Xmas & New Year is a great time for #FOI requests as you get stories in the bag for when news & journalists are thin on the ground. Here's a thread of some good examples you can save for next year...
Public bodies sometimes seem to forget is often it's less embarrassing - and cheaper - to hand over information from #FOI rather than try to sustain weak exemption arguments.
Love to see those tasked with enforcing Freedom of Information law, turn out to not be too keen on #FreedomofInformation law.
Scotland’s newly-appointed #FOI commissioner has run into criticism, the Ferret reports, because he previously accused the media of FOI “abuse” to produce “crud” about the police, and suggested reforming the law.
And, finally, I'm a criminology masters student in my 40s, returning to university, with an interest in researching digital #surveillance and #privacy.
The Globe & Mail just published a major project looking at how broken Canada's freedom-of-information laws are and Alberta is not even included in this analysis because every provincial ministry refused to provide records:
The #VictoriaPolice force is the subject of new revelations after recently marred by allegations of #corruption, including tainting important investigations and potentially lying to lawyers.
Freedom Of Information (#FOI) documents show that in the last decade, 14 Victoria Police officers have retired or resigned while #UnderInvestigation