There is an interesting piece in The Detail, showing that Freedom of Information Requests can yield useful information. The story relates to the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland scandal mentioned in yesterday's post.
As the extract below shows, you sometimes have to be very persistent.
"Even with an Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) adjudication in its favour, CAJ were only allowed limited access to material.
In March 2012, as CAJ prepared to take what is thought to be one of the first FoI legal challenges of its kind in Northern Ireland, OPONI finally agreed to allow the human rights group access to documents relating to the appointment’s process.
In an open letter published on its website this morning, CAJ Director Brian Gormally insists that the disclosed material sheds new important new light on the NIO’s real role in the ombudsman’s affair."
http://www.thedetail.tv/issues/99/caj-set-the-record-straight/foi-documents-contradict-nio-denials-over-hutchinson-appointment
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