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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 28/1/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Sometimes the FOI request you sent in weeks ago turns out to be more timely that you might have anticipated it being (the long wait for response means it's not…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 21/1/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Actually on a Friday this week. And with a reminder that you don't always need an FOI to get the information you want. Sometimes knowing what is published can make…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 14/1/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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A new year, and a potential opportunity to start doing things differently. If doing journalism differently this year is one of the things you're hoping to change, then I'm planning…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 6/1/2023 – #FOIFriday

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Happy New Year! And happy new FOI requests. Now is as good a time as any to send some off requests - NHS pressures and social care seem like areas…

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Read more about the article FOI Exemptions – Section 22 – Yes, but are you really planning to publish the information in my FOI?

FOI Exemptions – Section 22 – Yes, but are you really planning to publish the information in my FOI?

  • Post last modified:October 22, 2024
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The companion to Section 21 (and not just because both FOI officers and I frequently write one when we mean the other), is Section 22. If Section 21 is there to direct…

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Response to the consultation on the ICO’s Openness by Design strategy

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Do you agree with the vision we have set out for the regulation of access to information rights? Yes, it sounds lovely, and a great thing for the ICO to aim…

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Openness by Design – Why the ICO has an (extremely) long way to go on FOI.

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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So I send a lot of Freedom of Information requests (count for last year was well in the thousands). Consequently, I get a lot of responses, a lot of refusals,…

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