To have and to hold
FOI Man considers the complicated question of whether information is ‘held’ by a public authority. Last week, Christopher Cook, writing in the Financial Times, revealed that an adviser to Michael Gove at the Department for …
My FOI Wishlist – Part II
FOI Man considers the changes that could be made to make FOI in the UK even better. Last week I wrote that I was sceptical of the need for significant reform of the Freedom of …
Previously, in FOI…
FOI Man and The Guardian ensure that everybody is up to date with the story of FOI in the UK so far. Ah bliss. It’s FOI season again. GoveGate (which is not going away, despite …
GoveGate and FOI Avoidance
FOI Man thinks the Information Commissioner must be seen to carry out a thorough investigation into claims that Michael Gove’s Department for Education tried to avoid FOI disclosures by using private email accounts The Financial …
My FOI Wishlist – Part I
FOI Man considers what he would change about the FOI Act – and struggles. Recently I was asked what my FOI wishlist was. If I could make any change to FOI what would it be? …
What if the Requester became the Requested?
FOI Man imagines a world where journalists have to answer FOI requests… In these hallowed pages, you’ve read on many an occasion of the concerns that some in the public sector have about FOI. Some …