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Survey of FOI Officers 

Dr Ben Worthy, an academic at Birkbeck College, is looking for Local Government FOI officers to complete another survey. 

The survey is part of a joint US/UK research project, funded by Democracy Fund, which started last year looking at FOI request burdens.  They want to follow up on the use of AI to help make FOI requests. 

The survey should take around 5-10 minutes to complete.  An anonymised summary of the findings will be sent to anyone who wishes to see it.  

You can read more about the project here. The survey can be accessed here.

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Survey of Local Government FOI Officers 

Dr Ben Worthy, an academic at Birkbeck College, is looking for FOI officers in local government to complete a survey. 

The survey is part of a joint US/UK research project looking at FOI request burdens, funded by Democracy Fund. They want to know more about requests and burdens on authorities, as well as possible changes such as the use of AI to help make requests.  

The survey should take around 5-10 minutes to complete.  An anonymised summary of the findings will be sent to anyone who wishes to see it.  

You can read more about the project here. The survey can be accessed here.