Ash has been working on the Press Gazette, who support the following petition to save the FOI act. I think as journalists, it is so important that we sign this petition because it could affect our very livlihood if the FOI is taken away from us.
Sign the petition!-Send the following with your name, occupation and organisation to dontkillfoi@wilmington.co.uk
"We, the undersigned, urge the Government not to undermine the effectiveness
of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by passing into law the Freedom of
Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations
2007.
According to the Government’s own independent review – the proposed changes
will result in more than 17,000 FoI questions a year being rejected by
local, regional and national public bodies on purely financial grounds,
irrespective of the public interest.
We are particularly concerned that the rule changes will, according to the
independent review, have a disproportionate effect on journalists and
therefore undermine the vital role they play in British democracy."
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sweet. i think we should properly do something for it when we come back in february
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