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How to Request Information from Leicester City Council

Some people may have questions for the public sector, and a law called the Freedom of Information Act entitles them to that information.

The freedom of information act (FOIA) came into force in 2005, and gives a right to access information that isn't covered by the data protection act (sensitive information, like personal records or information that would give a company an advantage).

You don't exactly have to wait around for the information either. The body must respond

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Week Beginning 3rd May

Well the main focus this week was "Interaction and Usability"...

Simplifying how you use Leicester Talk was order of the week, making it easier and quicker to use.

The Most Extreme
The wiki has now gone, never too return. Not a lot of people know how to write a wiki from scratch and besides the information should all be on the forum. So it was a complex feature with very little substance.

As are all the external feeds, the information’s out there already

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Leicester Police Information

Recently I had to phone the Leicester Police as someone had tried to steal my bike outside of the University of Leicester.

They were excellent phoning me at regular milestones to keep me informed and actually managed to catch and prosecute the guy that did it he didn’t exactly get a slap on the wrist either (although personally I would rather have put him through a meat grinder…).

So in light of their a job well done, I thought I'd spread the word and how you can keep in

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Finished!

Well the wiki's up, the chat functions are no longer crashing, and the forum has content....

All thats left... is to create content!!! Time to start writing.

So whats next?

The features of this site is pretty much set in stone now... the only following features yet to be fully implemented are:

• Facebook connect
• Leicester Wiki

Both of these are waiting on developers to release a product that will work well for us, with limited/no bugs.

I've created a fork for a new project which will be going ahead over the next two weeks, to create a new service for leicester and something that businesses, people, and groups can use.