On October 29th, 2024, the Independent Special Interlocutor, Kimberly R. Murray, officially presented her Final Report and the Indigenous-led Reparations Framework for Missing and Disappeared Children and Unmarked Burials associated with Indian Residential Schools to Survivors and the federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, at the 7th National Gathering on Unmarked Burials. […]

The last day of voting in the Nova Scotia provincial election is on Tuesday, November 26th. We sent questions to political parties who had sitting members in the previous legislature and were running candidates in the current election on November 6th. Their deadline to respond was November 19th. Here are the responses and the date we […]

Fall 2024 sees three provincial elections in Canada.  The last day of voting is coming up in: British Columbia on Saturday, October 19th New Brunswick on Monday, October 21st Saskatchewan on Monday, October 28th Nova Scotia on Tuesday, November 26th Cultures of secrecy, efforts to evade accountability, and a general lack of transparency all erode trust in incumbent […]

The last day of voting in the British Columbia provincial election is on Saturday, October 19th. We sent questions to political parties who had sitting members in the previous legislature and were running candidates in the current election on October 7th. Their deadline to respond was October 16th. Here are the responses and the date we […]

The last day of voting in the New Brunswick provincial election is on Monday, October 21st. We sent questions to political parties who had sitting members in the previous legislature and were running candidates in the current election on October 7th. Their deadline to respond was October 16th. Here are the responses and the date we […]

The last day of voting in the New Brunswick provincial election is on Monday, October 28th. We sent questions to political parties who had sitting members in the previous legislature and were running candidates in the current election on October 7th. Their deadline to respond was October 23rd. Here are the responses and the date we […]

Election season in British Columbia means access to information and privacy are on the ballot. The BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) commissioned IPSOS, a leading independent market research company, to poll public opinion on information management in public bodies. The results show there is strong agreement around what is expected of public […]

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 […]

New for 2023 FIPA has expanded the research from its interprovincial legislative comparisons across Canada.

New for 2023 FIPA has expanded the research from its interprovincial legislative comparisons across Canada.

The secret to avoiding red lights during rush hour in Utah’s largest city might be as simple as following a bus. Transportation officials have spent the past few years refining a system in which radio transmitters inside commuter buses talk directly to the traffic signals in the Salt Lake City area, requesting a few extra […]

Last spring, FIPA began more extensive News Monitoring with content through Canadian Press. We’re pleased to announce we are expanding that into a weekly podcast.  Your weekly roundup of the news stories impacting the information management field.  Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM.  FIPA will continue to build and expand the […]