Thursday, January 05, 2006

Secret pay per view plans for Freedom Act files / Times Online4 Jan 2006

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-1969439,00.html
Sam Coates and Helen Nugent
"An about-turn on the newly implemented Freedom of Information Act has been prompted by a series of embarrassing revelations about the inner workings of government. The cost of responding to requests has also proved so expensive for civil servants to administer that a charge for information is being seen as the only alternative. "