Did you know, for example, that the ICO’s Information Rights Committee meets regularly to exchange views on relevant issues?
If you were to glance at the minutes of its meeting held on 12 August, you may be interested to learn that it has carried out a review of its priority action groups and other cross-office groups.
Deputy Commissioner David Smith introduced a paper aimed at ensuring the various ICO internal groups with an information rights agenda are clearly defined, effective and able to deliver relevant priorities. Evidently, there is a risk that if groups are not established in the correct way, then opportunities may be lost or some duplication of effort may occur.
After some deliberation, the following recommendations were agreed:
· Priority Area Groups concept will be
retained, albeit with the groups being renamed as Priority Area Action Groups
(PAAGs)
· Tasking and Coordination Groups, (TCGs) Hot
Issues Groups and Cross Office Information Exchange Groups (COIEGs) will
continue unchanged.
· An update on the activities of relevant TCGs
will be included in the Management Board information rights report.
· The Health PAG will become the Health and
Social Care PAAG.
· The Internet and Mobile Services PAG will be
renamed as the Emerging Technologies and Applications PAAG.
· The SME COIEG will become the SME PAAG.
· A new Support to Individuals PAAG will be
established. It will include representation from the E&D Committee.
· The Information Rights Committee will
annually review the effectiveness of each PAAG.
So, now we know.
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