Strategy and governance

Corporate Services support for the Office of the Information Commissioner and a number of other statutory Offices, is provided by the Office of the Ombudsman. While the different Offices each carry out separate and distinct statutory functions, the Office functions as a single amalgamated agency in organisational terms. The Office is funded by one Vote and overseen by an Accounting Officer (Director General) who is supported by a Management Advisory Committee. In carrying out their work our staff embrace the traditional obligations of privacy and integrity in the performance of official duties while at the same time protecting and preserving the statutory independence and functions of each of the constituent offices in which they work. Updates in relation to our Corporate Governance is set out on the Strategy and Governance page on the website of the Office of the Ombudsman.

This page includes information and updates in relation to:

• our Strategic Plan 2022-25

• our compliance with the requirements under the Official Languages Act

• our compliance with the requirements of the Protected Disclosures Act

• our compliance with the requirements under s.42 IHREC Act (the duty on public servants in relation to human rights)

• our Corporate Governance Framework

• our Green Team (including our compliance with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act)

• membership of organisations.