Right Old Pickles – Charging for FOI
Hampshire County Council’s lobbying for FOI charges has been roundly put down by the Communities Secretary. Charges are probably too blunt a tool, but we still need to debate how better to manage requests.
Hampshire County Council’s lobbying for FOI charges has been roundly put down by the Communities Secretary. Charges are probably too blunt a tool, but we still need to debate how better to manage requests.
Instructions on use of WDTK as a disclosure log and a response to those who think that names of requesters shouldn’t be required
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?
Found this blog post from David Higgerson giving 6 tips to journalists using FOI. Although I’d query some of the more cynical statements there (there does seem to be an assumption that we spend our …
Finding information to answer an FOI request is a very human process prone to error. FOI Officers and their colleagues can only make “all reasonable efforts”.