You know how the Scottish Information Commissioner told public bodies not to take Freedom of Information Act court action they are likely to lose? The Scottish Government has decided to…
How not to handle a Freedom of Information request... A GP surgery has been criticised for putting up signage blaming a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for delays in the…
Freedom of Information is political. And not just in the sense that opposition parties are using it on a weekly basis in Scotland (see below). In the US, among other…
A lot of Freedom of Information requests are about local issues. So this week that includes the cost of parking permits, vandalism to school signs, dead game birds and alternative…
A good result to a Freedom of Information battle this week. Channel 4 New's Fact Check has put together a really in-depth look into nurse staffing levels - or the…
We're all about Freedom of Information successes here. Usually getting an FOI answered, particularly from central government, can feel like an uphill struggle. But sometimes the opposite happens... “My jaw…
Good news, bad news FOI-wise this week. On the positive side, Ben Worthy has been looking at the ways in which FOI works. Broadly, it's popular - more than one…