UK: Independent commission recommends to strengthen freedom of information act
by Sofie Luise Burger On 01 March 2016, a commission installed by the British government to review the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has presented its findings. After several months of review, the commission now recommends to strengthen the law in several aspects.
The National Archives, A corridor of files at The National Archives UK, CC BY 3.0
The FOIA was introduced in 2005 and the possibilities it introduced were quite popular: in the last five years, about 300.000 requests have been submitted to the authorities. The information requests are usually free of charge and the authorities are legally obligated to…
