tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post1815158753514103486..comments2024-02-14T20:13:10.431+00:00Comments on OtherAberdeen: Bizarre Opaque Transparency from Aberdeen City Council.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-39786618030652821392011-07-20T13:40:28.551+01:002011-07-20T13:40:28.551+01:00It appears that ACC have systemic problems with fr...It appears that ACC have systemic problems with freedom of information, as they confess to the Information Commissioner ...<br /><br />http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/applicationsanddecisions/Decisions/2011/201101043.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-12760014601813712272011-07-06T21:29:03.415+01:002011-07-06T21:29:03.415+01:00Great work. One highlight from the minutes of 26th...Great work. One highlight from the minutes of 26th April : "MRC will produce a comprehensive design brief and this will be submitted to Council on 29 June 2011, for ratification, before being issued to the short listed companies." Of course no such detailed design brief was presented or ratified by Council on 29th June 2011 yet the design competition apparently rolls on. If the first competition jury meeting goes ahead as scheduled on 20th July, Aberdeen City Council appear to have lost control and been effectively excluded from the design process. This serves to highlight the need for greater transparency and greater scrutiny of the CSP/CGP.Richard Pellinghttp://rxpell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-47070644069611079172011-07-06T20:59:47.982+01:002011-07-06T20:59:47.982+01:00It is fantastically absurd. Like MPs turning up i...It is fantastically absurd. Like MPs turning up in the Commons wearing balaclavas; or senior civil servants attending Parliamentary committees with a paper bags on their heads. Unintentional echoes of the Unknown Comic. Can't begin to imagine what will happen if they are given £200m+ to spend on a plaza. Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-66161426961659826952011-07-06T18:33:05.668+01:002011-07-06T18:33:05.668+01:00Hi @Anonymous. Thanks for the comment. Getting rou...Hi @Anonymous. Thanks for the comment. Getting round the redactions is technically very easy. You can probably guess the names anyway if you know about ACC and current events. It's the very fact of the redaction and the fact that it's been executed incompetently (email us if you want to know how) that constitutes the story of paranoia and incompetence here.Key Stakeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797437057257512040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-45678025513020807982011-07-06T18:28:29.623+01:002011-07-06T18:28:29.623+01:00Look, it's really easy - most of those redacti...Look, it's really easy - most of those redactions are unwarranted. But you need to understand that it's a game. To enter the next round, you ask for an internal review. This might reveal more information; possibly not. In Round 3, you complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner, who will likely insist that the names be revealed. You win. It takes time but no money. You don't get what you want unless you keep pushing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com