Professional Standards – are your complying?

Professional Standards – are your complying?

• FOI Professional Standards have an impact on the day to day processing of FOI requests.  Are you complying?
• The Professional Standards are a legal requirement; they must be complied with.  It’s the law.  Are you complying?
• Non-compliance can give rise to serious risks under the FOI Act.  Every officer of your agency must understand the significance of the Professional Standards and the FOI Act.  Are you complying?
• OVIC has announced that a regulatory priority will be compliance with FOI Professional Standards.  Are you complying?

This program will be delivered by videoconference as a 1 hour session.

About this session: Professional Standards – are your complying?

• Outline Standards and how they impact on FOI processing
• Set out broader organisational implications for your agency
• Identify who is responsible for compliance with Professional Standards
• Outline risks of non-compliance
• Identify potential practical problems
• Suggest solutions and practical steps you can take towards compliance

What you will receive

• Copy of the paper
• Copy of the slides for future use
• Ability to send questions about the session within 24 hours after the session, to be answered within 3 business days.
• All attendees will receive a copy of all written questions and written responses for the session(s) attended

Feedback from previous sessions

“The most clear, concise and practical training I’ve attended in some time. Great examples were used to illustrate and clarify key points. My interest and attention were engaged for the entire session.”

“Well presented and I felt I understood the contents.”  “As always, Mick did a great job.”

The videoconference will be conducted using WebEx (end to end encryption).  For information about how this will work, click here for FAQs.