The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) provides a right of access to documents held by Australian Government agencies and ministers. Sometimes a charge may apply to an FOI request, and review mechanisms allow people to appeal decisions on an FOI request if they disagree.\r \r The data below shows the number of requests received since 1982-83 and the amount of charges notified and collected. This data is sourced from data provided to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and previous FOI annual reports prepared each year from 1983 onwards. The 1982-83 data covers only seven months (December 1982 to June 1983), and the data about requests for personal information compared to other requests has only been collected from 2000-01 onwards.\r \r Agencies and ministers are also required to provide to the OAIC quarterly and annual statistical returns on FOI activity, review numbers and estimated costs. The returns data since 2011-12 is available here in CSV format and in a summary Excel spreadsheet. \r \r In these files a column identified by either 'P' or 'personal' refers to FOI requests for predominantly personal information in relation to the criteria in row 1 above that heading. Similarly the adjacent column to the right identified by 'O' or 'other’ refers to all other FOI requests for that particular criteria. The column immediately adjacent, to the right of 'O' headed by 'T', contains the total of the 'P' and 'O' columns. \r \r The Excel is optimised for readability and contains additional processing (such as applying a salary multiplier to agency estimated staff time data). Finally, the original survey questions for each year are included: each of the columns in the CSVs can be linked to a survey question asked that year.

This paper evaluates a method of generating a unique dataset that has been underused—a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. The UK’s FOI Act came into force in 2005, allowing the public to make requests of publicly held data. We set out to understand the determinants of the quality responses to FOI requests. We also explain how requests can be made and provide suggestions to construct effective data-driven requests. We applied for data on hate crime from all police forces and on uptake of maternity leave from all universities. We find that observable characteristics of the local area, police force and universities neither determine whether the request was fulfilled, nor the speed of response, suggesting that the data from these FOI requests are representative of the institutions from which they were requested.

This dataset has been published by the City Attorney’s Office of the City of Virginia Beach and data.virginiabeach.gov. The mission of data.virginiabeach.gov is to provide timely and accurate City information to increase government transparency and access to useful and well organized data by the general public, non-governmental organizations, and City of Virginia Beach employees.

The Government Procurement Service (GPS) is in receipt of a request under the Freedom of Information Act to release the following data: Flight bookings made by GPS customers through the various frameworks offered by the Government Procurement Service in 2011:

The date of flights The number and class of seats The departure and destination airport The cost of booking The airline The agency, department or sub department

Making a freedom of information request https://myaccount.northyorks.gov.uk/foi/request If the information you are requesting is not available already, and relates to one of our services, you can make a request for information using our online form. Make an freedom of information request We generally reply to requests by email, but if you would like the information in any specific format let us know when you make your request. We will respond as soon as possible and within 20 working days. After submitting a request Your request will be passed on to the relevant service area, who will be responsible for replying to you. We will always provide as much information as possible, but there are rules that allow us to withhold certain types of information. For example, if providing the information would infringe someone else's privacy or, if the information you have asked for is not environmental, would take longer than 18 hours to acquire. If we are unable to provide any information we will explain why. See additional information on the reasons why we might not be able to provide information. We publish our data so citizens can see how we work and where money is spent. The data is published in an accessible format and can be freely reused in accordance with the open data licence.

The Freedom of Information Act 1982 provides a right of access to documents held by agencies and ministers. Sometimes a charge may apply to an FOI request, and review mechanisms allow people to appeal decisions on an FOI request if they disagree.

The data below shows the number of requests received from 1982 to 2016 and the amount of charges notified and collected. This data is sourced from previous FOI annual reports prepared each year from 1983 onwards. Please note that the 1982-83 data covers only seven months (December 1982 to June 1983), and the data about requests for personal information compared to other requests has only been collected from 2000-01 onwards.

Agencies and ministers are also required to provide quarterly and annual ‘statistical returns’ on FOI activity, review numbers and estimated costs. The returns data from 2011-12 to 2015-16 is also available in CSV format below. In the statistical returns CSVs, ‘personal request’ refers to an FOI request for a document containing personal information and ‘other request’ to an FOI request for any other document.

There are also Microsoft Excel versions of the statistical returns optimised for readability and containing additional processing (such as applying a salary multiplier to agency estimated staff time data). Finally, the original survey questions for each year are included: each of the columns in the CSVs can be linked to a survey question asked that year.

Each Freedom of Information Act office uses a case log to track FOIA requests. The logs typically include the dates on which requests were received and closed, control numbers, requester names and descriptions of the requested records.

