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RSS foiSoftware 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]
Half of FoI complaints unresolved
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has resolved less than half of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act complaints it received last year. Since the FoI Act came into effect last January, the ICO said it has resolved 1,082 complaints out of... [13 Jan 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 suggest that there was a marked initial peak in request... [07 Apr 2006]
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]
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]
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]
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, through Constitutional Affairs Secretary of State - and prime ministerial buddy... [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 of departments, as well as unearthing some more unusual losses. [03 Aug 2006]
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]
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]
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]
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]
How much does NHS IT chief Granger earn?
News 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 request made by silicon.com under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.silicon.com made a request... [20 Apr 2006]
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]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.09.06
Round-Up We were responding to an FOI request and we didn't redact the document properly," said a spokesman, exercising his understatement muscles. In this instance an FOI enquiry into the National Audit Office requested information relating to the review... [08 Sep 2006]
