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The ICO has launched a consultation on the revision of its model publication scheme, under sections 19 and 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). View the consultation document View the consultation document (Welsh) The closing date of this consultation is 21 December 2011.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a consumer campaign aimed at getting the public to offer their views about what information public authorities should proactively release. The ‘Tell Me More’ campaign will run alongside the ICO’s existing consultation on the content of publication schemes – the documents that set out what information a public authority [...]
The ICO has launched a consultation on the revision of its model publication scheme, under sections 19 and 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). View the consultation document View the consultation document (Welsh)
For the first time, Big Brother Watch has uncovered the true extent to which Police abuse their access to confidential databases. Between 2007 and 2010: 243 Police officers and staff received criminal convictions for breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA). 98 Police officers and staff had their employment terminated for breaching the DPA. 904 Police [...]
The Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Defence and Birmingham City Council have made a commitment to improve the time they take to respond to FOI requests, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. All three public authorities have signed undertakings committing them to putting changes in place. Failure to comply with the terms of the [...]
On 12 April, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its latest list of public authorities being monitored over the time they take to respond to freedom of information requests. Following the lifting of the communications restrictions imposed by purdah, the ICO can now confirm that the Welsh Assembly Government is also included on this list. [...]
Several public authorities, including the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, have failed to meet the requirement to reduce the time they take to respond to FOI requests, the Information Commissioner’s Office announced today. The ICO monitored the performance of 33 public authorities for a period of three months, following concerns about delays in [...]
The Information Commissioner’s Office monitored the following authorities’ timeliness in responding to requests for information between 1 October and the 31 December 2010. The ICO targets monitoring activity towards those authorities which repeatedly or seriously fail to respond to freedom of information requests within the appropriate timescales. Monitoring may be a precursor to further action [...]
Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said: “I welcome the publication of the Protection of Freedoms Bill and support its aims of strengthening privacy, delivering greater transparency and achieving improved accountability, as well as greater independence for the ICO. The Bill engages with issues that have been longstanding concerns for us: ensuring the right organisations are subject [...]
The Information Commissioner’s Office has ordered the Department of Health to disclose informating relating to the costs of purchasing the flu vaccine that was in use in February 2010. Today’s announcement follows an information request received by the Department of Health from a journalist asking for the costs of the development, distribution, promotion and purchasing [...]
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