There is a two-stage process in the sense that some requests are deemed to be sensitive and others are deemed to be non-sensitive. The non-sensitive ones are processed within the department and disclosures are made on a routine basis. These are the vast majority of requests at Public Works and Government Services Canada.
A smaller portion are those that are deemed sensitive by way of this weekly meeting, and it is these requests for which communications products are prepared and a variety of stakeholders within the department are informed prior to the release.