax submission:
Your submission can also be sent by facsimile to (+676) 24861.
You only need to lodge your submission once. If you lodge your submission by email, there is no need to send a separate copy by post or facsimile. Receipts of submissions may be confirmed by email on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call +676 28170 ext 212 to the Information Department. If you have questions on the FOI reform process and what it means to the public service or you as member of the public, please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Guidelines for Submissions
Submissions will be published on the Government Portal website www.mic.gov.to , after the closing date, and will be available to the public. The Government of Tonga reserves the right not to publish any submission, or part of a submission, which contains offensive language or potentially defamatory material, or copyright infringing material.
Important: Please indicate clearly if you want all, or part, of your submission to be treated as confidential or anonymous. All confidential material in the submission should be clearly marked as ‘confidential and not for publication'. You may wish to consider including any confidential part of your submission as a separate appendix to assist with publication of the public submissions on this website.
Submissions should preferably be typed. Please limit email attachments to 10MB in size (total of each email).if you prefer email submission.
All submissions require a ‘name for publication' (unless anonymity has been requested). This can be an individual, group or organization. This name will appear with your submission when it is published on the website.
It is also requested that when lodging a submission you provide contact details (your name, postal address, email address (if applicable) and an optional contact telephone number). These contacts will be used should further information or clarification be required. We may also contact you to inform you of the policy process relating to FOI reform or seek your views on related matters.
Privacy and Confidentiality
Privacy
Your views are being sought for the purpose of informing the Tongan Government's policy decisions on FOI reform. Personal information that you provide will only be used for this purpose. Personal information may be disclosed to the Cabinet Steering Committee for Draft FOI for the purpose outlined above. Contents of your submission may be included in subsequent publications. Your name will appear with the submission when it is published (unless anonymity is requested).
Confidentiality Statement
All submissions will be treated as public documents, unless the author of the submission clearly requests otherwise by marking all or part of the submission as ‘confidential'. Public submissions may be published in full on the website, including any personal information of authors and/or other third parties contained in the submission. If your submission contains personal information about any person who is not an author of the submission, please indicate on the cover of your submission if the person or persons have not consented to the publication of their information.
ENDS
Issued by the: Ministry of Information and Communications, Nuku'alofa, 2012. Tel: +676 28-170.
