Perhaps you might like to consider an action brought about by a former
employee
who knows precisely that the information exists e.g. Gulf War Veterans
Tom Wilson
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From: "Fresko, Marc" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: FOI definition - what is held?
In principle, Elizabeth is right in saying:
> So - in my frightened opinion - YES to post-its, YES to phone
> messages, YES
> to hand-written notes on a scribble pad, YES to emails, YES
> to electronic
> diaries etc etc.
but I suppose it is only reasonable to point out that the risk of being
"caught out" by failure to disclose some of these - notably post-its - must
usually be low, so it would be inappropriate to devote inordinate resource
to ensuring they can be found and disclosed.
Is this a special case of a wider principle, namely that in most cases
public bodies will rarely be challenged if they provide an incomplete
response (i.e. if they fail to find some or all information covered by a
request)? I have in mind that it will only be in rare circumstances that an
enquirer can be confident that the body's request is incomplete...
Marc Fresko
EDM & ERM Consulting Services Director
Cornwell Management Consultants plc
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