The IPC stands up for access rights in Bill 212 submission … Schedule 2 of Bill 212, the Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act would shield certain records related to priority highway projects from freedom of information requests. The IPC’s submission calls for the removal of sections 8(5) and …
Open Government and Protecting Privacy … The IPC strongly supports Open Government initiatives and encourages Ontario institutions to be more open and transparent, and to enhance their engagement with the public. This document offers guidance for institutions on how to move towards increased …
Improving Access and Privacy with Records and Information Management … This guidance is designed to help institutions implement better record and information management practices and enhance the public’s ability to access information. … Improving Access and Privacy with Records and Information …
Open Government: Key Implementation Considerations … This guidance document provides institutions with an overview of important factors to consider when implementing Open Government including the need for institutional leadership, commitment, governance and resources to support culture change and …
Open Government: Key Concepts and Benefits … This guidance paper is intended as a starting point for institutions considering Open Government and highlights two critical goals: enhancing access to government-held information and public participation. It includes a discussion about making …
Submission to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly: e-Petitions … Submission to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly: e-Petitions …
Open Contracting: Proactive Disclosure of Procurement Records … Proactive disclosure of procurement records strengthens clarity and accountability around government spending. It can also provide tangible benefits to institutions by reducing the number of procurement-related freedom of information …
Addendum to Deleting Accountability: Records Management Practices of Political Staff – A Special Investigation Report … This is the Addendum to the Special Investigation Report, Deleting Accountability: Records Management Practices of Political Staff . In that Report, the IPC made findings …
Deleting Accountability: Record Management Practices of Political Staff - A Special Investigation Report … Investigation into the allegation that there had been an inappropriate deletion of all emails related to the cancellation and relocation of the gas plants by political staff in the former …
Privacy Guidelines for Municipalities Regulating Businesses Dealing in Second-hand Goods … Commissioner Ann Cavoukian prepared these Guidelines to provide Ontario municipalities with a framework to meet the privacy requirements under MFIPPA . … Privacy Guidelines for Municipalities Regulating …
Promoting Transparency through the Electronic Dissemination of Information … An IPC paper prepared for the Symposium on E-Governance for the 21st Century, sponsored by the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy. It has been included as a chapter in E-Government Reconsidered: Transformation of …
Electronic Records and Document Management Systems: A New Tool for Enhancing the Public's Right to Access Government-Held Information? … This paper examines the role that electronic records and document management systems (ERDMSs) can play in enhancing the public's right to access information from …
Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination: A Best Practice in the City of Mississauga … Routine Disclosure/Active Dissemination: A Best Practice in the City of …