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Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 5:32 AM
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Subject: PM Brown's Proposed Changes to UK FOI; EIB Limits Disclosure of
Framework Agreements, Invites Public Comment on Transparency Policies (IFTI)
freedominfo.org - Update, June 12, 2009
Debate about PM Gordon Brown's Proposed Changes to UK Freedom of Information
Act: Discussion Rekindled about Cabinet Minutes and Revelations of
Widespread MP Corruption
* Debate about PM Gordon Brown's Proposed Changes to UK Freedom of
Information Act: Discussion Rekindled about Cabinet Minutes and Revelations
of Widespread MP Corruption
Civil society organizations and the news media have expressed mixed feelings
about Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposed changes to the United Kingdom's
Freedom of Information Act. Official documents could now be routinely
released after 20 years instead of 30 years, and the Act could be extended
to include private companies engaged in public sector work, according to
Brown's June 10 statement to the House of Commons. However, citing the "need
to strengthen protection for particularly sensitive material," exemptions
from the law could be expanded, specifically excluding Cabinet papers and
information about the Royal Family.
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