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 -- Sent from my Babbage Difference Engine 2 http://mark.goodge.co.uk _______________________________________________ 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
