Roger Millin wrote: > Neil wrote: >> Another way to futher bring BW to its knees are Freedom Of >> Information Requests (FOI) >> Here is a starter for a FOI request from BW "How many full time BW >> staff are left that actually *constuctively* manage the >> waterways"?...why are the boaters expected to pay for all the others? >> I could sit here and think of hundreds of salinet requests! >> My future SIL works for Cabinet Office, the thing they dread are >> stupid FOI requests that they have to assemble...we could bombard BW >> with VERY salient requests! > > You may have a point but FOI can be a very slow weapon if you have to > go to appeal as I have done with my FOI request on Defra. I went > through the internal appeal process and, eventually, took it external > to the Information Commissioner's Office on 09 May 2007. I heard > nothing at all until 09 October 2007 when I got a letter saying that > the ICO staff were overloaded and apologising for the delay. They > admitted that my appeal hadn't yet been allocated to an investigation > officer but that they would write again as soon as the case had been > allocated to an officer. I'm still waiting!!!! It will soon be the > birthday of my external appeal, never mind the original request, so > you can see that FOI can be a sluggish procedure. I think that they > think I've forgotten about it! ;-)))) > Roger
The IWA gets FOI requests out of BW in days. I am sure if they now felt the need they would get them out of DEFRA in days as well. Maybe you have not been mixing in the right circles ;-) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410 Read about the TNC Irish travels at: http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_07/index.html Defend The Waterways: http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/
