I think he/she should be treated as you would any request i.e. they are
still a member of the public and if it is a valid request then there
should be no problem. The individual should be aware that it is in the
public domain. What if it went for a Decision at the Commissioner's
Office - that would be made public.
I thought you couldn't be anonymous anymore..i.e.
[log in to unmask] cannot be used and I thought they now have to
provide an address. Correct me if I am wrong.
Doreen
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graeme Hawley
Sent: 30 May 2006 10:56
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Anonymity when making FOI requests of your own organisation
Hi,
What is the score when an employee makes an FOI request of their own
organisation? I am the FOI officer at our organisation, and have
received
a request for info from a member of staff. They have supplied their
name
and email address. I am pretty sure that in gathering the information
for
this, senior management will ask who this has come from. There isn't
usually a problem when it is external, and I can say something like "a
jounalist from the Telegraph", but it will be clear from the nature of
the
question that this has come from inside. Despite being the FOI officer,
a
request made for information isn't made personally to me, but rather to
the
organisation. I am just the guy that handles them. However, in order
to
satisfy the request, there is no need for anyone else to know the
identity
of the applicant. On the other hand, the organisation itself has
received
this request, so who am I to say who else in the organisation should or
shouldn't know? I feel that if the management knew the identity of the
applicant it may cause awkwardness for them (damage and distress).
Does anyone have any suggestions. In order to withhold the member of
staff's name I think I need some sort of refernece from the DPA. FOISA
doesn't say anything about this.
Cheers
Graeme
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