Freedom Of Information Act A Success

Freedom of Information Act Leading to Better Understanding
of Government Decision-making
DCA Press Release
22 May 2006
"FOI in the UK means the public are finding out more about the
decisions that affect their lives - and are using this information
to ensure public authorities do more to account for and explain
their actions."  In the United Kingdom nearly 40,000 FOI requests
were received by central government in 2005.