Let freedom of information ring
It would appear that the plan to exempt MPs and Lords from Freedom Of Information provisions has been ditched. The Mail’s Benedict Brogan is trying to unpick what just happened: Gordon Brown claims...
View ArticleThe Obama memoranda
It’s well worth reading the two memoranda issued by President Obama yesterday, on – ironically, given yesterday’s events – FOI and transparency. There’s nothing about them on the White House website...
View ArticleMcBride: a scandal for the internet age
So Damian McBride appears to have been taken down by the blogger he was considering trying to emulate. It’s being reported that McBride’s emails were sent from his official Downing Street email...
View ArticleBirmingham’s new website: how late? how much?
I don’t usually cover local government issues here – I leave that to other people. But I’ll make an exception for the news that Birmingham City Council is poised to launch a new website. It was...
View Article+++ EXCLUSIVE +++: Transport’s £2.7m spend on online game
In late November 2009, I noted the launch of Code of Everand, a multi-player online game commissioned by the Department for Transport, aimed at teaching kids road safety in an innovative way. I found...
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