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.
What Do I Know? A Postscript
Instructions on use of WDTK as a disclosure log and a response to those who think that names of requesters shouldn’t be required
What don’t we like about What Do They Know?
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?
Barmy FOI Requests
Bit of Friday fun this, but quite illustrative of some of the themes I’ve covered in recent posts. An FOI Officer forwarded me the following FOI request received via the “email the FOI Officer” link …
Tips for journalists using FOI
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 …