FIPPA Audit Report: 2012 Access Practices Reassessment of the City of Winnipeg

2012-12-19

Summary

In 2011 we audited the access practices of the City of Winnipeg and in February 2012 we released a public audit report containing 21 recommendations. (The February 2012 report did not include the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) because it was audited separately and our public report on it was issued in May 2012.) The City accepted all of the recommendations. A reassessment of the City departments that received recommendations (10 departments) occurred in the summer and late fall of 2012. This report provides our findings and observations of the reassessment in relation to the 21 recommendations made by the Ombudsman in 2011. Generally, the reassessment of the City showed that as a whole, the Ombudsman’s recommendations were effectively implemented and that all but one department improved in each component area that was reassessed. In the 2012 reassessment the overall average of the components that were assessed was 88%. In the 2011 audit, the City average for the same components by department was 59%. This is a substantial improvement in performance.