Back to the FOIA: FOI, historical records and archives

FOIMan writes about the relationship between FOI and the past.

Way back before I got involved with FOI, I started my career as an archivist. In my latest article for the Freedom of Information Journal, I’ve written about the complex relationship between FOI, historical records and archives. Both archives and FOI provide means to hold public authorities to account. So how do they interact – and is FOI damaging archives?

You can find out by reading the article here.