New report from Cayman Islands Information Commissioner’s Office shows Information Managers need more training
INFORMATION MANAGER SURVEY REPORT, 2014 4 November 2014 Information Manager Survey 2014 results are in! The ICO has today released the Information Manager Survey Report, 2014. In September 2014 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) conducted a survey of Information Managers…
The Editor Speaks: Police and Freedom and the Law
I am NOT against the police, nor especially the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS). They have at most times a thankless job and with the seemingly (stats will tell me I am wrong I suspect) increase in crimes with…
The Editor Speaks: Nothing
Local Cayman lawyer highlights length of time taken to answer FOI requests Under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Law, agencies have 30 working days to answer a request. What happens if they don’t? Nothing. Local Cayman Islands lawyer, Peter Polack,…
The Editor Speaks: Government credit card use could help Bush
With the revelations of the government credit cards that have been posted on various media websites it would certainly look at first sight they have been misused by many government ministers and officers. Whether the personal items on them have…
Cayman Islands ICO finds 10% government email addresses ‘non-functional’
The following is the complete transcript of Report on the Functionality of Designated FOI Email Addresses executed by the Information Commissioners Office Own-Initiative Investigation – 5 5 May 2014 Report on the Functionality of Designated FOI Email Addresses Executive Summary:…
Ex reporter stands up for Cayman’s media
John Evans, the Englishman who lit the fuse on the “Operation Tempura” fiasco when he was a reporter on Grand Cayman working for Cayman Net News has complained to a United kingdom Member of Parliament about what he calls is…
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Cayman EIA contract with Baird signed The Cayman Islands Government has signed a $2.5m agreement for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the planned cruise port for George Town with W.F. Baird Coastal Engineers Limited. Cayman company, Bolas Engineering, will…
Cayman premier’s speech at UCCI Anti-Corruption conference
UCCI Caribbean Conference Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA The Ethical and Anti-Corruption Framework of the Cayman Islands Government: Lessons for the Caribbean Good morning, I thank President Roy Bodden and the leadership at the University College of the…
The 5th Anniversary of FOI in the Cayman Islands, 5 January 2014
The Freedom of Information Law (“FOI Law”) came into force in the Cayman Islands on 5 January 2009 by order of the Governor. Five years on and the Information Commissioner has issued over 36 Hearing Decisions, more than 140 appeals…