A refused or unanswered Freedom of Information request can still be a story. (But you can read about some successful ones below). This Local Democracy Reporting Service request to Cardiff…
Political parties in Scotland love Freedom of Information. You might have noticed FOI Friday regularly features FOI news from Scotland. And that quite a lot of the stories come courtesy…
Freedom of Information rows! Does inspiring an on-stage outburst from Liam Gallagher mean FOI is cool? Ahead of the Edinburgh leg of the Oasis tour, council documents released under FOI…
The Cabinet Office is at it again (Freedom of Information-wise). An FOI from Democracy for Sale found the Cabinet Office spent £32,000 on lawyers to avoid releasing a blank sheet…
Freedom of Information requests have a habit of leading to personal data breaches. Usually the problem in the process is someone not realising or not checking exactly what information is…
Sometimes Freedom of Information requests don't lead to a response. Thames Valley Police appears to have a completely useless records system. It's probably a miracle they get anything done. At…
Thought getting answers to your Freedom of Information request was hard? The annual Foilies name and shame the most repugnant, absurd and incompetent responses to US public records requests under…