This is an access to information request for: Time period: for records that were completed between January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 The vast majority of large public entities use a records/data management system to track and manage FOI requests. I am seeking access to several fields included in that system: 1. the request text (if this is not available, a summary of the request) 2. the date it was received 3. the date it was completed 4. whether access was granted in full or in part, and 5. how many pages were released? I am only seeking access to general records requests, not personal record requests.

This system manages FHWA FOIA requests and is used to better meet the extensive annual reporting requirements imposed by statute (5 USC § 552). The FOIA Management System has approximately 110 FHWA Headquarters and Field users, and is also used by FMCSA, PHMSA, OST, FTA, OIG, and NHTSA, with separate reimbursable agreements in place for each Operating Administration.

Context

Since 1967, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has provided the public the right to request access to records from any federal agency. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens in the know about their government. Federal agencies are required to disclose any information requested under the FOIA unless it falls under one of nine exemptions which protect interests such as personal privacy, national security, and law enforcement. As Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court have all recognized, the Act is a vital part of our democracy.

A FOIA request can be made for any agency record. You can also specify the format in which you wish to receive the records (for example, printed or electronic form). The Act does not require agencies to create new records or to conduct research, analyze data, or answer questions when responding to requests. Each federal agency handles its own records in response to requests. There are currently one hundred agencies subject to the FOIA with several hundred offices that process FOIA requests.

Content

Annual Freedom of Information Act Reports are submitted to Congress and published by FOIA.gov to promote agency accountability for the administration of the Act.

Data for all central government Freedom of Information (FOI) requests closed in the fiscal years 2010-11 to current quarter. Fields include request numbers, receiving ministry, applicant type, start date, end date, due date, request type, processing days, overdue days, on hold days, status, extensions and disposition. Fees paid, request description, publication status and reason fields have been added to the latest data..

These are requests for particular government dataset to be made public (and ideally open). The requests are made by anyone, using a form at data.gov.uk. Only 'public' data requests are included in the data published here. Confidential requests can also be made, e.g. for commercial confidentiality. There are two versions of the data: * v1 - missing a couple of fields. Live data (always up to date). * v2 - contains all the public fields. Produced nightly. System fields: nid, url, created, updated. Requester fields: title submitted_by data_themes status description suggested_use suggested_use_detail benefits_overview. Government response: publisher dataset_link field_review_notes. Policy for requests: * a "data request" is a request for government to publish a dataset that is not yet published on data.gov.uk. Requests associated with specific datasets already on data.gov.uk should instead be made in a comment on the particular dataset page. * only central government and its agencies are available in these requests. For others organizations, contact them directly and consider making an FOI request. * your personal data should not be requested with this method - contact the relevant organization directly. each request will be directed to the relevant department by the Cabinet Office team. (These have been shown on the form since late 2015, and before that the policy varied) Data requests on file date back to September 2012.

All Australian Government agencies' FOI statistics for 2019-20. Includes FOI request numbers, outcomes, timeliness, charges, practical refusals, exemptions applied, amendment applications, disclosure log and IPS. Also includes staffing for FOI functions and associated non-labour costs.

In this file a column identified by either 'P' or 'personal' refers to FOI requests for predominantly personal information in relation to the criteria in row 1 above that heading. Similarly the adjacent column to the right identified by 'O' or 'other’ refers to all other FOI requests for that particular criteria. The column immediately adjacent, to the right of 'O' headed by 'T', contains the total of the 'P' and 'O' columns.

The Department publishes logs of all non-personal FOI requests on a quarterly basis. The Department is committed to promoting transparency though the routine publication of information and will publish further material through the Department’s FOI Publication Scheme, prepared under section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. Further information can be sought by contacting the Department’s Freedom of Information Unit.

For current FOIA log and status please see https://cookcountypresident.govqa.us/WEBAPP/_rs/(S(ls5x53u45eloznilxyvtwcga))/openrecordssummary.aspx?view=1&sSessionID=

This log contains historical Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for Offices Under the President. For more information on Offices Under the President and how to submit a FOIA request see https://www.cookcountyil.gov/service/freedom-information-act-offices-under-president . For information on FOIA for other county agencies, see https://www.cookcountyil.gov/service-categories/foia-requests-and-information.

The effect of university characteristics on response to the FOI request.

Counting Rules One submission from a member of the public will count as one request. Multiple submissions from Caveats Data on how a request was closed is only available from January 2019. The data used in the MPS Freedom of Information Requests Dashboard Data is available here Freedom of Information requests performance dashboard | Metropolitan Police, along with the related data definitions. Please note that, this data set running quarterly behind with quarterly update. Due to an internal IT deployment, from 27th February these datasets may be temporarily disrupted. Work is ongoing to rebuild these datasets.