I think it might be spooky season (I am not sad about this. How early is too early to get the Halloween decorations out?). And apparently we're all asking about…

This one feels a bit like a local FOI request greatest hits! We've got speeding, dog mess, bad cyclists, and stolen cars... Zombie knives From Tuesday (September 24), it became…

Want another blog about FOI (I'm guessing yes, if you're here). George Greenwood, an investigative reporter at The Times, has just launched the brilliantly named Relight my FOIA blog. It…

I know I bang on about not sending FOI requests when you don't have to (here's some datasets you could go grab instead), but sometimes you might need the FOI…

You don't have to only send a Freedom of Information request once. Repeating your requests is a great way to track progress or otherwise. The Police Oracle study looking at…

Sending an Freedom of Information request is great. Not having to send one because the information you want is already available is also great. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has…

Following on from last week's depressingly regular complaining about the Freedom of Information Act from public bodies, a reminder of the importance of FOI. The horrifying case of Child Q,…