Subjects:

Data Protection

Contents:

Where to start - how to assess how prepared your organisation is and where the key gaps in preparations currently exist

Preparing your information - do you really know what information you hold and create, and where the risks of FOI lie?

Procedures for release and audit trails - guidance on how to make information available and prove compliance

Exemption policies - formulating policies and deciding how they will be consistently interpreted and applied across the organisation. Includes a section on how FOI relates to data protection

Training and organisational benefits - the need for a strategic, organisational approach to information management. Evaluating success - the true implications of the Acts are largely unknown

therefore it will be essential that organisations remain flexible to meet the changing needs of the general public once the Acts come fully into force

As from 1 January 2005, Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation comes into force throughout the UK and could potentially change the way in which the public sector manages information. This book provides practical advice on how to achieve compliance with the Acts; the book helps to ensure successful management of the key risks that the Acts may pose to organisations across the UK.

Key Features:
* Suggestions for the practical implementation of FOI
* Checklists to enable those responsible for FOI implementation to;monitor progress towards compliance
* Easy-to-read and discrete chapters that allow quick referencing for;each subject within the book