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Owen Blacker
Joined WhatDoTheyKnow in 2008
Mainly-gay, mainly-Welsh political geek (of the lefty pinko type).
I'm head of development at an ad agency by day; I try to make the world a better place — as a director and trustee of mySociety and a member of the Open Rights Group Advisory Council — in the bits of spare time when I'm not pissing about on Wikipedia.
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This person's 11 Freedom of Information requests
Operation Square Leg targets
Refused.
@Roger: Thanks. I do have a map of all the targets (in "London after the Bomb", ISBN 0192851233). I wanted an independent set of coordinates, so that...
Communications about the Entitlement Cards consultation
Follow up
sent to Home Office by Owen Blacker on 16 May 2011.
Successful.
Thank you for the clarification.
Yours,
Owen Blacker
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
I blogged about this: http://owenblacker.livejournal.com/59574.html
Apparently noone knows where we thought we were gonna be bombed. Frankly, I find...
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
by National Archives to Owen Blacker on 17 November 2009.
Information not held.
Dear Mr Blacker
Thank you for your recent request concerning Operation Square Leg.
Unfortunately, we do not hold any records relating to Operation S...
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
Contents of the attachment:
From: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Owen Blacker
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Your Reference
Our Reference:...
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
The MOD claim not to have the information either, and directed me to the National Archive. So my FOI request to Kew is here: http://www.whatdotheyknow...
Directories of mobile phone numbers
Follow up
sent to Information Commissioner’s Office by Owen Blacker on 27 July 2009.
Successful.
Thank you for your comprehensive (albeit late) response.
Yours faithfully,
Owen Blacker
Kingsnorth Climate Camp report
Follow up
sent to National Policing Improvement Agency by Owen Blacker on 27 July 2009.
Successful.
Thank you for clarifying my confusion :o)
Yours sincerely,
Owen Blacker
Contract with Find My Past Limited
Successful.
by National Archives to Owen Blacker on 12 February 2009.
Successful.
Dear Mr Blacker,
Thank you for your enquiry on 15 January 2009 regarding the contract for the 1911 Census.
Under the Freedom of Information (FOI)...
Night-time helicopter use over the borough of Redbridge
Follow up
sent to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by Owen Blacker on 9 January 2009.
Partially successful.
Attn: Dave Howe, Public Order Review Unit
Thank you very much for getting back to me so promptly.
I understand completely that compiling the fu...
Advice to the Internet Watch Foundation regarding censorship of Wikipedia by ISPs
Refused.
by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to Owen Blacker on 8 January 2009.
Refused.
Dear Mr Blacker
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2008120001992
I respond in connection with your request for information dated
08/12/2...
This person's 11 annotations
Operation Square Leg targets
Refused.
@Roger: Thanks. I do have a map of all the targets (in "London after the Bomb", ISBN 0192851233). I wanted an independent set of coordinates, so that...
CReSt final project report
Request to Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency by Ganesh Sittampalam. Annotated by Owen Blacker on 8 September 2011.
Successful.
A potential breach of copyright is not grounds for withholding publication under the Act.
Disappointing:
“Thank you for your email of 15 March. Unfortunately, the Home Office have no record of receiving your previous request in January. Y...
Baroness Scotland's comment from Hansard: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2003-06-18a.98.6
Beverley Hughes's breakdown of the responses sent...
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
I blogged about this: http://owenblacker.livejournal.com/59574.html
Apparently noone knows where we thought we were gonna be bombed. Frankly, I find...
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
Contents of the attachment:
From: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Owen Blacker
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Your Reference
Our Reference:...
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
The MOD claim not to have the information either, and directed me to the National Archive. So my FOI request to Kew is here: http://www.whatdotheyknow...
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
FOI request to Kew here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/operation_square_leg_targets_3
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
I've made the same request of the Ministry of Defence here: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/operation_square_leg_targets_2
Operation Square Leg targets
Information not held.
Content of the attachment:
Mr. Owen Blacker Date: 18 August 2009
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Ref: 12552
Dear Mr. Blacker,
Tha...
Attempt to ban Critical Mass
Request to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by David Hansen. Annotated by Owen Blacker on 21 April 2009.
Partially successful.
Try to keep things polite on here, please, gentlemen.
Please remember that we reserve the right to moderate comments on the site.
Owen (for mySoci...
