On 22/12/2011 15:00, Francis Davey wrote:

A second problem - and one that a 20 day "target" encourages - is the
idea that the FOI requires some complex mechanism to deal with. My
mother (who does lots of local campaigning) finds going into the
council and asking for a document much, much, quicker and less hassle
than making an formal FOI request.

There's a classic example of that kind of issue here:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/whats_the_geographic_address_for_2

Mark
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