FOIMan looks at claims that FOI may be an obstacle to the government’s plans to force businesses to report on numbers of foreign workers. Last week’s Conservative Party conference produced many “Seriously?!” moments, but none more …
FOIMan discusses controversy in Scotland around allowing independent schools longer to answer FOI requests. Campaigners south of the border must look to Scotland with envious eyes. Whilst the UK Campaign for FOI has to spend …
FOIMan comments on reports that former Liberal Democrat Minister David Laws is refusing to hand over an infamous note to the National Archives. We’ve seen plenty of FOI cases where the dispute was about whether …
FOIMan on literally giving your information value. We often hear people talk about information or data being valuable. But in the last 24 hours I’ve heard two separate speakers, ostensibly on two separate topics, discuss …
FOIMan writes about recent research on FOI and parish councils in England and Wales and considers what lessons it provides about FOI in general. We all have our own preconceptions about FOI, but when it comes to convincing …
FOIMan looks at the difficulties of monitoring FOI requests and of relying on published FOI statistics. The report of the Independent FOI Commission published in March recommended, amongst other things, the mandatory publication of FOI statistics …
