Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian)
Subject: UK FOIA charges are udner protest
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 18:45:51 GMT

     For those of you who complain about getting information out of the
US government, say a prayer for those in England.  From the November 9
edition of the London Daily Telegraph, page 2.

	"Whitehall departments are charging up to 100 pounds a page
        or up to 45 pounds an hour to supply official information
	to the public under the new Government voluntary Code of
	Practice on Openness.

	The charges were condemned yesterday by the cross-party
	Campaign for Freedom of Information, which conducted a survey
	of charges by a range of Government bodies, as "pricing the
	right to know out of the public's reach"

        ...... More on charges by various departments.



Greg Aharonian
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