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The Public Interest Override
“Exemptions Not To Apply” Both the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and the Municipal Freedom Of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) contain a special provision referred to as the “public interest override”. Appearing in FIPPA s. 23 and MFIPPA s. 16, this language of this provision is essentially the…
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Year-End Statistical Reporting doesn’t have to be scary
Year-End Statistical Reporting doesn’t have to be scary. In this post, I show you how to make it easy and provide a free file closing worksheet to help you get started.
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Filing an FOI request is not defamation
“The overarching purpose of access to information legislation, then, is to facilitate democracy. It does so in two related ways. It helps to ensure first, that citizens have the information required to participate meaningfully in the democratic process, and secondly, that politicians and bureaucrats remain accountable to the citizenry .” Dagg v Canada (Minister of…
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The Affected Person Process
The affected person process is one of the most important and visible ways that FIPPA and MFIPPA balance the public’s right of access against the rights of individuals and organizations to prevent the disclosure of their personal and confidential information. Other names for the process include the “notice to affected person” process, “third party notice”…
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Here’s what an FOI app can do for you
When I tell FOI professionals that I am working on FOI software, I often get questions such as “what can it do?” or “how can software help?” These are great questions — and most of us are too busy responding to requests and processing files to think of exactly how an app might be able…
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FOI Assist Tech Demo #1: Interim Fee Estimate Tool
I am delighted to announce the release of the first FOI Assist technology demo: the Interim Fee Estimate Tool.
FOI Assist Knowledge Base 