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Freedom of Information Act: How Magic Service Desk Suite Can Help Public Bodies Fulfill Their Legal Requirements
White Paper This white paper provides public bodies with guiding principles to help them meet their obligations under the FOIA and the IT audits required to ensure compliance. As a leading provider of IT solutions, BMC Software understands how public sector... [03 Jul 2008]
CEOs blamed for "horrifying" data blunders
News The ICO received complaints under both the Data Protection Act (DPA) and Freedom of Information Act. The ICO received almost 6,000 complaints under the Freedom of Information Act and has closed more than three-quarters of those. [11 Jul 2007]
First Year Challenges for Freedom of Information
White Paper It follows an internationally unique lead-in period of five years since the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) came into force, and has to be viewed alongside existing Data Protection legislation and new rights under Environmental Information... [26 May 2006]
How much does NHS IT chief Granger earn?
News Under the terms of the FoI Act public bodies have 20 working days to provide the information. The Department of Health (DoH) is dragging its feet over releasing details of NHS IT chief Richard Granger's salary, bonuses and expenses despite a... [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. Just under 4,000 requests were made to government departments and the other... [07 Apr 2006]
The National Archives Meets Customer Targets Set in Freedom of Information Act
White Paper The Freedom of Information Act, which came fully into effect in January 2005, gives people the right of access to information held by public bodies. In order to comply with the Act, The National Archives required a system that would provide access... [15 Mar 2006]
Leader: Data protection watchdog needs more bite
Leader Then we learn that the ICO has resolved less than half of the complaints made about public bodies failing to answer requests for information made under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act. After a reporter from a national tabloid newspaper exposed... [13 Jan 2006]
UK stops 13 fax marketers - but no spammers
News Putting this into context with other complaints we receive under the same and previous legislation, we receive far more complaints about direct marketing faxes and have been successful in taking enforcement action in 13 cases of breaches by fax... [11 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. According to figures published by the Department of Constitutional Affairs, 13,400... [27 Jun 2005]
Leader: Spam laws shame the UK
Leader This week silicon.com revealed the results of a Freedom of Information Act enquiry into the DTI. In the past, representatives of bodies such as the Office of Fair Trading and the DTI have objected to silicon.com's cynicism on the issue of anti-spam... [03 Jun 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 January 2005, according to MPs. The report by the House of Commons Constitutional... [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 bodies - will now make less of a dent of the average person's pocket. [20 Oct 2004]
Techies hamstrung by bosses on Freedom of Information
News The hugely significant Freedom of Information Act will come into force on 1 January 2005, requiring all government bodies to comply with its terms - but, according to new research, only two in ten will do. [18 Oct 2004]
PFI companies may have to be more revealing
News Under the Act, requests for information held by over 100,000 public bodies will have to be met within 20 days unless they can prove that they are entitled to exemption from disclosure. She explained that some companies and individuals had been... [12 May 2004]
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