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maintain an index of any matters submitted and taken up for consideration
and any matters considered and decided, or otherwise make sure that their
public documents can be easily located;
(2) draw up and make available specifications on their information management
systems and the public information contained therein, unless granting access
to such information would be contrary to the provisions in section 24 or in
some other Act;
(3) when the introduction of information management systems or administrative
or legislative reforms are being prepared, analyse the effect of the proposed
reform on the publicity, secrecy and protection of documents and on the
quality of the information contained therein, as well as undertake the
necessary measures for the safeguarding of the rights pertaining to the
information and its quality, and for the arrangement of the protection of the
documents, the information management systems and the information
contained therein;
(4) plan and realise their document and information administration and the
information management systems and computer systems they maintain in a
manner allowing for the effortless realisation of access to the documents and
for the appropriate archiving or destruction of the documents, the information
management systems and the information contained therein, as well as for the
appropriate safeguarding and data security arrangements for the protection,
integrity and quality of the documents, the information management systems
and the information contained therein, paying due attention to the significance
of the information and the uses to which it is to be put, to the risks to the
documents and the information management systems and to the costs
incurred by the data security arrangements;
(5) see to it that their personnel are adequately informed of the right of access to
the documents they deal with and the procedures, data security arrangements
and division of tasks relating to the provision of access and the management
of information, as well as to the safeguarding of information, documents and
information management systems, and that compliance with the provisions,
orders and guidelines issued for the realisation of good practice on information
management is properly monitored.
More detailed provisions on the measures necessary for the realisation of the
obligations provided in paragraph (1) shall be issued by Decree. However, more
detailed provisions on the diaries of the courts and prosecutors shall be issued by
the Ministry of Justice. Provisions may be issued by Decree on the powers of the
Government to issue more detailed orders and guidelines on the technical
specifications for data security arrangements and procedures for the safeguarding
of information management systems and the information contained therein,
ensuring the integrity and quality of the information and the transfer of information
by way of data networks, as well as on the classification, within the State
administration, of the pertinent documents, information management systems and
the information contained therein.
The provisions in the Archives Act (831/1994) and the provisions and orders issued
on the basis of that Act apply to the duties of the archive service.
Section 19 — Duty of the authorities to provide access to information in pending matters
(1) Unless otherwise follows from the secrecy provisions, an authority shall keep
available the documents which contain information on
(1) the initiation of a legislative reform project, a commission relating to the same,
a deadline set and the person in charge of the drafting; and
(2) plans, accounts and decisions on pending matters of general importance.
(2) When requested to do so, the authority shall, orally or by another convenient
means, provide access to information on the stage of consideration, alternatives and
impact assessments relating to matters referred to in paragraph (1), as well as on
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