UK Private companies to be subject to FoI law
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Private companies to be subject to FoI law
14 May 2009 12:11
The Freedom of Information Act will be extended to companies in the private sector doing work for the government, Justice Minister Michael Wills says
The government is to extend the Freedom of Information Act, which allows citizens to request information on public-sector activity, to cover private-sector companies on government contracts.
Justice Minister Michael Wills told the audience at a data-protection event in London on Wednesday that the government had been consulting on the extension of the Freedom of Information Act (FoI) and would announce the results in the near future.
"We are going to announce the results [of the consultation] soon," said Wills, in response to a question about third-party government contractors. "There is going to be an extension." Currently, the law only applies to public authorities. ...
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