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This is the second episode of a monthly podcast program, by Ibrahim Hasan (an information law solicitor and trainer), designed to bring busy public sector practitioners up to date with the latest developments in Freedom of Information(FOI) law.

This is the only FOI Podcast of its kind in the UK and has been mentioned in The Times (17th Oct 2006). There were almost 1000 downloads of last month's program.

In this issue Ibrahim Hasan examines:

: The implications of the Government's proposals to change the FOI fees regulations
: The Information Commissioner's FOI Progress report
: The vexed question of access to information about dead people
: Whether details of a compromise agreement are disclosable
: And a number of other decisions from the information Commissioner's Office and the Information Tribunal.

There are interviews with Maurice Frankel of the Campaign for Freedom of Information and also Ilyas Bulbulia of IBA Solicitors.

More details at www.informationlaw.org.uk