I was comparing the UK and US Freedom on Information acts with an Washington Post journalist, apparently the US act was amended to require that data must be made available in the format in which it is held if requested.
They had the problem that some sizeable chunk from a database would be delivered in print or as PDF. Now it must be made available in the original electronic format, basically this usually ends up as CSV and can still be redacted, but is a great improvement. I've encountered problems along this line in the UK. The act states that the information must be made "reasonably accessible" which the ICO considers to be fulfilled if it is available once in some format. Does anyone else know anything about this or have any ideas how the act might be changed here or if that would even be necessary? Julian _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
