Cayman Islands FOI requests drop off

FOI requests drop off


By Brent Fuller, brent@cfp.ky

Sunday 9th August, 2009   Posted: 14:50 CIT   (19:50 GMT)


Public requests seeking information from the Cayman Islands government and its related authorities and companies have steadily tapered off over the last six months.


Since the Freedom of Information Law (2007) took effect on 5 January up through 30 June, a total of 314 requests have been made by the public. About one–third of those requests (117) came in the first month the law was enacted.

In February, 55 requests were made; in March that number jumped again to 87; in April 56 FOI requests were made; in May 45 such requests were made; and in June only 36 FOI requests were made.

"Statistics are showing a great deal of success in granting access to records," a report from the FOI coordinator's office read.

Just more than half (52 per cent) of the open records requests made to Cayman's government agencies since January have either been granted in full or were never processed because the records already existed in the public domain.

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=10384504