Information & Ethics committee  Yes. From my perspective, I would say that ATIP coordinators definitely are facilitated and acting in an impartial manner. There's a limited delegation of discretion under the act, and ATIP coordinators act in a manner that is distinct from the rest of the operations of the depar

Information & Ethics committee  Just to add to that, existing information management policies, rather than access to information policies, do capture a requirement for employees to document decisions and decision-making processes. Part of that is also to assist in terms of audit trails, and ensuring there's a s

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, that's the policy on information management, and we can provide that.

Information & Ethics committee  In terms of the time frame, what I can provide by way of context is that currently over 60% are in that range of requests being met within the existing 30-day time limit. We're obviously wanting to improve performance against the time limits that exist today. I think that someth

Information & Ethics committee  I would say that, to date, we have not tracked those costs outside of the direct processing cost. We have close to 70,000 requests annually, so we haven't tracked the indirect costs associated with that as part of the tracking process associated with moving all of that material t

Information & Ethics committee  Do you mean the direct cost spending?

Information & Ethics committee  I will see what I can provide, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I'd like to thank the committee for inviting me to talk about information management in the Government of Canada today. Like financial and human resources, information represents a critical strategic asset to the Government of Canada. Making high-quality, trustworthy informatio

Information & Ethics committee  GCDOCS was adopted less quickly than expected because of a number of factors. We shouldn't underestimate the significance of the change for departments moving from existing systems to a new system. It has taken a bit of time for some of them to rally to a new approach. At the s

Information & Ethics committee  I do not know exactly which systems other governments use, let alone other countries, but I can say that, according to Gartner Inc., a company that provides a lot of information on software programs and their performance, as well as on the companies, GCDOCS is one of the three mo

Information & Ethics committee  Advancing the interim directive at this point is intended to help us move as quickly as we can in support of some of the government's commitments. There was a commitment made to eliminate all fees other than the initial $5 fee, and the directive enables us to move forward on that

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I can dig into my big fat binder and find the exact amount of money we have been collecting through fees other than the initial application fee. It isn't an amount of money that would be anticipated to have any impact on the access to information services. The access to info

Information & Ethics committee  On that question, we would be looking to the committee's advice in terms of the application of the law and extending it beyond Canadians. That isn't a decision that's been taken at this point, and we're certainly sensitive to the feedback from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenshi

Information & Ethics committee  All of the recommendations that would come forward, either through our public consultations or from this committee, would have to be looked at in the light of what's possible and in terms of the timing of changes, as well as to ensure they're effectively applied. I know we're eag

Information & Ethics committee  To some extent, the guidance that's provided in the open and transparent document in terms of information management is consistent with existing policies and guidance for ministers' offices. There is no anticipated cost associated with ensuring that information is being managed w