Friday, January 06, 2006

'Right to know' fails to open the Government's vaults of secrets / Independent, 31 Dec 2005

Independent Online Edition > Legal:
Robert Verkaik
"Labour's much-trumpeted freedom of information laws have failed to open up Whitehall to public scrutiny, judging by the evidence of the first 12 months of the new order. A year after we were first granted the 'right to know', new figures show nine out of 17 government departments have failed to provide adequate answers to half of the requests they received. " [Sub Required]