Are FOIA requestors going to be treated by the Police as if they were part of an organised "mosaic attack" intelligence gathering operation conducted by criminals or terrorists ? c.f. this Spy Blog article:
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FOIA request = "mosaic attack" on the Police ?
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WhatDoTheyKnow.com - FOIA request submission and publication website from MySociety.org
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Yes, Minister Series 1, Episode 1, "Open Government" First airtime BBC: 25 February 1980
"Bernard Woolley: "Well, yes, Sir...I mean, it [open government] is the Minister's policy after all."
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who is meant to regulate the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Information Tribunal - deals with appeals against decisions by the Information Commissioners.
Freedom of Information pages - Department for Constitutional Affairs
Friends of the Earth FOIA Request Generator and links to contact details for Central Government Departments and their Publication Schemes
UK Government Information Asset Register - in theory, this should point you to the correct Government documents, but in practice...well see for yourself.
Access all Information is also logging some FOIA requests
foi.mysociety.org - prototype FOIA request submission, tracking and publication website
Blog Links
UK Freedom of Information Act Blog - started by Steve Wood, now handed over to Katherine Gundersen
Your Right To Know - Heather Brooke
Informaticopia - Rod Ward
Open Secrets - a blog about freedom of information by BBC journalist Martin Rosenbaum
Panopticon blog - by Timothy Pitt-Payne and Anya Proops. Timothy Pitt-Payne is probably the leading legal expert on the UK's Freedom of Information Act law, often appearing on behlaf of the Information Commissioner's Office at the Information Tribunal.
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