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Research Paper – Reducing FOI Response Times and Costs

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The cost of responding to FOI Requests and the time taken to do so are a drain on the public purse and get in the way of more productive work that could be achieved in the time available.
 
24% of the time spent is consumed by searching for the requested information. This is seldom or ever in just one place. It probably resides in a number of information stores and may also be held within a number of different Departments or even Ministries.
 
The annual cost of responding, by Central Government alone, is estimated at £8.5million per annum.
 
Catalysts Ltd can assist public authorities to significantly reduce this by using advanced search technology -already in use by a number of legal firms and some Government Departments such as Defra’s www.wastenet.defra.gov.uk information site.
 
In this latest paper, we investigate beneath the surface of this expenditure in detail and suggest where improvements in productivity can be made and cost efficiencies achieved.
 
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