Tag: FOI Manual

  • Action plan for large FOI requests

    Action plan for large FOI requests

    Today’s article is intended to give institutions an initial plan of action they can follow when a large request is received

  • Interim Fee Estimates are Optional

    Interim Fee Estimates are Optional

    There is no need for the institution to prepare a fee estimate between $25 and $100 until it has completed the work involved in processing the FOI request.

  • An Introduction to the FOI Appeal Process

    An Introduction to the FOI Appeal Process

    In today’s article, I want to provide an introduction to the FOI appeal process from the perspective of the institution. My main goal is to build the confidence of the many FOI professionals in Ontario who have seldom or never faced an appeal.

  • Are Your Written Notices Defective?

    Are Your Written Notices Defective?

    Issuing compliant written notices can be deceptively complicated, given the multiple sources of rules and guidance that come into play. Unfortunately, as seen above, issuing a notice which fails to meet the requirements can lead to an adverse decision against the institution in an appeal before IPCO.

  • Abandonment Issues

    Abandonment Issues

    When are institutions allowed to decide that a file has been abandoned?

  • The Affected Person Process

    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”…