Freedom of Information
A guide to Freedom of Information Act 2000 (includes Environmental Information Regulations 2004) -Can They Have Everything?
There is a perception in some areas of the public that they can access everything held by public authorities. This course will use practical examples to examine the truth behind this and will give special emphasis to:-
- Definitions and scope of both Acts
- How and when exemptions/exceptions should be applied
- How to apply the public interest test
- The comparisons with other legislation and also between each of the two Acts
- Fees
- The Codes of Practice
- Definition of environmental data
- Publication Schemes
- Need for Records Management
Our speaker on this course is Alan Stead
Other delegates on this course have commented "The enthusiasm of the speaker was very good and engaged better understanding and concentration", " A very good first step into the world of information governance"," Found it really useful, a really good introduction to FOI and EIR"
24th April 2008 - Milton Keynes (Course code FOI/04/08) BOOKING CLOSED
7th July 2008 - Birmingham - Quality Hotel , Hagley Road (Course code FOI/07/08)
1st October 2008 -London (Course code FOI/10/08)
This course can be booked for £200 per person with additional delegates from the same organisation being given a 20% discount. Certificates showing training hours supplied free of charge on request. If you book any course before 31st July 2008 the first delegate rate is £185 and subsequent delgates from the same organisation for the same course will still attract a further 20% discount
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Application of Exemptions and Exceptions under FOI and EIR
A more advanced course for practitioners looking at the application of exemptions and exceptions under FOI and EIR. Presented in an informal way this course will use actual examples and the latest decision notices from the Information Commissioners Office to stimulate discussion into the use of exemptions and the appropriate legislation to be used.
Our speaker, Alan Stead, is a member of the Fire and Local Government Sector Group on FOI which is chaired by the DCLG.
The couse includes
- Overview and scope of the legislation
- Definition of Environmental Data
- Difference between the Information Rights legislation
- Handling requests using the exemptions and exceptions
- Public Interest Test
- Fees
- Recent Decision Notices
Other delegates have said about this course : "An enjoyable course which will help me when dealing with requests"
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19th June 2008 - Manchester (Course code EXE/06/08)
4th November 2008 - Bristol- Executive Centre Colston Avenue(Course code EXE/11/08)
This course can be booked for £200 per person with additional delegates from the same organisation being given a 20% discount.Certificates showing training hours supplied free of charge on request. If you book any course before 31st July 2008 the first delegate rate is £185 and subsequent delgates from the same organisation for the same course will still attract a further 20% discount
