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02.13.12

What they knew foi, wdtk | (1)
A guest post by @FOIMonkey.Here are 366 Interesting things that we know because of FOI requests made using WhatDoTheyKnow.com - one for every day of the leap year. This list focuses mainly on information released during the last six months. Our right to access information is about to come under attack from those who want to use the process of post-legislative scrutiny to weaken the Freedom of Information Act and we need to do all we can to defend it. As this shows, FOI works. Let's keep it that way. 1) The name of every street in the country, from 'B' ...
01.25.10

Police force saves time thanks to WhatDoTheyKnow police, wdtk | (0)
Cheshire Police avoid having to provide the same information again in response to an FOI request by linking to WhatDoTheyKnow.com. Following this approach public authorities only need to provide information once through whatdotheyknow.com."This information is already reasonably accessible to you by other means and is therefore exempt information in accordance with Section 21 of the Act.Please see previous disclosures on the same subject which appear both on our disclosure log;Injury Pension Awarded Previous DisclosurePolice Injury Award Pensions Previous Disclosureand on the web site What do they know website under Cheshire Constabulary:Whatdotheyknow Cheshire Constabulary"
09.11.09

HMRC release a geographic phone number 0845, 0870, HMRC, wdtk | (2)
For many people it is cheaper to call a geographic phone number (it depends on your tarriff).So Government Departments can help citizens and small businesses save money in a recession just be publishing lists of numbers."The geographical number for the Self Assessment/PAYE DMB 0845 366 7816 telephonenumber is 01506 476 066.""The geographical number for the Self Assessment card payments 0845 305 1000 telephonenumber is 01726 209 025"See: HMRC responseSee also: saynoto0870.com
05.05.08

Now we know the rules of the Boat Race! Info released, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, wdtk | (0)
The University of Oxford have recently released the 'rules of the Boat Race' in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act. The Joint Understanding limits training in term-time to 20 hours a week, sets out who can and cannot participate in the race and even reuires disclosure of financial support received by crew members. "No bursaries or other grants, scholarships, gifts, payments or loans, whether in cash or kind, guarantees or equivalent indirect financing shall be funded or offered to squad members, either by the Clubs, their affiliated organisations or their members, or by ...

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