Recent Articles
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FOI Assist is a Proud Sponsor of the 2023 AMCTO Conference in Niagara Falls
FOI Assist is a Proud Sponsor of the 2023 AMCTO Conference. And of course, we will be there! If you are attending the conference, come by and visit FOI Assist in booth #10.
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Are Body-Worn Camera Recordings “Labour and Employment” Records?
There is currently an appeal underway before the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO) which raises an important issue relating to body-worn camera footage and which may have greater implications over how we apply exemptions and exclusions to records in general. As reported by Tom Cardoso and Robyn Doolittle in the Globe & Mail,…
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15 Tips to Make FOI a Breeze
It was a pleasure to speak at the 2023 AMCTO Information, Access, and Privacy Forum yesterday, where I presented “15 Tips to Make FOI a Breeze”.
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New Features: Email Notifications and Time Tracking
I am pleased to announce that two frequently-requested features have just been added to the FOI Assist software: Email Notifications and Time Tracking. Read today’s FOI Assist Knowledge Base article to learn more.
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Annual Statistical Report is due March 31
If your institution is in Ontario, responds to freedom of information requests, and is not a federal agency or otherwise regulated by the access-to-information framework under the federal Access to Information Act, you have an obligation to file a statistical report every year with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPCO).
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New FOI fee led to drop in number of requests in B.C.
I’m interested in the significant drop in the number of requests, and wonder what to make of it.
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Transition
As autumn turns to winter, and the current year gives way to the new, there is no better time to think about transition.
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Can a requestor refuse to provide their name?
What should an institution do when a requestor has not provided their name, and refuses to do so when asked? Does the institution still have an obligation to process the FOI request, even without knowing who the request is coming from?
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Multi-Factor Authentication is now supported
I am pleased to announce that the FOI Assist software now supports Multi-Factor Authenticaion (MFA). This has been a highly requested feature in 2022, as institutions prioritize IT security and demonstrate increasing sophistication in their use of cloud-based services.
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Informal Requests
Institutions have an obligation to provide records in response to FOI requests; however, this does not prevent institutions from providing records or information without using the official FOI process.
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Canada’s biggest newspapers set their sights on Freedom of Information
It now looks like last week’s cover article in The Globe and Mail was just an opening salvo.
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“Access Delayed, Access Denied”
Freedom of Information (FOI) was the subject of a cover story in the Globe and Mail this morning. Under the cover heading “Access Delayed, Access Denied”, a reference to the famous legal maxim “Justice Delayed is Justice Denied”, Globe journalists and FOI veterans Tom Cardoso and Robyn Doolittle report on the delays currently plaguing Canada’s…
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