The Freedom of Information Officer's Handbook
Gibbons, Paul (Independent consultant)2018
eBook
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Imprint:
London : Facet Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
1 online resource (312 pages)
Notes:
The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015Print version record.
Linking notes:
Print version: Gibbons, Paul. Freedom of Information Officer's Handbook. London : Facet Publishing, ©2018
Contents:
Intro; Title page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; FOI officers; The aims of this book; Around the world; A note on the British islands; The structure of this book; Research; Terminology; Finally; Part 1 Understanding FOI; Chapter 1 A brief history of freedom of information; Introduction; We didn't start the FOIA; FOI in the 20th century; The UK's path towards FOIA; From the 'right to know' to the FOIA; What's the point of the FOIA?; Changes to the FOIA; Other laws providing access to information; The future of FOI in the UKChapter 2 Understanding the ActIntroduction; Legislation in the UK; Duties under the FOIA; Which organisations have to comply with the FOIA?; Communicating with the applicant; Valid requests; How long can public authorities take to answer requests?; What is 'information'?; Is information held?; Creating new information; The format of information; Fees and cost limits; Vexatious and repeated requests; The codes of practice; Exemptions; The Information Commissioner; Other provisions; Chapter 3 The exemptions in the FOIA; Introduction; Exemptions -- some terminology; The public interest testThe Part II exemptionsChapter 4 The FOI officer's toolkit; Introduction; Codes of practice; The UK Information Commissioner's guidance; Other published guidance; ICO decision notices; Tribunal decisions and case law; Other online resources; Professional associations and other networks; Part 2 FOI in context; Chapter 5 The Environmental Information Regulations; Introduction; Why do we have EIR?; The relationship between the FOIA and the EIR; Which bodies are subject to the EIR?; What is environmental information?; The categories listed at regulation 2(1)Similarities between the EIR and the FOIADifferences between the EIR and the FOIA; Chapter 6 The FOIA, personal information and the GDPR; Introduction; What is personal information?; FOI and subject access; Third-party personal information; Judging fairness; The article 6 conditions and legitimate interests; Employees and elected officials; Chapter 7 Records and archives; Introduction; What is a record?; The section 46 code and enforcement; What Part 1 of the code requires; The Public Records Act 1958 and Part 2 of the code; The FOIA and 'historical records'; How long do exemptions last?Archivists and the FOIAManaging FOIA obligations in an archive; Chapter 8 Publication schemes and proactive disclosure; Introduction; What the FOIA says about publication schemes; The model publication scheme; Publication scheme guides; Datasets rules; The new s. 45 code of practice and publication schemes; The EIR; Publication schemes and the FOIA exemptions; Other proactive transparency requirements in the UK; Disclosure logs; Chapter 9 Copyright and re-use of information; Introduction; Copyright; Open data; Dataset rules; The Open Government Licence
ISBN:
178330355797817833035571783303549 (invalid)9781783303540 (invalid)9781783303533 (invalid)1783303530 (invalid)
Dewey class:
342.410853
LC class:
KD3756
Language:
English
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The freedom of information officer's handbook
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2923630