A series of changes to ease the rules for freedom of information requests are to be examined as part of a public consultation designed to open up Whitehall.
Fees could be changed and a time limit, which means that departments can refuse requests if they take more than 18 hours to process, could be relaxed under government proposals in a consultation document.
Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, will launch the document as he pledges to deliver "the most ambitious open data agenda of any government in the world". The consultation document, Open Data, calls for the following changes to freedom of information (FOI) rules to be considered:
Fees could be changed and a time limit, which means that departments can refuse requests if they take more than 18 hours to process, could be relaxed under government proposals in a consultation document.
Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, will launch the document as he pledges to deliver "the most ambitious open data agenda of any government in the world". The consultation document, Open Data, calls for the following changes to freedom of information (FOI) rules to be considered:
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