The Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority closed down digital services in its archive last spring since it was revealed that confidential material had been openly available there. The revelations about the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority, whose customer service, according to Expressen, also handed out documents without confidentiality checks, led to the former General Director Susanne Ås Sivborg having to leave her position.
Since then, documents have been manually checked for confidentiality, which takes time.
Requests for documents are coming in at a significantly faster pace than the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority can handle. Today, around 10,000 files are waiting in line for review before they can be handed out, and the processing time is from one week to three months.
Reassigning and Hiring
"The long processing times affect both external actors and the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority's internal operations. The delays risk, among other things, slowing down community building processes and thus also negatively affecting the national economy", writes the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority in a press release.
The authority is therefore reassigning 150 people to work on reviewing requested disclosures. It is also requesting 30 million kronor from the government to hire 20 new people. The effort will continue until September this year. The Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority is also expanding its review operations, currently conducted in Gävle, to more locations.
"The goal is for review and disclosure to be possible within 48 hours."
200 People
Infrastructure Minister Andreas Carlson (Christian Democrats) views the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority's request positively, but does not want to give any promises, saying to TT that the government will return to the issue in the spring budget.
In total, including previous investments, around 200 people at the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority will work on disclosing documents if the effort is successful. The Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority's e-services are planned to gradually reopen by the end of March at the latest.
