OFCOM register of hospitality
Sep 18, 2009 Central Government
Hmm – it’s 3pm on a Friday and I’ve just had Ofcom’s response to my freedom of informaton act request seeking their registers of gifts and hospitality. Ofcom is the regulator of the broadcast industry and as you’ll see there’s a lot of ’stakeholder engagement’ in evidence. Friday afternoons are the preferred time for [...]
Video: My talk to the Centre of Investigative Journalism
Sep 18, 2009 Central Government, FOI in Parliament
Here is a talk I gave to the Centre of Investigative Journalism this summer, for those interested in hearing the full tale of how I battled to obtain MPs’ expenses.
Public relations: bad for our health
Sep 10, 2009 Freedom of Information, Health
I’ve been making a number of FOI requests as part of the research for my book. One of the responses from the Department of Health was picked up by Tony Collins at Computer Weekly who writes an excellent blog and has probably saved the taxpayer many tens of millions of pounds by his inquisitive digging [...]
