The
Privacy and Legislation Branch (PLB) maintains
cross-government policy and procedures, standards and guidelines on access to
information and protection of privacy; provides services, support and
leadership to ministries and other public bodies to assist them in complying
with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPP
Act); co-ordinates systems designed to manage and facilitate FOI requests and
privacy responsibilities; provides central agency comment and direction on
information access and privacy matters in legislative, program and systems
development initiatives, and monitors and, where necessary, manages the
revision process for the FOIPP Act and its schedules.
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