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Guardian – Beith condemns Whitehall email destruction plan: The Cabinet Office has instructed staff to delete all unimportant emails after three months, insisting the move is just “good computer maintenance” and the timing a coincidence.
Independent – Shredded: Hundreds of thousands of government documents: Hundreds of thousands of secret Whitehall files are being shredded before the public gains the right to see them under the Freedom of Information Act on 1 January.
Guardian – FOI reports and resources is likely to be extremely useful if you’re thinking about making a request for any scraps that will be left come January.
By goatchurch December 24, 2004 - 12:54 am
Can they be that feckless? The people in Whitehall wrote the bill in the first place.http://publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=1999-12-07&number=12I’ll bet all those civil servants are highly trained enough to believe that they are working in the public interest by destroying all the public documents. Tidy government needs tidy desks.