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rom
:Grenon,J
ean-OCPSent
:January
30,
2008
4:17PM
To:Najrn,
Ami
-OCP;Lapointe,Dany-OCP;Lauzon,Dominique-OCP
ce
:
McCulloch,
Monique-OCP
Subject:PreparationF
ees
Furthef10
our
dscussion,
please
note
that
effectiveJanuary2008,preparation
lees
wi.
now
be
charged
lorall
AT1A
requests
of
500
ormore
pages
.
This
change
in
policy
has
been
approved
by
Monique
McCuIod1
.
the
AfDirector
DFAIT-ATIP.
-."....,
AlDeputy
Director
DFAlT·ATIP
200810810
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McCulloch,Monlque·DCP
From:Grenon,Jean-DCP
Sent:
July4.200811:42AM
To:Thibodeau,Mathieu·DCP;Regnier.Diane-DCP;Archambault,Francine-DC?;Falls.Ron-
DCP:Lamarre,Catherine-DCP;sauriol,
tuce
-OCP;Daigle.Jcaeone-DCP
cc
:Najm,Ami-OCP;Bertrand,Cindy·DCP;McCulloch,Monique-DCP
Subject:PrepFeeEstimates
Attachments:PrepFee-Issuestoccreicer.occ
Attachedisinfothatshould
be
consideredwhenestimatingPrepfees,PleasepassontoyourTeammembers.
CheersJean
2008
/08/01
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U
NCLASSIFIED
ATIP-Fees
&
DepartmentalPerformance
FEES
•
Fees
arebeingadministeredbyOF
AIT
in
acco
rdance
with
the
AccesstoInformationAct
(ATIAct)anditsRegulations.
•Whilesection11(
6)
oftheATI
Act
doespermitDepartmentstowaive
feesincertaincases,therearenolegislativeobligationstodosofor
routineandlorlatefiles.
•Since
Janua
ry2008,
the
ATIPDivisionwithinDFAITstartedtomore
fullyadministerpermissiblefees.However,
DFA
ITdoesnotch
ar
gesearchandpreparationfeesinallcases.
•Searchf
ees
arebeing
adm
inisteredwhenrequesterswishto
proceedwith
the
scopeoftheirrequestthatrequiresbeyond5hours
of
sea
rchtime.
..
•
•
Similarly,preparationfeesarebeingadministeredwhenrequest
er
swish
to
proceedwiththescopeoftheirrequestandthevolumeof
pagestobereviewedforexemptionsexce
eds
500pages.Requestershavetherighttohavethefeesinvestigatedby
the
InformationCommissioner
of
Canada.
DEPART
ME
NTAL
PERFORMANCE
•
•
•
The
rehasbeenasteadyincreaseofreques
ts
un
der
both
the
AccesstoInformationAct
andthe
PrivacyAct.
In
200
7-2008,
DFA
ITexperiencedan18.2%i
ncr
easeinrequeststo
the
Department.TheDepartmenthasauniqueroleinthefederal
pub
licserviceof
processingforeignconsultationsonbehalf
of
othergovernment
departments,afunctionthatalsoconsumesscarceATIPresources.
Stepsarebeingtakentostrengthenthe
departme
ntalcapacityand
improvetheoverallperformance
of
thefunction.
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DFAIT's "Prep Fee" memos
In 2009, the Access to Information division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade instituted arbitrary "preparation fee" procedures which had the effect of forcing requesters to drop requests totalling more than 160,000 pages of records.
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