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Info watchdog raps Privy Council Office for terminating access requests from public

05/Jan/2021

The federal information watchdog has chastised the prime minister’s bureaucrats for shutting down several requests from the public without good cause.

In a series of decisions made public Tuesday, information commissioner Caroline Maynard reveals the Privy Council Office simply closed four Access to Information requests to avoid missing due dates.

In each case, the body that supports the prime minister was waiting for input from other federal agencies on whether Cold War-era intelligence records could be disclosed to requesters who filed formal applications under the access law.

Maynard ruled the access act does not allow the PCO to fail to respond to an access request on the grounds it has yet to receive recommendations from consulted institutions.

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Filed Under: Access/FOI/ATIP, Government, Legislation

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