Appendix A
Financial Statement

Total Salaries and Benefits	$1,877,491
Total Operating Costs	$741,968
Total Asset Acquisitions	$34,541
Total Grants and Contributions	$1,000
Total Recoveries	($25,000)
Total Voted Expenditure*	$2,630,000

*The 1996/1997 voted expenditure provided for a staff of 25.

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner's 1996/1997 Expenditure Target reflects the annual operating costs and the funding required to achieve the goals of an expanded jurisdiction.

• Increased public awareness and promoted a wider public understanding of the Act and the Commissioner's role through:
  
  • the preparation of a new Office brochure including the translation of the brochure into Chinese and Punjabi
    
  • hosting a variety of workshops
    
  • an annual conference
    
  • Frequently Asked Questions package
    
  • 1995/96 Annual Report Excerpts
    
• Ensured that information about the Office was readily available through preparation of an information kit and updating of the Office web site; and
  
• Engaged in or commissioned research into issues affecting the achievement of the purposes of the Act, such as: Information and Privacy in Cultural Communities; A Report of Research into Information and Privacy Concerns in Chinese- and Indo-Canadian Communities in B.C. (December 1996).
  

As mandated the Office continued to:

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with the variety of public bodies that fall under the jurisdiction of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;
  
• Conduct investigations and audits to ensure compliance with the Act;
  
• Monitor, encourage and, where necessary, enforce compliance with the Act; and
  
• Continue to build an integrated, competent office that responds effectively to its clients needs.
  

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