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Req # A-2022-00065
For the last 5 fiscal years, provide a list of the top 20 Institutions with the most OIC complaints that includes the following fields: 1) Total number of complaints for each category as follows: -Deemed Refusal -Time Extension -Fees Assessed -Exemptions/Exclusions -Incomplete Search/No Records -Destruction of Records/Obstruction of Access -Political Interference -Any Other Matter (Specify other matter if possible) 2) Average number of days taken by OIC to complete investigations for each field mentioned in item #1. For each category, indicate the shortest and longest time taken to complete the investigations. 3) Number of findings for each institution (i.e, Founded, Resolved, Not well founded, Discontinued).Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
February 2023
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Great Lakes Pilotage Authority 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: Great Lakes Pilotage Authority Canada
Req # A-2022-00049/CH
I am asking for access to 1- the number of complaints your office received 2- the number of complaints your office refused or ceased to investigate along with the reasons from January 1, 2019 to November 6, 2022, by each month during that timeframe.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
December 2022
Req # A-2022-00051/CH
I would like to receive the following information: A full version of the guidance document Exemption from disclosure: personal information. The document published on the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) website is missing some text from one page to the next (ex. page 3 to 4, page 5 to 6, page 6 to 7, page 8 to 9, etc.); The statistics on complaints registered by the OIC in 2021-22 broken down by federal institution. I cannot find the breakdown of complaints registered by the OIC about the refusal of access to information by federal department or institution, in the annual report. This segmentation would allow readers of the annual report to have a better understanding of the state of play, rather than only an overview.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
December 2022
Req # A-2022-00050/JM
Send draft or completed public speeches/statements given, directives to OIC employees, or plans by Commissioner Caroline Maynard that demonstrate an interest in ensuring the Access to Information Act is usable by blind Canadians, a protected group under section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedom. Scope: Since April 23, 2021 to the present.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
December 2022
Req # A-2022-00052/JM
I am seeking any and all records held within or once held within the OIC Access to Information and Privacy group that contain the term "Privacy Incident" and/or "Privacy incident" and/or "privacy Incident" and/or "privacy incident" between the dates of 1 January 2020 to 14 December 2022.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
December 2022
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Great Lakes Pilotage Authority Canada
Req # A-2022-00032/CH
OIC policy and procedures and investigations manuals on operations, as well as registry and complaint intake and advancement - with particular emphasis on inclusion by design for equity seeking groups Records on OIC complaint intake procedures and any work being done to make it more accommodating in the complaint form (paper online etc), processes, and a contact# for disability inclusion etc.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
November 2022