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TFL are subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The blog poster should be able to get answers, documentation etc. through that. If he really wants to scare

• ig1 16y ago
  Yep. FOI requests are pretty simple the poster just needs to send them an email saying "I would like to an information request under the Freedom of Information Act, please send me any emails or documentation related to the shutting down of xyz service". They need to sign off with their real name, but that's about it in terms of what you have to put in a request. The FOI contact information for tfl: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/foi/ http://www.tfl.gov.uk/foi/
  • iuguy 16y ago
    If they use a service like http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/ http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/ it's even easier, it keeps track of the responses and indexes them for other people.
• ceejayoz 16y ago
  Here in the States, the government knows full well how to deal with uppity citizens abusing our Freedom of Information Act. We put them on hold for four years, then tell them it'll cost $1 million to get everything together. http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=157782&catid=346 http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=157782&...
  • immad 16y ago
    In the UK the max you can charge is £10 and I assume their is a time limit but not sure about that.
    • estel 16y ago
      In law the authorities have 20 working days to respond, with a few defined exceptions.
• pierrefar 16y ago
  The Guardian newspaper is a big fan of FOI and uses it extensively. I'm sure they'd love to pounce on this one. They're one of the few news services that get the web.
• msy 16y ago
  I'm at the Visualising London event that's being held by the GLA on wednesday, I'll see if I can get anything out of any TfL reps that are there.
• praptak 16y ago
  "If he really wants to scare the crap out of them he should..." ... automatically turn every API request into a FOI-based official inquiry e-mail :)