16 June 2025 The Scottish Public Information forum (SPIF) to convene on June 16th to discuss FOISA reform. This event will be free and online on the 16th of June at 10:30AM GMT.
SPIF will meet to discuss reforming the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FoISA). FoISA became operational and was enforceable from 2005 so SPIF forms part of the 20 years celebration. Speakers at the event will be Katy Clark MSP, David Hamilton (the Scottish Information Commissioner), and CFoIS. There will be Reports from the Scottish Government and Office of Scottish Information Commissioner. Everyone is welcome to attend. For more information on the impact and use of FoISA, check out ‘Celebrating 20 years of FOI – in 20 numbers‘, published by the Commissioner.
You can book a free ticket via Eventbrite here.
2025 The Scottish Public Information Forum will meet several times in 2025 with dates to be announced once the MSP’s FoISA Reform Bill is published. However a date for your diary is Friday 26th September from 11-1pm as SPIF will meet to celebrate International Right to Know Day.
SPIF The Scottish Public Information Forum (SPIF) convened, online, on 23rd September 2024 and was attended by 47 people from across Scotland. It received updates from the Scottish Information Commissioner, the UK Information Commissioner’s office, the Scottish Government and CFoIS. The first half of the meeting enabled David Hamilton to reflect on his first year as the Scottish Information Commissioner. It has been a busy time including the launch of a second Level Three intervention in the Scottish Government to “support improvements” in its “Communications and Records”, and a new twin track process of appeals to tackle the backlog.
The next meeting of SPIF will be organised once Katy Clark MSP’s Bill is published to reform FoISA.
Minutes of Past Meetings of SPIF