Theme : foi
- FOI does its job shock The Information Commissioner Richard Thomas yesterday ordered the release of minutes from the Cabinet meetings where military action against Iraq was discussed. Was he right? As a advocate of more rigorous application of freedom of information law and principles, I would argue yes, and that this is great news. from : petebradwell 27th February 2008
- Decisions without democracy report Link to report on secrecy in government, focused on the US. from : petebradwell 8th August 2007
- Consultation responses - Information Commissioners Office Consultation drafts from the ICO from : petebradwell 11th July 2007
- Straw criticised for "totally unjustified attack" on Information Commissioner Press release from CFOI on Jack Straw's comments on amendment to FOI bill from : petebradwell 14th May 2007
- Trust...dialogue...transparency Reading the Freedom of Information blog today you might come across a couple of interesting quotes. One of them is from Tony Blair who was talking, broadly, about freedom of information in the context of trust in politics: "...the question for us is how do you then get this more sophisticated and profound dialogue about politics today and political issues...' from : petebradwell 18th April 2007
- Free Our Data: the blog Guardian 'Free Our Data' campaign, urging the release of of public sector data. from : petebradwell 4th April 2007
- Mashup congress | Netcentric Campaigns Note on a competition for Sunshine Week and transparency in US government from : petebradwell 6th March 2007
- FYI: We need to know. Period The Times leads with an excellent piece on the freedom of information. According to the paper; less than two years into its life, ministers seem to have taken fright. The Government is seeking to make changes to the [FOI] Act which are ostensibly about saving money but which will have the effect of making it much easier for ministers to save face by dodging difficult questions. from : charlieedwards 5th March 2007
- CST: Report, Better use of personal information Report from Council for Science and Technology (from 2005) on how government could better make use of personal information. from : petebradwell 8th February 2007
- Whose House? The 'open access' crowd - those loosely connected fellows who care about how easy it is to get hold of 'official' information - have been getting hot under the collar these past months over some really damaging proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Act. And why not - the attitude from government towards public debate about such important changes has been pretty poor.But from seemingly nowhere this private members bill has trotted into play. It's aim is to exempt an MPs correspondence... from : petebradwell 31st January 2007
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