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I blogged previously about the House of Lords Information Committee's inquiry into 'People and Parliament': their final report came out this week, and couldn't really have been more in favour of the 'free our bills' agenda. Among its recommendations, as listed in the press release: information and documentation related to the core work of the House [...] read on »

When Andrew Stott was appointed Director of Digital Engagement, I commented that it wasn't the 'rock star' appointment many of us had been led to expect. Well, the 'rock star' appointment came through yesterday, with the news that Sir Tim Berners-Lee as the government's 'expert advisor on public information delivery'. The Director position required evidence [...] read on »

I wasn't especially nice about the interim progress report on Power of Information Review, in that I didn't see much specific progress being reported. So it came as a bit of a shock to discover, courtesy of the Open Rights Group, that there's actually something really significant in it. The interim report announced that: HM Treasury and [...] read on »

OK, so it's not on the scale of the lost CDs exactly, but... this morning I got a letter from HMRC telling me that I'll have to fill in an annual tax return. The thing is, it's not the first letter I've had from them recently on such a subject. They initially wrote to me before [...] read on »