Keeping a diary (secret)
FOIMan explains that it can be difficult to keep an official’s diary secret under FOI. The Guardian yesterday reported on the outcome of an FOI request that it made to the (then) Department for Communities …
Copyright and FOIA
FOIMan writes about the relationship between copyright and freedom of information. Practitioners and others often get confused about the way that copyright interacts with FOI. In this piece for the Freedom of Information Journal, I attempt …
Back to the FOIA: FOI, historical records and archives
FOIMan writes about the relationship between FOI and the past. Way back before I got involved with FOI, I started my career as an archivist. In my latest article for the Freedom of Information Journal, I’ve …
FOI enforcement developments
FOIMan notes a couple of developments on FOI enforcement. A brief note of two important enforcement actions taken by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the last few weeks. First off, the Royal Borough of …
Data protection doesn’t require important records to be destroyed
FOIMan explains why any organisation which blames the destruction of important records on data protection rules is being either disingenuous or is ignorant of what the law requires. In recent weeks The Guardian has drawn …
FOI and Open Data Developments
FOIMan reports on a new strategy from the ICO and a move for open data (and data sharing) responsibilities in government. I’m briefly emerging from my monastic cell to note some recent developments in FOI …