Cayman: FOI Hearing Decision 98 – Public records should be preserved once a FOI request is made
A Freedom of Information (FOI) applicant sought access to a video recording of a court proceeding, which the applicant argued was an administrative record of the court rather than a judicial record. The FOI Act (the Act) does not apply…
Cayman: FOI requests head back up after pandemic slump
International Right to Know Day: 28 September Well over 400 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests were made to the Cayman Islands Government during 2021, and average response times improved markedly, according to a statistical report released by the Ombudsman in…
Cayman: Tuesday 28 is International Right to Know Day
Ombudsman marks International Right to Know Day FOI: It’s yours, just ask! Since the implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in the Cayman Islands, the government has received more than 6,500 open records requests – and has disclosed…
Cayman Islands DOI working to address FOI delays
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The Cayman Islands Department of Immigration continues to work proactively to address delays in its Freedom of Information (FOI) process. The Ministry of Human Resources and Immigration has actioned a plan to mitigate the situation, by…
Cayman Islands Right to Know Day 2017 Thu Sept 28
Freedom of Information Annual Statistics (2016-17) INTRODUCTION The Freedom of Information Law (FOI Law) came into effect over eight years ago, and this report provides part of the statistical background against which Freedom of Information (FOI) in the Cayman Islands…
The Editor Speaks: Immigration are a law unto themselves
The Immigration Department are very lucky they won their case of not being forced to provide an Internal Review to a private company for a) the reasons for the fine they imposed on the company and b) the written reasons…
The Editor Speaks: It’s not too soon to announce candidacy for 2021 election
Johany Ebanks has already announced he will be standing in North Side for election to the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly in 2021 just a few month after the last election. In a release to Cayman’s media he has sent us…
The Editor Speaks: The Achilles heel
Everyone of us has an achilles heel. A weakness or vulnerable point. No one is the perfect being. World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis – a giant of a man with fists of steel had one – a glass jaw. I…
Information Commissioner re-evaluates public authority websites
As the internet has quickly become one of the first places people in the Cayman Islands look for information about their government, the Information Commissioner’s Office has conducted an investigation of the content and accessibility of public sector websites as…
Cayman Islands Information Commissioner completes own-motion investigation into the FOI tracking system
Use of the central tracking system for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has improved significantly since 2014, but the system is still not being used by all public authorities. In its latest own-motion compliance investigation, the Information Commissioner’s Office…
