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As Oliver et al. suggest, "If universities were to provide assistance for local policymakers in the analysis of existing data, a relationship of mutual benefit could start to develop" [ 19]. 1 In this study of commissioners' information seeking behaviour which aimed to inform the ways that researchers' communicate their knowledge, we found that above all commissioners were pragmatic.
Additional file 1: Vignette of commissioners' information seeking behaviour.
It covered type of knowledge wanted by commissioners, information sources, how information was accessed and influenced decisions.
The topic guide, which was revised as new questions emerged, covered the types of knowledge wanted by commissioners, information sources and how information was accessed and influenced decisions.
To learn how academic research can influence policy, researchers need to know more about commissioning, commissioners' information seeking behaviour and the role of research in their decisions.
To illustrate the findings made throughout the results section, we present here an example of commissioners' information seeking and ways that this fed into the decision making process in the following box (Additional file 1).
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Mr. Azizur Rahman, Chief Information Commissioner, Information Commission, Mr. Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Secretary, External Resource Division, Ministry of Planning, Mr. Shaikh Altaf Ali, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Carel de Rooy, UNICEF Representative, were also present at the event.
(Meeting observation, Carnford) Commissioners acquired information through conversations, stories and documentation including online sources.
Ludwig referred the matter to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), but information commissioner John McMillan declined to investigate the matter.
The following year, he was made commissioner for information and labour in the administration of General Yakubu Gowon.
Paul J. Cosgrave, the city's commissioner of information technology and telecommunications, said the current system worked but was not efficient.
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