Comments on: Fraction of FOI Requests Made via WhatDoTheyKnow.com Increasing Fast http://www.mysociety.org/2009/10/01/whatdotheyknow-foi-fraction-up/ Usability with Purpose Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Louise Ferguson http://www.mysociety.org/2009/10/01/whatdotheyknow-foi-fraction-up/#comment-1866 Louise Ferguson Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:41:48 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=3107#comment-1866 It's great to see stats being produced on requests. I wonder whether collecting data on grounds for rejection has been considered - say, as part of the Classification options. It would be interesting to know which are the big hitters in terms of exemptions claimed. For example, who/how many are using the 'manifestly unreasonable' argument, or the 'in confidence' argument. At the moment, this data is sometimes in the reply text and sometimes effectively hidden within attachments sent by the body concerned. I think people who had received a rejection would be willing to provide that info, say by selecting an option from a list, as they won't be best pleased with the rejection. It’s great to see stats being produced on requests.

I wonder whether collecting data on grounds for rejection has been considered – say, as part of the Classification options. It would be interesting to know which are the big hitters in terms of exemptions claimed. For example, who/how many are using the ‘manifestly unreasonable’ argument, or the ‘in confidence’ argument. At the moment, this data is sometimes in the reply text and sometimes effectively hidden within attachments sent by the body concerned.

I think people who had received a rejection would be willing to provide that info, say by selecting an option from a list, as they won’t be best pleased with the rejection.

]]> By: Richard Taylor, volunteer http://www.mysociety.org/2009/10/01/whatdotheyknow-foi-fraction-up/#comment-1865 Richard Taylor, volunteer Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:17:11 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=3107#comment-1865 Martin Rosenbaum, who writes the "Open Secrets" FOI blog on the BBC website, has written an article commenting on these statistics: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2009/10/the_impact_of_whatdotheyknow.html Martin Rosenbaum, who writes the “Open Secrets” FOI blog on the BBC website, has written an article commenting on these statistics:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2009/10/the_impact_of_whatdotheyknow.html

]]> By: Ganesh Sittampalam http://www.mysociety.org/2009/10/01/whatdotheyknow-foi-fraction-up/#comment-1864 Ganesh Sittampalam Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:45:47 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=3107#comment-1864 The Home Office seem to be pretty good at just losing requests, so do we know that the statistics are actually accurate? The Home Office seem to be pretty good at just losing requests, so do we know that the statistics are actually accurate?

]]> By: Whitehall Webby http://www.mysociety.org/2009/10/01/whatdotheyknow-foi-fraction-up/#comment-1863 Whitehall Webby Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:50:31 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=3107#comment-1863 Nice one, glads it gaining traction. Nice one, glads it gaining traction.

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