Tag: Office of the Complaints Commissioner
Committee chair to block OCC merger
(CNS): The chair of the oversight committee that deals with the Office of the Complaints Commissioner has made it clear he will be using his casting vote to oppose the planned fusion of that office with other oversight authorities. Ezzard Miller said that the parliamentary committee, which includes government members Roy McTaggart, Alva Suckoo and opposition members […]
FOI deputy confirmed as top job remains in limbo
(CNS): Jan Liebaers, who is currently acting as the information commissioner, has had his government contract renewed for another two years in his substantive post as deputy in the office that oversees the compliance of the open records law. But the recruitment of a new commissioner seems to have stalled as government continues to explore […]
FOI law needs protection
(CNS): As government makes plans to merge the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) with the Office of the Complaints Commissioner (OCC) and a new police complaints body under a super-ombudsman, the acting information commissioner has called for the protection of his office from unnecessary changes. Despite the regular problems that users of the FOI law encounter in […]
OCC releases new small claims guide
(CNS): In an effort to help the man on the street to take legal action even when does not have the cash for an attorney, the Office of the Complaints Commissioner has published its fifth updated and expanded edition of the “Small Claims Handbook”. The guide, which was written by attorney Brett Basdeo, is free of […]
Ombudsman office could merge commissioners
(CNS): The government is pressing ahead with the idea of merging the work of the complaints and the information commissioners’ offices into a single ombudsman’s office, which would also incorporate the proposed independent police complaints office and data protection services. However, it is not clear if this means the current commissioners’ jobs will all be […]
Complaints boss slams pace of change
(CNS): Nicola Williams, who steps down as complaints commissioner on Friday, has said she is “extremely disappointed in the glacial pace” that the local government is moving at when it comes to implementing the recommendations she has made in a number of her Own Motion Reports. Williams said that four years after her report on […]
