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Government to make FoI data machine readable

...is to change the law so that all data released under the Freedom of Information Act will be fully accessible to computers. Cabinet Office minister... Read more

5 October, 2010 by Kable

Treasury spends £9.9m on Fujitsu services

...supplier budget with Fujitsu, according to recently released figures. Figures released under Freedom of Information by the department show that the technology firm came fourth... Read more

30 December, 2010 by Kable

ICO reports surge in data protection complaints

...the increase in data protection cases and a 20-percent rise in Freedom of Information (FoI) cases. Graham also used the launch to call for... Read more

15 July, 2010 by David Meyer
iCPRS 1.1

iCPRS 1.1

...SSH tunnel access.*This application is an independent port of the VistA Freedom of Information Act(FOIA) software release. This software is not endorsed, verified... Read more

6 May, 2012
iOPENGOV - the First Amendment Coalition's Guide to Public Access Law 1.2

iOPENGOV - the First Amendment Coalition's Guide to Public Access Law 1.2

...laws;Public records law -- including Californias Public Records Act (CPRA), and the Freedom of Information Act FOIA;The legal rights and liabilities of reporters in... Read more

22 July, 2011
FBI Vault 1.0.2

FBI Vault 1.0.2

...FBI that have recently been made available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or the Privacy Act.Read documents about such... Read more

22 July, 2011
FBI UFO Letters Revealed HD 1

FBI UFO Letters Revealed HD 1

Released to the public under the United States Freedom of Information Act after years of secrecy, these records detail a number... Read more

5 March, 2011
Tony Blair 1.0

Tony Blair 1.0

...of 1997 manifesto pledges, introducing the minimum wage, Human Rights Act and Freedom of Information Act; and carrying out regional devolution, establishing the Scottish Parliament... Read more

24 September, 2010

ICO: texts and private email subject to FOI

...who text on a private device for work purposes are subject to freedom of information requests, according to guidance published by UK data authority the... Read more

19 December, 2011

Dumfries and Galloway Council rebuked over data leak

...staff as part of a response to an enquiry made under the Freedom of Information Act. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the council... Read more

18 October, 2011 by Staff

FixMyTransport sets complaints in motion

The team behind the WhatDoTheyKnow freedom-of-information site has launched a new service, FixMyTransport. The website, set... Read more

31 August, 2011

Police admit to holding data on millions of 999 calls

...databases. The revelation has emerged from information provided in response to a freedom of information request from the Press Association. It shows that police forces... Read more

5 January, 2011 by Kable

ICO pushes for FoI compliance

...to force a public sector organisation to improve its compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. It has required the University of East Anglia (UEA... Read more

23 December, 2010 by Kable

Law change opens UK public data for re-use

...and commercialise. The Protection of Freedoms Act, which contained amendments to the Freedom of Information Act, was passed by royal assent on Tuesday. The amendments... Read more

2 May, 2012

How will G-Cloud save £340m? 'Er, not sure,' says Whitehall

...one the government can't answer. According to a response to a Freedom of Information request from the Cabinet Office requesting a breakdown of the... Read more

26 May, 2012 by Jo Best

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