The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced that their nomination to take over from Christopher Graham is Elizabeth Denham. Ms. Denham is currently the Information and Privacy Commissioner in British Columbia, Canada. This …
FOIMan highlights the difficulty of handling FOI requests at the height of industrial disputes. Those responsible for managing FOI compliance are in a difficult position at the best of times. I’m sure they wouldn’t quote …
FOIMan reports on the latest FOI and information rights news stories. Information Commissioner uses launch of Annual Report to call for more resources and powers The Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, launched his office’s Annual …
FOIMan argues that funding cuts to the Information Commissioner’s Office are a huge threat to FOI. Transparency’s a marvellous thing isn’t it? These days we can find out what goes on in all sorts of …
FOI Man comments on a war of words between a national newspaper and the Information Commissioner and suggests that Chris Graham is firing in the wrong direction. I’m generally a tolerant chap. I try to …
FOI Man asks whether a former ICO employee working for Google, or an MP using him to make political points, is the greater threat to a free society. Oh dear. I was planning a quiet …
