FOI: I nearly choked on my marriage vows
TECH-LEADING Camden Council has a whole online mine of consultations for you to take part in. One of them lasted for a whole year, a survey on the performance of its wedding [READ ON]
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FOI: Cost too high to get full council ‘bullying’ figures
A MYSTERY researcher looking at how local authorities deal with bullying cases has been told they won’t get all the info they are interested in from Camden because it [READ ON]
The secrecy over the secrecy – and the locked up government files
ONE of the treats for journalists important tools of public accountability at this time of year has traditionally been the release of cabinet office papers, and other [READ ON]
FOI: Insuring Banksy
INTERESTING clause in Camden Council’s deal to sell the Town Hall extension in King’s Cross coming up this year: the buyer must remove the stencil of a protesting [READ ON]
FOI: We can’t see the ‘ill considered’ things said under pressure
HERE’S a thing: Camden Council has blocked certain bits of information about its parking and communications departments being released under the Freedom of Information [READ ON]
FOI: London’s clown crime
THIS one isn’t for anybody with a clown phobia, of which it should be said is one of the most understandable and reasonable of phobias. Don’t look now, but the [READ ON]
FOI: I thought I saw a pussycat
NO big cat sightings reported to the Met Police in the whole of 2011. None in 2012. And then suddenly, London went big cat crazy. Sort of. Here’s a a reply to my FoI [READ ON]
FOI: ‘The new government has brought unprecedented cuts’… how Birmingham Council pitched bid to be on BBC’s The Choir
THE Choir: Sing While You’re Working is the feelgood thing on BBC2 where good salt Gareth Malone inspires the everyman to be the best they can be, and all that, by [READ ON]
FOI: ‘It’s a boy’ card was not lost in the post after all
SOME greasy/respectful [toggle to your taste] local authorities sent happy wishes to the Royal Family over the summer, using official notepaper and all that to mark the [READ ON]
FOI: Press office panic as journalists request to see the ‘if asked’ statements
THERE’S been more than one sharp intake of breath in the press offices that flak for our public institutions this year. The fright has been caused by a new trend for [READ ON]
Richard Osley 