Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 5/1/2024 – #FOIFriday
We're back. Mostly, after a very long summer break. Please ignore the general state of the website, I moved hosting in November and I'm still in the half unpacked, lots…
We're back. Mostly, after a very long summer break. Please ignore the general state of the website, I moved hosting in November and I'm still in the half unpacked, lots…
Obviously, the main Freedom of Information story this week is the horrendous data breach by PSNI, which saw personal details of thousands of officers and staff published online as an…
Love to see those tasked with enforcing Freedom of Information law, turn out to not be too keen on Freedom of Information law. Scotland’s newly-appointed FOI commissioner has run into…
Just a quick #FOIFriday this week (I've been away on an actual holiday). So what FOI stories made the news this week? Sent away The Isle of Wight Council is…
Porn noises on Match of the Day? Yes, there's a Freedom of Information request for that. The BBC is subject to the FOI Act. As well as all the regular…
I'm aware it's not Friday today, so this is another slightly delayed FOI Friday. But it's another week with some good repeatable Freedom of Information ideas, including thinking about the…
This bank holiday weekend would be a bad time to submit FOI requests (they're non-working days so don't count in the 20 working day time calculation. However, if you do…