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Case Study The first version of William the Conqueror's Doomsday Book was completed in 1086 - the first-ever survey of the English people and their way of life. It is the oldest record held at the National Archives (NA) today and one of millions of historic... [14 Sep 2005]
UFOs and meatballs - the effect of FOI on public sector
News The NA has been tipped as something of a specialist with the FOI Act, and because of its long history of dealing with documents it developed a standard - TNA 2002 - that all government departments should demand from software vendors selling... [14 Sep 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Cheat Sheet How do I implement FOI in my organisation? What's this one about then? The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is designed to give people easy access to information from public sector organisations, such as central and local government, emergency... [12 Sep 2005]
Police IT boss: Why we swapped Linux for Microsoft
News The force had been working on an open source FOI project but Stirling said: "This system was never completed to our satisfaction and the project was terminated. Central Scotland Police is replacing parts of its open source infrastructure with... [18 Aug 2005]
Watchdog gets more than 1,000 FoI complaints
News The UK's data protection watchdog claims public bodies are adhering to the spirit of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act, despite receiving more than 1,000 complaints since January about authorities failing to comply with the law. [13 Jul 2005]
One in five FoI requests turned down
News Central government bodies refused nearly one in five Freedom of Information (FoI) Act requests received in the first three months the legislation was in force. Departments of State reported receiving a total of around 7,700 non-routine FoI... [27 Jun 2005]
Software helps agency hit FOI target
Case Study The London Development Agency (LDA) is using content management software to help it comply with the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act - and improve its knowledge management. The original drive was one of compliance and the FOI Act," she said. [20 Jun 2005]
The Freedom of Information Act: Now It's Law But Are You Ready?
White Paper On the 1st January the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act became law in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Research has found that three-quarters of public sector departments had no predetermined budget for tackling FoI compliance, despite it being... [07 May 2005]
Freedom of Information: How good is your council?
News Almost nine out of ten local authorities have complied with the deadline for dealing with Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from the public since the Act came into force in January, according to a new survey. [22 Feb 2005]
Government email deletion under scrutiny
News Wyatt, who is leading a parliamentary charge against spammers, said he would be disappointed if the government had resorted to clearing inboxes as a way of avoiding embarrassment from the Freedom of Information Act (FoI). [23 Dec 2004]
Civil Service deletes millions of emails
News The Civil Service department insisted the move was part of an ongoing management policy to avoid wasting taxpayers' money and not a way of ducking the Freedom of Information Act (FoI). It's nothing to do with FoI. [20 Dec 2004]
MPs criticise Freedom of Information implementation
News Many government agencies and public sector bodies are unprepared to deal with data requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, which comes into force on 1 January 2005, according to MPs. The report by the House of Commons Constitutional... [07 Dec 2004]
Hoax virus warnings and spam scams: The top 10
News Meninas da Playboy (2.4 per cent) - email hoax: "Esse vírus foi descoberto na Argentina e esta se espalhando muito rapidamente pelo mundo todo. JDBGMGR (accounts for 14 per cent of all reports) - A hoax virus warning relating to the Microsoft... [20 Sep 2002]
UK set for freedom of information bill
News The UK minister for public services, David Clark, has announced plans to publish a draft bill on freedom of information (FOI). The UK government first voiced this intention in its response to the Public Administration Select Committee Report on FOI. [23 Jul 1998]
