Freedom of Information

The objective of the Freedom of Information Act is to open up public authorities and other organisations, which carry out public functions. Firstly it empowers people, giving everyone a right of access to the information they want to see and secondly it places a statutory duty on bodies covered by the act to make certain information publicly available as a matter of course.

The Act came into full effect on 01 January 2005.

All public authorities must adopt a scheme for the publication of information. The schemes, which must be approved by an independent Information Commissioner, must specify the classes of information the authority intends to publish, the manner of publication and whether the information is available to the public free of charge or on payment of a fee.

OFMDFM’s Publication Scheme can be viewed.

A list of available OFMDFM publications can also be viewed.

OFMDFM’s publication scheme and list of publications will be regularly reviewed.

The Global Village Newsline 2007