2015 was a year when the Freedom of Information Act came under attack; 2016 could prove to be the year it is damaged. The government’s FOI Commission – the ‘independent review’ of the decade old Act – has been rumbling…
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2016: When the Freedom of Information Act will be dismantled
Posted in Journalism, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: FOI, FOI Directory, Government, London, Matt Burgess, Transparency, UK
DWP to quietly publish benefited-related death stats before Bank Holiday weekend
The Department for Work and Pensions is finally going to publish information about deaths related to benefit claimants. But it’s going to publish them quietly just before the bank holiday. The Department’s non-disclosure and stalling of the publication caused public…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Transparency Tagged with: Benefit claimants, benefits, deaths, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Employment and Support Allowance, FOI Directory, Government, Incapacity Benefit, Matt Burgess, open data, Severe Disablement Allowance, Transparency
Timeline: The government’s review on Freedom of Information Act
On a quiet, sunny, Friday afternoon in July the Conservative government announced that it would review the Freedom of Information Act. A panel – The Freedom of Information Commission (with FOI Commissioners) – was formed to look at the scope…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: FOI, FOI Directory, Freedom of Information Act 2000, Government, Matt Burgess, open data, review, Transparency