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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 11/8/2023 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 7/7/2023 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 30/6/2023 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 16/6/2023 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 10/6/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 3/6/22 – #FOIFriday
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…