What do you do when you want to make sure documents can’t be requested under freedom of information law? Well if you’re the BC Government, you need only utter one magic word: transitory. Government policy states that a transitory record is one that relates to “temporary usefulness […] needed only for a limited period of […]

In this issue: 2012 BC Informatiion Summit tackles “Government 2.0” Just Rewards: Darrell Evans awarded Grace-Pépin Access to Information Award OIPC to investigate government’s failure to post FOI requests after FIPA complaint BC election law still has constitutional problems despite BC Court of Appeal ruling Lock Down: wall of secrecy around Ministry of Health privacy […]

In this issue: FIPA wins 6-year battle for release of $300 million IBM contract FIPA to start 2011 with new Executive Director BC Ferries FOI policy thwarts requests from advocacy groups and media FIPA asks for investigation of false claims of “no records” by government Third BC Information Summit a big success Legal Actions: Black […]