October 2011
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With the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) set to expand, opening up more non-Governmental organisations to FOI requests, this seminar provided a timely opportunity to examine the future of freedom of information legislation. The seminar also coincided with the recently launched Cabinet Office consultation Making Open Data Real and considered key questions from the consultation such as whether the Information Commissioner currently has sufficient powers to enforce FOI legislation; possible changes to the FOI fee structure and whether time limits placed on the processing of FOI requests should be altered. In addition to examining key questions from the consultation, sessions also considered the practicalities of expansion for those organisations set to be included; the likely impact on bodies already subject to FOI requests and the implications for researchers, journalists and others making FOI requests under the Act.
