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Editor's Blog: Don't de-fang the Freedom of Information Act
Comment This week news broke that the government likes the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act (as our friends over at Kablenet tell us). News also broke that the government,... [18 Oct 2006]
Mobile phones leak from UK government
News A recent Freedom of Information (FoI) enquiry by silicon.com into lost devices within the UK government has revealed how many mobile phones have gone astray in a number... [03 Aug 2006]
Who's in charge of government IT?
News At the Department for Constitutional Affairs, parliamentary under secretary of state Baroness Ashton of Upholland continues to be responsible for the Freedom... [23 May 2006]
US to block minors' access to MySpace?
News Adam Thierer, a senior fellow at the free-market Progress & Freedom Foundation, said: "This is the next major battlefield in the ongoing internet censorship wars. Fitzpatrick's bill, called the Deleting Online Predators... [11 May 2006]
Analysis: Can the public sector attract IT high-flyers?
Comment The Department for Health has so far blocked a request made by silicon.com under the Freedom of Information Act for details of Granger's salary, bonuses... [20 Apr 2006]
Decline in FoI requests after initial excitement
News Government bodies received 7,700 Freedom of Information (FoI) requests between September and December last year, the lowest quarterly total since the law came into effect. These figures... [07 Apr 2006]
UFOs and meatballs - the effect of FOI on public sector
News Since the Freedom of Information Act came into effect, government agencies have been obliged - with some exceptions - to supply records or answer questions within 20... [14 Sep 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Cheat Sheet The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is designed to give people easy access to information from public sector organisations, such as central and local... [12 Sep 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. Under the... [27 Jun 2005]
Journalists seize on Freedom of Information Act
News Half of the requests made under the Freedom of Information Act have come from journalists, according to the Department for Constitutional... [02 Feb 2005]
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... [07 Dec 2004]
Freedom of Information requests will be free
News Set to come into force on 1 January 2005, the Freedom of Information Act - which gives Joe Public new powers to extract information from government... [20 Oct 2004]
PFI companies may have to be more revealing
News Companies in PFI (private finance initiative) and government outsourcing contracts may have to reveal more than they bargained for when the Freedom of Information Act... [12 May 2004]
Data tsar promises to break government 'culture of secrecy'
News He also wants to help organisations achieve compliance with the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act, and foster an environment where... [07 Jan 2003]
Top lawyer clinches Information Commissioner role
News Richard Thomas, currently director of public policy at Clifford Chance, will be responsible for upholding the Data Protection Act and ensuring from government freedom of... [25 Jul 2002]
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