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Resources - Digging up the official dirt. Investigative journalist Heather Brooke offers a solid guide for getting access to government information. checks out his new-won rights.(Book Review)
The investigative writer Heather Brooke knows about using Freedom of Information (FoI) laws to uncover the hidden truth. As a former reporter in the US, Brooke used the equivalent American FoI act to uncover the misuse of public funds by politicians.
In the UK, she has written for the Times, Evening Standard, New Statesman and Daily Telegraph. This heritage of digging into the murky files of Westminster makes Brooke an ideal candidate to guide information professionals through the new FoI Act with this book.
Launched to coincide with the January 2005 deadline for the UK's own FoI Act, Your Right to Know is a practical guide on using FoI legislation and other access laws available to both information researchers and citizens.
FoI may be grabbing the headlines, but government information can also be accessed under the Data Protection Act and the Environmental Information Regulations. Brooke gives all three equal amounts of coverage and is quick to remind readers that if a request fails under one act, another route is often open.
Brooke's writing pedigree ...
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- Former UW student Heather Brooke talks tough on Brit TV.(Strange Bedfellows)
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