Practice makes perfect?
FOIMan highlights a new enforcement action taken by the ICO in relation to FOI handling by a public authority. It was predictable. Just as I decided to take a break from being FOIMan for a …
FOIMan highlights a new enforcement action taken by the ICO in relation to FOI handling by a public authority. It was predictable. Just as I decided to take a break from being FOIMan for a …
FOIMan comments on calls to suspend FOI as public authorities rightly prioritise dealing with the implications of COVID19. It would be a vast understatement to say that these are difficult times. Public authorities from hospitals …
FOIMan reports on the first prosecution for obstructing an FOI request in the UK. In the midst of everything that’s going on, a very significant development in UK FOI may have escaped your notice. Last …
FOI Man suggests that we should view the use of exemptions, and even decisions of the Information Commissioner and Tribunal, in a different light. It’s a common shorthand in media stories about FOI that use …
Should public authorities be allowed to introduce exemptions at appeal stages, and if so, why? A ruling by the Upper Tier of the Information Tribunal is assessed by FOI Man.
ICO naming and shaming authorities who don’t respond to FOI requests on time could be a good thing for FOI Officers.