Since January 2005 all government bodies must comply with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It gives any person or legal entity the right to request
any information held by a public body.
Benefits of our approach
These include:
- examines an organisation's readiness, at all levels from top management through to the staff that are customer facing, to respond to requests.
- addresses the operational issues as well as the legal and organisational issues. This means that the capability to deal with FOI enquiries, information retrievals, exemptions and information handling, can be assured.
To find out more
Please contact our consulting team on 01252 737866 or by email. Our Approach
AMTEC offers a range of services that enable a public body to meet its obligations under the FOIA and to minimise the cost to the
organisation of doing so.
- information management review - provides a framework for compliance with the requirements of the FOIA and includes an evaluation of the processes used to formulate and operate the corporate publication scheme.
- information audit - a process used to identify holdings of information at a localised level. The purpose of the review is to support the operation of the access procedure and the operation of the publication scheme by enabling authorised users to locate information that is held.
- implementation support - AMTEC provides a comprehensive range of consultancy support and assistance in the development and embedding of policies, procedures and processes to enable the public body to handle requests for information cost effectively.
- training and communications - design and delivery of a wide range of awareness and training programmes.