It’s about time
FOIMan highlights a change in the final version of the recently revised s.45 code that confuses rather than clarifies FOI deadlines. Last November the Cabinet Office published a draft of a revised s.45 code of …
FOIMan highlights a change in the final version of the recently revised s.45 code that confuses rather than clarifies FOI deadlines. Last November the Cabinet Office published a draft of a revised s.45 code of …
FOI Man makes a plea for patience from those who made requests before Christmas. January – it’s a hard month for all of us, isn’t it? Most of us have had at least a few …
FOI Man pours himself a cold one and considers the implications of the summer break for answering FOI requests
A local authority disclosed information requested through EIR within 15 days. But the Commissioner has ruled that they failed to answer the request “as soon as possible”, even though they answered well within 20 working days.
There are lots of reasons why public authorities don’t really like WhatDoTheyKnow.com, but should we learn to embrace it as a tool to help us?
Further to yesterday’s post, one of my regular readers, Nicholas, asked for statistics to illustrate my point that the vast majority of requests are answered on time and in full. Here’s just a few examples, …