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Your Right to Know: A Citizen´s Guide to the Freedom of Information Act
Heather Brooke
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Description for Your Right to Know: A Citizen´s Guide to the Freedom of Information Act
Paperback. New edition of this popular guide. Shows how to get the information you want through using the Freedom of Information Act. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JPVH2; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Have you ever wanted to know:
- Which doctor has the best operation success rate in your health trust?
- If MI5 has a file on you?
- The actual number and type of crimes that happen in your street?
- Which streets are targeted by parking attendants in your area?
- Which buildings have failed their fire safety inspections?
The public had no right to most of this information - until now. In 2005 the Freedom of Information Act came into force giving the British public a legal right, for the ... Read more
Have you ever wanted to know:
- Which doctor has the best operation success rate in your health trust?
- If MI5 has a file on you?
- The actual number and type of crimes that happen in your street?
- Which streets are targeted by parking attendants in your area?
- Which buildings have failed their fire safety inspections?
The public had no right to most of this information - until now. In 2005 the Freedom of Information Act came into force giving the British public a legal right, for the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745325828
SKU
V9780745325828
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-19
About Heather Brooke
Heather Brooke worked in the United States as a newspaper reporter. She used the American FOI Act to uncover politicians misuse of public funds for travel and personal election campaigning. Later, as a crime reporter in South Carolina for a New York Times regional newspaper, she uncovered flaws in the state's forensic crime lab and exposed dangerous practices in funeral ... Read more
Reviews for Your Right to Know: A Citizen´s Guide to the Freedom of Information Act
'Information is born free, but everywhere is in chains. Heather Brooke has written the Information Liberation Front guide to end the politicians' enslavement of the facts which belong to the public'
Greg Palast, author The Best Democracy Money Can Buy 'Heather Brooke pulls no punches when it comes to exposing how the government, public institutions and private companies all ... Read more
Greg Palast, author The Best Democracy Money Can Buy 'Heather Brooke pulls no punches when it comes to exposing how the government, public institutions and private companies all ... Read more