Gove to limit the Freedom of Information Act

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e10b852-1...44feabdc0.html

Michael Gove, the justice secretary, is considering making it more difficult to procure information from government bodies, including allowing officials to count “thinking time” when calculating how much it costs to retrieve information.

One plan is to make it easier for ministers to veto publication of certain documents, as they tried unsuccessfully to do with the recent release of letters written by Prince Charles to Labour ministers during the past decade.
Another is to change the way the cost of finding information is calculated so that officials can more readily turn down requests.

Originally Posted by Damien

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e10b852-1...44feabdc0.html

So much for transparency..

[Gary L]

Told you. Dave's mask is slipping.

his agenda is starting to be transparent.

just pretend we're China.

Originally Posted by Gary L

Told you. Dave's mask is slipping.

his agenda is starting to be transparent.

just pretend we're China.

Well, with the amount of white noise you generate, Gary, I should imagine you'll have a huge file on information compiled about you, and come the revolution, I would imagine you and the wall having an interface scenario with some 5.56's

[Gary L]

Err.. ok.

[Ignitionnet]

I would hope these plans would repulse any genuine conservative.

The Financial Times revealed this week that Downing Street automatically deletes all emails from its servers after three months, making life harder for those working there, but also for anyone seeking information contained on those emails.

Here's the highest rated comment, justifiably.

A very good observation, thanks - an Education Secretary who wants to teach but not to learn turns into a Justice Secretary who wants to judge but not to provide evidence.

EDIT: It should of course be remembered that Michael Gove and his cabal have ample form on this. Dominic Cummings, a former advisor, took this to extremes when he sent an email to a group indicating he wouldn't respond to mail to his official DfE address and that they could ask him in person why. Mr Gove himself was using private email for government business and a targeted FoI request produced nothing as the data was not held by the DfE.

This is the Justice Secretary. Clearly rules are for other people and the arrogant, illiberal prick is just carrying on his fine work from the DfE.