Freedom of Information Law Update Ibrahim Hasan (Act Now Training)

This is episode 28 of the UK’s only Freedom of Information podcast by Ibrahim Hasan.

In this episode Ibrahim discusses FOI developments and decisions from the first quarter of 2012 including those concerning:
• When deleted information is held
• Private emails and text messages
• Vexatious requests
• Employment Tribunal statistics
• Section 30
• Social work records of the deceased
• Senior officers interests
• Job application information
• Tender pricing Information

Ibrahim also examines the possible outcomes of the Post Legislative Scrutiny of FOI by the Justice Select Committee.

This episode 27 of the UK’s only Freedom of Information podcast by Ibrahim Hasan.

In this episode Ibrahim discusses FOI developments and decisions during September and December 2011. This includes Commissioner and Tribunal decisions on:

• Information in private e mails
• Section 11 and providing summaries
• Vexatious requests
• Empty properties
• The Qualified Person’s Opinion
• And disclosure of statistics

Ibrahim also examines the new Local Government Transparency Code.

This is episode 26 of the UK’s only Freedom of Information podcast.

In this episode Ibrahim Hasan discusses FOI developments and decisions during the six months ending in August 2011. This includes Commissioner and Tribunal decisions on:

• Schools and information law
• When information is held under FOI
• Information held by PFI Contractors
• Vexatious Requests
• Personal Data and Statistics
• Disclosure of Salaries
• Deceased Persons’ Information
• And Section 43 and disclosure of contracts

For more on FOI, DP and RIPA see www.actnow.org.uk

In this episode Ibrahim examines the changes to the FOI Act, which will be implemented through the Protection of Freedoms Bill as well as the latest FOI decisions (from December 2010 to February 2011). He will focus on:

• The proposal to require datasets to be published and made available for re use
• The new definition of publically owned company
• The First ICO Undertaking under FOI
• Redaction costs under the Fees Regulations
• Disclosure of information about employees including names, bonus payments, compromise agreements and retirement packages
• AND disclosure of contract incentives

In this episode Ibrahim Hasan discusses the changes to the Freedom Of Information Act 2000 (FOI) announced by the Ministry of Justice as well as the latest FOI decisions of the Commissioner and the Tribunal (from September to November 2010). This includes decisions about:

• When information is held for the purposes of FOI
• The strike out of academic tribunal appeals
• Section 12 and the costs of compliance
• Pay negotiations information
• Applying the personal data exemption
• AND disclosure of commercially sensitive information

Ibrahim also produces web seminars and articles on FOI which can be accessed at www.actnow.org.uk.

Ladies and gentlemen welcome to episode 23 of the UK’s only Freedom of Information podcast.

I’m Ibrahim Hasan and I’m here to discuss the decisions of the Information Commissioner and the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) in the four months from May to August 2010.
In this episode we will be discussing decisions involving:

• Vexatious requests
• Costs of compliance
• Information in Publication Schemes
• Requests made through What Do They Know .com
• Draft reports and the section 22 exemption
• Disclosure of Surveillance Commissioner reports
• The section 36 exemption
• The latest thinking on the personal data exemption
• AND disclosure of PFI Financial models