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FOI Friday: Cyberslackers, free parking, cabbie complaints and olympic tickets
The civil servant ‘cyberslackers’ story goes regional A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about an FOI request which made the pages of the Daily Telegraph concerning internet usages at the Department for Transport. Although the data released was of … Continue reading
FOI FRIDAY: Murder warnings, data protection, hospital art – and asking for documents
Getting the background on cuts A good example of why it always pays to ask for the documents related to important spending decisions. An organisation called the Friends of Sonning Common Library is fighting to keep its library, one of … Continue reading
FOI Friday: Bed blocking, council ad spending, smoke alarms and police accidents
Hygiene fears in hospitals Not one for those who find Casualty squeamish: The Cynon Valley Leader reports on the reaasons why hospitals call out pest control services. Rats, mice, flies and bugs have all been reported at a cost of … Continue reading
FOI Friday: 10 things we’ve learnt this week thanks to the Freedom of Information Act
1. Local jobs for local workers? We kick off this week with one which could be replicated in lots of places. The Manchester Evening News asked the region’s passenger transport executive for any statistics which revealed where construction workers employed … Continue reading
FOI Friday: 10 things we’ve learnt thanks to Freedom of Information this week
The council which was paid to grit – but then didn’t do its own roads We start this week in the North East, with The Journal in Newcastle. It reported this week that council chiefs have provoked anger after it … Continue reading
FOI Friday: 10 things we’ve learnt thanks to Freedom of Information this week
I said last week I’d blog in a different post about good FOI stories which emerged as Christmas specials in newspapers over Christmas – I meant to do it this week but didn’t get chance. So, for now, here are … Continue reading
FOI Friday: 10 things we learnt this week thanks to the Freedom of Information Act
Here’s the first FOI Friday round up of 2010. I’ll be posting a round up of the stories which made the papers over the Christmas period in the next couple of days 1. Phone masts You’d think something as controversial … Continue reading
