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
0 commitments with status In Progress 0
In Progress
7 commitments with status Ongoing 7
Ongoing
11 commitments with status Not Started 11
Not Started
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Found 26 actions

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

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to reduce delays
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2025-26
Status: Not Started

Action: Review the reporting requirements for consultations and extensions.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to reduce delays
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2025-26
Status: Not Started

Action: Update policies to provide guidance on the importance of official languages and accessibility in responding to access to information (ATI) requests, assisting requesters, and fulfilling proactive publication requirements.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to provide modern digital tools and improve request processing
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2023-24
Status: Completed

Action: Review reporting requirements on the timeliness of responses provided to access to information (ATI) requests received in French and in English.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Improving Services to Canadians
Subcategory: Actions to provide modern digital tools and improve request processing
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2025-26
Status: Not Started

Action: Provide guidance on how record categorization impacts the access to information (ATI) regime, and the importance of assigning appropriate security categories and periodic re-assessment.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Enhancing Trust and Transparency
Subcategory: Actions to address declassification and information management
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2025-26
Status: Completed

Action: Provide training to public servants on the impact of the duty to document on access to information.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Category: Enhancing Trust and Transparency
Subcategory: Actions to address declassification and information management
Target Date: Fiscal Year 2024-25
Status: Not Started