Yet more contempt for Freedom of Information
Posted on Thursday, May 31st, 2007 by Home Office WatchCategory: ID Cards
Once again, the government is evading scrutiny of the cost of ID cards.
They have gone to the High Court to block the publication of an Office of Government Commerce “Gateway Review” - a sort of feasibility study - completed way back in 2003 of the ID cards scheme.
Mark Oaten made a Freedom of Information request for the review back in December 2004, and the Information Commissioner eventually ruled in our favour. The OGC appealed to the Information Tribunal, who also ruled in our favour, giving the government 28 days to publish.
Those 28 days expired yesterday so… the government appealed again. Another victory for freedom of information.
See The Register for the full story.
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