Request data -- how is it stored?

[David]

What do we know about how govenrments store electronic data on ATIs?

Federal government departments use an electronic document tracking
software although there is no government-wide standard for this
docketing system. Similarly, I get the sense that government
departments do not use a standard method of storing information about
access to information requests.

And that's just federal governments --

Provincial governments and municipal governments and some crown
corporations subject to access to information will have different
database layouts, I assume, for their individual ATI departments.

[scotts...@gmail.com]

I know the Alberta government uses a tracking tool for letters to
departments and other action items, but I don't think it includes FOIP
requests. Actually I hope it doesn't, as these requests are not
supposed to be accessible by political staff.

[dwight.hines]

How do you deal with problems like wanting to charge exhorbitant
amounts of money for just burning data to a disk?
Dwight Hines
IndyMedia

[Jennifer Bell]

Scott had a good idea before that the system should allow logging of
requests for additional fees.

That way it's possible to collect, say, the 10 most egregious fee
requests in a year-end publicity round-up.

Jennifer

[Jennifer Bell]

I just re-read your question. I'd like to clarify: when you ask for
data in digital format, they charge you for burning a CD and mailing
it to you by post?

How often do you ask for data in a digital format?

Jennifer

On Jul 14, 2:28 pm, "dwight.hines" <dwight.hi...@gmail.com> wrote: