FOIMan reviews JISC’s latest report on FOI in higher education. There aren’t that many sources of information on FOI performance. Central government of course publishes statistics on its own compliance, but outside of Whitehall, the …
FOIMan puts a report on FOI from Times Higher Education into context. “The number of Freedom of Information requests received by UK universities has risen by about 40 per cent in the past three years…” …
FOI Man highlights an interesting Tribunal decision on vexatious requests
Most exemptions are subject to a public interest test. But why is it so important to ensuring that the Freedom of Information Act works?
Central Government has established a datastore for Open Data. But if you’re outside of Central Government, how do you react to calls for more online data? And what is the role of FOI Officers in getting them established? Southampton University’s new datastore may give us some clues.
Is FOI reform a two way street? Should bodies be subject to FOI if they receive no or reduced public funding?
