While there are some positive elements, it is ‘unlikely’ that most public bodies in British Columbia are meeting the public’s high expectations around their information management. This finding originates from a FIPA review of responses to multiple freedom of information requests.  From President Mike Larsen’s perspective, “You can’t really have a transparent, effective, efficient, and secure […]

These requests were sent to the following public bodies in FOI requests. Similar requests were sent to the following public bodies in FOI requests.

These requests were sent to the following public bodies in FOI requests. Similar requests were sent to the following public bodies in FOI requests.

Access to information can only work if information is managed. In FIPA’s view we all lose when public bodies can’t manage their information to make data-driven decisions and provide access to information.   FIPA’s Access Assessment is going through a top to bottom rewrite and restructure in preparation for the upcoming release of a full report […]