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G.A. Hamilton
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This person's 7 Freedom of Information requests
"Comeback" (Decision) Complaints to the SPSO
Request to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman by G.A. Hamilton. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 26 March 2010.
Refused.
This has now become the subject of an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner in respect of the scope and extent of redaction applied to the S...
Challenge or "comeback" complaints to the SPSO
Refused.
by Scottish Public Services Ombudsman to G.A. Hamilton on 13 January 2010.
Refused.
Dear Mr Hamilton
Thank you for your email.
I can confirm that your request for a review of the handling of your
information request of 17 April 2009...
Investigative Staff previously employed by Public Bodies
Successful.
by Scottish Public Services Ombudsman to G.A. Hamilton on 29 June 2009.
Successful.
Dear Mr Hamilton
Request reference 200901193
I refer to your request for information below. In response I can advise
as follows.
SPSO currently emp...
"Comeback"/Challenge complaints against SPSO decisions.
Successful.
by Scottish Public Services Ombudsman to G.A. Hamilton on 26 May 2009.
Successful.
Dear Mr Hamilton,
The link was originally entered as text but the email program can
automatically detect that it is a URL and tries to turn it into a...
"Comeback Complaints"
Refused.
by Scottish Public Services Ombudsman to G.A. Hamilton on 1 May 2009.
Refused.
Dear Mr Hamilton,
I refer to your request for a review of Louise Rae's handling of your request for information. I note that you disagree with the de...
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman-economy, efficiency & effectiveness audit.
Follow up
sent to Audit Scotland by G.A. Hamilton on 23 April 2009.
Successful.
Thank you for your response to my FOISA request. Despite a difficult beginning I hope I may be allowed to say that your reply was very full, detaile...
Audit Scotland - Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Request to The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by G.A. Hamilton. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 23 April 2009.
Refused.
At least it is now clear from the number of approaches to the SPCB the extent of concern about the SPSO. What is less clear, however, is why our polit...
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"Comeback" (Decision) Complaints to the SPSO
Request to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman by G.A. Hamilton. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 26 March 2010.
Refused.
This has now become the subject of an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner in respect of the scope and extent of redaction applied to the S...
Challenge or "comeback" complaints to the SPSO
Request to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman by G.A. Hamilton. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 8 January 2010.
Refused.
A case of the pot calling the kettle black ?
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman "comeback" complaints .
Request to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman by Arthur Mc Farlane. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 24 September 2009.
Refused.
The Scottish Information Commissioner, in his Decision 080/2008 (Mr. Frank French & the SPSO) has already ruled that sec.38 of FOISA does not automati...
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman "comeback" complaints .
Request to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman by Arthur Mc Farlane. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 11 September 2009.
Refused.
As I have previously given permission for "all and any" details of my complaint against the SPSO to be released, I am asking the Information Commissio...
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman "comeback" complaints .
Request to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman by Arthur Mc Farlane. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 4 August 2009.
Refused.
Hear hear! Seems the new Ombudsman is simply a replication of the discredited previous incumbent.
Request for “comeback complaints
Request to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman by Mr P. McCabe. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 30 June 2009.
Partially successful.
I also found HTML links on the SPSO site did not work, or were incomplete.
Audit Scotland - Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Request to The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by G.A. Hamilton. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 23 April 2009.
Refused.
At least it is now clear from the number of approaches to the SPCB the extent of concern about the SPSO. What is less clear, however, is why our polit...
The Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner has now confirmed that (a)my experience of Audit Scotland's FOISA request handling has been noted...
Since I am at last receiving some sort of response from Audit Scotland, it looks as though they have belatedly managed to "whitelist" the original "wh...
You could hardly make it up! Of all bodies, the "guardian" of Scottish public finances has an IT system hat seemingly cannot distinguish an FOI reques...
Of all bodies not to respond to a FOI request within the statutory time limit, Audit Scotland would seem the most unlikely given the nature of its' re...
"Comeback Complaints"
Request to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman by G.A. Hamilton. Annotated by G.A. Hamilton on 4 April 2009.
Refused.
The SPSO want to charge me more than £18.00 for the privilege of seeing only part of the 137 "challenge" or "comeback" complaints they received betwee...
