Countdown to FOI implementation

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Countdown to FOI implementation

• Andrew McDonald
• Department for Constitutional Affairs
• 12 May 2004

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• countdown to implementation
• what DCA will do
• what you should do

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• DCA timeline (1)
• May - monitoring regime (central
  government) - systems requirement
• - training guide
• June - new FOI web-site
• - e-network for practitioners
• - FOI brand
• July - central government guidance (first
  edition)
• Aug - fees order

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• DCA timeline (2)
• September - December
• new phase of senior government communications
• broaden public communications
• Codes of Practice published (September)
• statutory bars (October)

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• public authorities infrastructure
• records management
• publication schemes
• decision-making systems

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• public authorities understanding FOI
• job specific training
• awareness raising
• practitioner networks

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• public authorities evaluation
• trial running
• readiness checks
• communications

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• leadership
• senior champion in each authority
• practitioner leadership
• raise sights to January 2005

. when the hard work begins
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• DCA resources
• www.dca.gov.uk/foi