Freedom of Information Act
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]
Future of Freedom of Information Act in doubt
News The Freedom of Information Act, which underpins the long awaited electronic government initiative, might not make it into the next Queen's speech. Maurice Frankel,... [06 Jul 1998]
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]
Journalists seize on Freedom of Information Act
News The Freedom of Information Act, designed to give the public more access to information and insight into the workings of government, has... [02 Feb 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... [22 Feb 2005]
Freedom of Information Bill comes under criticism
News Supporters of the Freedom of Information Bill yesterday launched a campaign to try and overhaul the proposed Act. When the Bill was published on 24 May,... [22 Jun 1999]
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]
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). These recommendations included: proposals for integrating... [23 Jul 1998]
London borough frees up access to its info
Case Study The Royal Borough of Kingston has increased the amount of information it is making available to the public as part of its work to comply with Freedom... [04 Jan 2006]
Public sector fear over Freedom of Information IT costs
News Over two-thirds of public sector IT managers believe the cost of updating or installing new systems is a significant barrier to complying with the Freedom of... [16 Sep 2003]
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... [18 Oct 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]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.09.06
Round-Up If we promise you this week's Round-Up contains amazing stories of intrigue and scandal will you first sit through an interesting tale about a Freedom of Information... [08 Sep 2006]
Government email deletion under scrutiny
News The government watchdog said on Wednesday it would look 'unfavourably' on the Cabinet Office if it was deleting emails because of the Freedom of Information... [23 Dec 2004]
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