Access to Information Modernization Action Plan Tracker

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Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) published the Access to Information Modernization Action Plan in May 2024. The three-year plan (fiscal year 2023-24 to 2025-26) sets out actions to improve the operations and administration of the access to information regime. This tracker enables interested members of the public to follow progress in implementing the actions set out in the action plan.

8 commitments with status Completed 8
Completed
21 commitments with status In Progress 21
In Progress
7 commitments with status Ongoing 7
Ongoing
11 commitments with status Not Started 11
Not Started
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Action: Provide information sessions, training, and professional development to access to information (ATI) professionals, including training on specific issues such as the duty to assist and declining to act.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to strengthen the access to information workforce
Target Date: Ongoing
Status: Ongoing

Action: Update access to information (ATI) courses provided by the Canada School of Public Service and enhance current course offerings.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to strengthen the access to information workforce
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2024-25
Status: In Progress

Action: Facilitate dialogue on best practices and mutual challenges among access to information (ATI) professionals and with ATI stakeholders.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to strengthen the access to information workforce
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2024-25
Status: Not Started

Action: Clarify the roles and responsibilities of access to information (ATI) offices, ATI coordinators and ATI professionals, and ensure that other ATI-related activities are factored into the resource needs of access to information and privacy offices.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to strengthen the access to information workforce
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2025-26
Status: In Progress

Action: Lead external recruitment processes to hire new access to information (ATI) professionals.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to strengthen the access to information workforce
Target Date: Ongoing
Status: Ongoing

Action: Create model job descriptions for access to information (ATI) professionals.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to strengthen the access to information workforce
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2025-26
Status: In Progress

Action: Provide guidance to institutions on the inclusion of access to information (ATI) services in departmental business continuity plans.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to strengthen the access to information workforce
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2024-25
Status: In Progress

Action: Update the guidance on consultations, including suggested service standards, and develop tools to support institutions with consultations.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to reduce delays
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2024-25
Status: In Progress

Action: Provide targeted training to the access to information (ATI) community on consultations.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to reduce delays
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2024-25
Status: Not Started

Action: Update the guidance on extensions, including their relationship to consultations, the term “reasonable period,” and suggested service standards.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to reduce delays
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2025-26
Status: In Progress