An annotation on an FOI request relating to the work programme is worth repeating in full – and quoting – for anyone else considering requesting information: The DWP Head of Work Programmes Division[1] wrote a memo to Minister for Employment on 24 April 2012 which stated: There are no “cost limits”[2] for Freedom of Information […]
Here are the Olympic-related links we’ve been looking at over the last week from July 27th through July 29th: New Statesman – The Olympic spirit? – Arrestees were later released with stringent bail conditions, including a ban from cycling in … Continue reading →
The morning after a pro-cycling group were prevented from taking their monthly London route news comes in of clashes with the Police. The London Critical Mass group of approximately one hundred fifty cyclists broke through the police cordons, in place … Continue reading →
Binstead and Martin, London Mini Marathon. Jack Binstead (U14) and Collette Martin (U17) in the Wheelchairs Mini Marathon on 17 April 2011. Taken from Birdcage Walk by Snappa. For the book 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost … Continue reading →
It’s now two months since we first gathered data on Olympic torchbearers. In that time people have appeared on the list and then disappeared, appeared late, appeared without stories, or not appeared at all. Here is the data gathered across … Continue reading →
David Higgerson suggests six questions that journalists can ask to improve the end results of a possible FOI request – or save you sending one entirely. they are:
Is this information available elsewhere?
Will they release the infor…
In the final part of the serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way we look at how the story affected one inspirational individual who did carry the torch – and … Continue reading →
Cleland Thom provides another of his useful roundups on ‘right to know’ laws in the UK. This time it’s the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR), a set of regulations which work in a similar way to the Freedom of Information Act, but …