Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 21/1/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 14/1/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 6/1/2023 – #FOIFriday
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…
FOI Exemptions – Section 22 – Yes, but are you really planning to publish the information in my FOI?
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…
Response to the consultation on the ICO’s Openness by Design strategy
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…
Openness by Design – Why the ICO has an (extremely) long way to go on FOI.
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,…
FOI Exemptions – Section 21 – but the information I want isn’t available elsewhere, is it time to appeal?
If the Cabinet Office statistics for central government FOI-handling show cost is the most common reason you’ll find your request being refused, then coming in as the third most commonly used Freedom of…
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