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Solidarity with Ivan Pavlov

The Campaign for Freedom of Information stands with FOI activists around the world in expressing our solidarity with Ivan Pavlov, a Russian human rights activist and lawyer, who has been charged under Article 310 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code which makes it a crime to disclose data of a preliminary investigation which has been

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Tell the government to extend FOI to companies awarded government contracts

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act is essential to holding the government accountable. But it’s being undermined by a major loophole: it doesn’t apply to government contractors. Since the Act was passed, outsourcing has vastly expanded. Government now spends £292bn a year buying goods and services – more than a third of all public expenditure.

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Drop in ICO enforcement action

A sharp drop in the Information Commissioner’s FOI enforcement action since the pandemic is revealed by an analysis of decision notices. The Campaign’s analysis looked at decision notices published in the two full months both before and after the lockdown. In January and February 2020 the ICO ordered public authorities to take substantive action in

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