Since January 2005 public bodies have been required to provide non-personal information held by them, on request, subject to certain exemptions. These can be requests for the minutes of council meetings, information about bed allocations in hospitals or requests for director salary levels, to name but three.

Many organisations will try to sell public organisations a technological solution, often billed as a panacea for compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and whilst technology has an important part to play, it is only a part of the solution.

The key to compliance with this Act is not to treat the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as a single challenge. It should be seen in the context of understanding the types of information your organisation holds, where it is, how to get at it, who is responsible for it and how to respond to requests for that information. It should be treated as a whole challenge for information compliance and be a part of a wider records management strategy.

The Information Edge, with its partners, can provide a complete package to enable you to deliver compliant processes that adds value through good data management, which impacts positively not only on FOI, but the full information compliance needs of your organisation, helping you become more information efficient.

Please contact us to discuss what we can offer your organisation.