Tag: FOI Assist Software

  • New Features: Email Notifications and Time Tracking

    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.

  • Annual Statistical Report is due March 31

    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).

  • Transition

    Transition

    As autumn turns to winter, and the current year gives way to the new, there is no better time to think about transition.

  • Multi-Factor Authentication is now supported

    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.

  • Canada’s biggest newspapers set their sights on Freedom of Information

    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.

  • “Access Delayed, Access Denied”

    “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…