by Rick Marengo | Apr 19, 2022 | Cautions List, Data Retention Policy, Data Sharing Agreements, Information Governance, SAR, Security
Mobile workers of all kinds encounter risks – especially lone workers. Examples in the public sector include health visitors, maintenance workers and social care. However, the list is much bigger. They can be directly employed or may work for an agency. The...
by Rick Marengo | Dec 12, 2025 | Uncategorised
A request comes in to you in the IG team and you know the departments who hold pieces of the data so you allocate them their specific queries and await their responses. All have the data but some respond to you quicker than others. Some are late and hold up the...
by Rick Marengo | Dec 2, 2025 | Audit, Cyber Security, Information Governance, Information Security, Security
We hear so much about government procurement problems but it is good to hear about a success story. Security Compliance Any public sector organisation must ensure they are dealing with established suppliers. In IT procurement, that means security and reliability...
by Rick Marengo | Aug 11, 2025 | Magagement Reporting, Uncategorised
AXLR8 are providing new dashboard widgets that can be arranged to for a management dashboard. These widgets are intended to give at-a-glance KPIs. Once they have settled following feedback from clients, we will add drill down as required. For example, you...
by Rick Marengo | Apr 23, 2025 | SAR, Uncategorised
Organisations must respond to SARs in a calendar month. Occasionally, for complex Requests, the time may be extended to two or three Calendar Months. In some jurisdictions, the deadline day for response may not land on a weekend or public holiday. The length of time...
by FOI2000Admin | Feb 25, 2025 | Cyber Security
AXLR8 completed the first step of this year’s Cyber Essential Plus assessment (3.1 Montpellier) at the beginning of January 2025. The next stage of Cyber Essentials Plus is tougher with an external expert auditor running invasive scans and internal tests on the...
by Rick Marengo | Jan 23, 2025 | Audit, Automating FOI/SAR emails, FOI, Information Governance, IRMS RoI, SAR
This is a new feature from AXLR8 for IG teams in public services. It allows the automation of some Information Request workflow. These tasks previously required manual checking or reminders. Now they can be set up to run unattended. In all cases, the reminders can...
by Rick Marengo | Jan 3, 2025 | Cyber Security
AXLR8 completed the first step of this year’s Cyber Essential Plus assessment (3.1 Montpellier) at the beginning of January 2025. The next stage of Cyber Essentials Plus is tougher with an external expert auditor running invasive scans and internal tests on the...
by Rick Marengo | Nov 25, 2024 | FOI Public Disclosure Log
The AXLR8 Public Disclosure Log comes in a standard form. We have added lots more options and accessibility enhancements. Dark mode now overrides any CSS the client provides so dark mode in responsive or PC/Tablet versions both show white on black. This works even if...
by Rick Marengo | Aug 23, 2024 | Automating FOI/SAR emails, FOI, Information Governance
Does your IRMS really need 100+ response templates? Would 20 smart templates be better for FOIs, EIRs and SARs? In helping automate the change of contact details for the information commissioner in one country (OSIC, Scotland) last week, we noticed that we had to...
by Rick Marengo | Aug 14, 2024 | Automating FOI/SAR emails, Reviews and Appeals
The office of the Scottish Information Commissioner (OSIC) have changed their internet addresses and emails from the domain name “itspublicknowledge.info” to “foi.scot”. In all templates: “Email: enquiries@itspublicknowledge.info” must be...
