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Private emails covered by FoI laws, says information commissioner
15 Dec 2011:Clarification follows claims that Department for Education special advisers used private accounts to circumvent FoI requests
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Britain can sometimes seem like a secret state, but you have increasing powers to access official files and information. On this page you'll find the latest Guardian articles on freedom of information issues -
Our step-by-step guide to using the Freedom of Information Act shows you where to start, and what you can do if those bureaucrats won't play fair
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How to guides
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To obtain personal information, you need to know how to make a request under the Data Protection Act
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Rob Evans explains what you need to do to request official information held by 100,000 central government departments, agencies and local bodies
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Getting your hands on official information in Scotland under the Scottish Freedom of Information Act
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Special 'right to know' rules apply to environmental information, which are set out in the Environmental Information Regulations 2004
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19 Dec 2011: Labour tables questions on the use of unofficial emails at the Department for Education -
15 Dec 2011:
Clarification follows claims that Department for Education special advisers used private accounts to circumvent FoI requests
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13 Dec 2011:
Information commission expected to rule that messages from personal accounts can be disclosed
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13 Dec 2011:
Roy Greenslade on the strange case of Radio 2's refusal to comply with a freedom of information request
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9 Dec 2011:
The European Commission is set to make a major announcement about the future of the Public Sector Information Directive on Monday. Jonathan Gray from the Open Knowledge Foundation discusses what this might mean for open data in Europe.
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8 Dec 2011:
Nancy Goldstein: The State Department response to the ACLU's FOIA requests for WikiLeaks' cables reveals the absurd abuses of state secrecy
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4 Dec 2011: The head of the civil service admits he has a generous pension, but insists he has used his time at Whitehall to fight for greater equality
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3 Dec 2011: Statistics from police forces detailing numbers of crimes planned and carried out by families or communities reveals 47% rise
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25 Nov 2011:
An unbarred access to court data is a great leap forward for transparency in the UK, say campaigners
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23 Nov 2011: Act was a mistake, and is having a negative effect on governing, Britain's top civil servant, Sir Gus O'Donnell, has said
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23 Nov 2011:
Who received a Christmas card from David Cameron last year?
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23 Nov 2011:
Obama tops Downing Street's 2010 list, obtained by a freedom of information request, but no cards for Zuma or Putin
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23 Nov 2011:
Despite wide opposition, Pretoria parliament passes bill that threatens press freedom
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17 Nov 2011: • Scheme was supposed to be cheap, but costs soared
• Internal report criticises poor controls and scrutiny -
17 Nov 2011:
Exclusive: Cash meant for equipment was used to pay outside specialists in breach of government guidelines on expenditure
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