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Req # A-2023-00063
Seeking documentation on recent decisions relating to the application of section 6.1 (“request is vexatious, is made in bad faith or is otherwise an abuse of the right to make a request for access”), specifically those pertaining to the criteria that justify this type of refusal.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
March 2024
Req # A-2023-00055
OIC - Para 11(2) Discretion - Provide all records concerning the OIC’s decision to systematically waive the application fee for access requests. Only provide information of business value.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
January 2024
Req # A-2023-00059
The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) issued a Privacy Implementation Notice requiring institutions to establish procedures to validate the identity of requesters. This Notice states that institutions responding to requests for personal information should be reasonably assured of the identity of the person requesting, so that personal information is only disclosed to that individual. There a section of the notice that states “If the request is coming from an individual other than the individual to whom the information pertains, the institution must verify both the identity of the requester and the individual, as well as the validity of the authorization of the individual to have that third party make the request on their behalf.”. It is up to each institution to assess and mitigate the risks of privacy breaches. With regards to the above Privacy Implementation Notice, please provide copies of correspondence between OIC and CBSA ATIP with regards to CBSA ATIP's strategy to handle non compliance by requesters.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
January 2024
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Farm Products Council of Canada
Req # A-2022-00074
February 7, 2023: The Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC), Access to Information Authority - Request made under the Access to Information Act: Obtain a copy of any records and/or statistics/data in the OIC's possession showing the number of times federal departments or federal public bodies have claimed section 6.1 as a reason for not responding to an access to information request. Please provide a breakdown by year/by federal department/by federal public body indicating the number of times section 6.1 has been claimed for each of the following years 2000-2023 to date, February 7th.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
March 2023
Req # A-2022-00078
Briefing notes: - Budgetary allocation for 2022-23 and cloud project, received Apr 21, 2022, ref. no. 758112 - Final approval of three directives presented the 8 of October 2021 to SMC, received Nov 17, 2021, ref. no. 701751 - Information Management: New Activity (Function) of Access to Information, received Mar 1, 2021, ref. no. 6273664Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
March 2023
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Farm Products Council of Canada
Req # A-2022-00044
Please provide the following: a) the level of each within the Public service Executive or Assistant Deputy Head hierarchy; b) the job description (this is a generic term) detailing the role and responsibilities for each of the following Deputy Information Commissioners; and c) the salary range for the current incumbent for each of the following three positions. a. Deputy Commissioner, Legal Services and Public Affairs; b. Deputy Commissioner, Corporate Services, Strategic Planning and Transformation Services; and, c. Deputy Commissioner, Investigations and Governance. Please provide records providing the rationale as to why the Information Commissioner (past or present) elected to appoint Deputies under the current (or predecessor) TBS Policy on the Management of Executives as well as the Directive on Executive (EX) Group Organization and Classification and in so doing a) purposely bypassed a statutory authority provided by subsection 56(2) of the Act; b) and, in so doing, elevated the rank and status of such "Assistant Information Commissioners" to that of "Deputy Information Commissioners.' For each of the three positions of Deputy Information commissioners, please provide copy of records which were approved by the Information Commissioner (past or prevent) for the creation and classification of each of the above listed positions classified in accordance with the TBS Policy on the Management of Executives as well as the Directive on Executive (EX) Group Organization and Classification. Please also include a copy of the Job Evaluation Rationale as well as the Classification decision for each of these three Deputy Information Commissioners. Please provide records indicating for each employee at the OIC currently serving at the EX level as defined by the Federal Public Service. For each such officer provide a) his/her name; b) title; c) EX levelOrganization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
January 2023
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Farm Products Council of Canada
Req # A-2021-00057
I am requesting the most recent versions (draft or final) of the Investigator's Guide to Interpreting the Act (or its components).Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
March 2022