Thursday, March 21, 2013

Half right

"Between January 1st 2005 and 28th February 2013, the BBC received a total of 11,371 Freedom of Information Act requests. Of these 11,371 requests, the BBC considered 49% to be out of scope of the Act, i.e. the information requested was considered to be held for the purposes of Journalism, Art or Literature".

And it makes journalism, art and literature much more Serious and Sensible if you give them capital letters....

"However, as part of the BBC’s programme for openness and transparency, the BBC often volunteers information when it considers the information requested to fal [sic]outside the scope of the Act".

On publication of direct Freedom of Information inquiries, the BBC has made a commitment, adopting a  model scheme for public bodies. It says the BBC will proactively publish or otherwise make available as a matter of routine, information in line with the statements contained within the scheme. Sadly, by it's own admission, that proactive publication has been in abeyance for over a year, apparently waiting for a new website.


 






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