This report was presented to CILIP Council on 10 December 2003. It was intended to provide some insight and guidance to CILIP Council and to the membership at large, and to provide sufficient information for CILIP Council to determine what steps CILIP needed to take to provide the best possible support for our membership as they prepared for FOI.
Contents
Introduction 3
Chapter 1. What is Freedom of Information? 6
Chapter 2. Comparison of the four main Information Instruments 8
Chapter 3. Operational Issues 12
Chapter 4. Sectoral Issues 13
Central Government 13
Local government 13
Higher Education 15
The NHS 16
Commercial 16
Chapter 5. Freedom of Information Workshop 18
Chapter 6. Summary and Recommendations 19
Appendix A. Bibliography/Resources: a Partial List 21
Appendix B. Principles of Data Protection 22
Appendix C. Exemptions under Freedom of Information 23 Appendix D. Exemptions under Environmental Information Regulations 24
Appendix E. Records of discussions at the first CILIP FOI Workshop 25
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