I did a piece today about Councils obstructing local news bloggers, and a couple of people have pointed out instances of the "Vexatious FOI" request card being played where it was not really appropriate.
Is this a widespread problem? My piece is here: http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/wont-talk-to-bloggers-no-more-no-more/ Examples: http://ncclols.blogspot.com/2011/05/im-only-surprised-it-took-them-so-long.html http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/internal_investigation_reports_i#comment-18450 http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/postal_votes_in_2011_election#outgoing-129347 http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/council_expenditure#incoming-184361 Guide to the Law: http://ncclols.blogspot.com/2011/05/im-only-surprised-it-took-them-so-long.html Rgds Matt -- "The plural of anecdote is not data" Politics: http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/ Local Blogs: http://www.nutshell.org.uk/ Professional: http://www.mattwardman.co.uk/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mattwardman _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
