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Public availability of suspected intermediary reports
2:50:34
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Council Member Lincoln Restler inquires about the public availability of suspected intermediary reports. Executive Director Paul Seamus Ryan explains the current process and future plans for transparency.
- Suspected intermediary reports are currently available via FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) requests as attachments to statement reviews.
- The CFB is moving towards a future state where all FOIL-able documents will be posted on their website without the need for formal requests.
- The goal is to post documents within days or weeks of receipt, after necessary redactions are made.
Lincoln Restler
2:50:34
Suspected intermediary reports, is there an intention to make them public?
Paul Seamus Ryan
2:50:40
They are an attachment to a statement review, and statement reviews themselves are available via FOIL requests.
2:50:47
I'll say this also, which is on point.
2:50:51
I am aiming our agency to a future state of essentially no need to file a FOIL request.
2:50:58
Anything that is foiable gets posted on our website.
2:51:02
Not quite instantly because redaction is typically needed but within a matter of days or weeks of us receiving the document it goes up on our website eliminating the need, obviating the need for FOIA requests themselves.
2:51:15
That's the direction we're heading with our FOIAL practice.