Well put, Nick.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Landau
Sent: 30 June 2006 16:45
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Anonymity when making FOI requests of your
own organisation
I have argued in a job for everything to be published, where possible eg
going through the Intranet asking item by item why different documents
cannot be published.
It becomes apparent that publishing everything would be of as little benefit
as publishing nothing, other than to pressure groups who would know how to
find their way through the material.
I have developed the view that it is much more important that there be a
good publication scheme/hierarchical system/contents management system (call
it what you like) and that there be a good intro to the material - because
these things should not be for academics but for everyone - and if they
cannot make use of the material or don't know what material means or who to
ask, the right is meaningless.
It is a bit like saying that having a published telephone directory of
Manchester (or online) gives you access to all the people in Manchester. It
is the way that the information is presented.
Nick Landau
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Bowden" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Anonymity when making FOI requests of your
own organisation
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 12:30:35PM +0100, Nick Landau wrote:
>> in an ideal world a public organisation
>> would publish everything that it had in the public domain - but I would
>> suggest that, if that happened, public administration would grind to a
>> halt.
>
> for technical or social reasons?
>
> i.e. do you mean that the work involved in publishing everything would
> be too great, or that public officials would be unable to function if
> they were aware that everything they did would be published?
>
> Tony
>
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