FOI Man reviews new guidance from the Information Commissioner around the controversial issue of vexatious requests. Ever since the important decisions made by Judge Wikeley in the Upper Tribunal earlier this year, it has been …
FOI Man reports on a Tribunal decision that could change the way that public authorities treat requests for salary information of senior officials. A new decision from the First Tier Tribunal threatens to overturn conventional …
FOI Man highlights forthcoming changes to FOI and provides some hints and tips for public authorities on how to deal with them. Last year, the Protection of Freedoms Act was passed. Amongst the changes it …
In this post, FOI Man looks at the provision within FOI to refuse requests which exceed “the appropriate limit”. Summary It’s the constant lament of some public authorities and critics of FOI. FOI costs money. …
FOI Man talks to Times Higher Education about universities and openness. Times Higher Education magazine this week features an article about…higher education, and how open and transparent it is. I was interviewed for this feature …
FOI Man asks if reduced resources are causing the Information Commissioner to cut corners on important FOI decisions. In legislative terms, FOI and its sidekick, the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR), are spring chickens. We’re still …
