1. Information Commissioner
Suzanne Legault
Information Commissioner
of Canada
ATIP Community Meeting
Ottawa
December 1, 2010

2. Context The digital revolution The digital generation
Globalization of issues
Open government
Fiscal restraint
Parliamentary interest
Access professionals

3. Performance: Longer Waits...
Time to complete access requests
-11.9%
7.3%
4.6%
0.1%

4. …For Less Information Disclosed
Disposition of requests over ten years
*Information completely excluded or exempted, provided informally, or which could not be processed
Source: Info Source Bulletins, Treasury Board Secretariat

5. Consultations as Source of Delays
Workload distribution in institutions receiving mandatory consultation requests

6. Increased Use of National Security Exemption

7. Increased Use of Exclusion for Cabinet Confidences

8. OIC’s Key Result Areas A leading access to information regime
Sterling service delivery to Canadians
Dynamic stakeholder relations

9. A Leading Access to Information Regime
Provide OIC expertise in support of Parliament’s efforts to modernize the access to information legislation
Provide OIC expertise in support of TBS’s efforts to modernize the administration of the access to information regime
Provide evidence-based diagnostic and recommendations to address inter-institutional consultations
Reduce the number of delay-related complaints
Promote and support open government, open data initiatives

10. A leading access to information regime: Statistics in Open Format

11. A leading access to information regime: Disclosure Logs

12. A leading access to information regime: E-Requests

13. A leading access to information regime: Extension Notices
April
May
June Q1
July
Aug
Sept. Q2
Number of Notices Received
482
472
494
1448
433
498
423
1354
Average Number of Days
133.82
113.23
112.35
120.05
105.1
100.71
113.1
106.02
Extensions Reported
606
564
542
1712
508
585
529
1622
9(1)(a)
212
185
144
541
195
249
167
610
9(1)(b)
228
253
254
735
214
227
259
699
9(1)(c)
126
143
436
100
109
103
310

14. Sterling Service Delivery to Canadians: Strategic Case Management

15. Sterling Service Delivery to Canadians: Increased Efficiencies and New Challenges15

16. Sterling Service Delivery to Canadians: Enhancing Compliance
Streamlining investigative process
Issuing practice directions
Developing investigative strategies with federal institutions
Using formal powers as required

17. Dynamic Stakeholder Relations