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Contents
Volume 5, Issue 5

May/June 2009

 

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News Items

  • BBC board members' expenses to be made public
  • Treasury says no to stress tests
  • ICO upholds section 42 for purchase of parish
  • ICO agrees with Cabinet Office over costs limit

Articles

  • Practical ways of distinguishing FOI and EIR requests - Lynn Aglionby, Trowers & Hamlins
  • Is open government good government? - Andrew Watson, University of Northumbria
  • Recent decisions of the Information Commissioner - FOI news team, PDP, and Damien Welfare, 2-3 Grays Inn Square
  • The Information Commissioner’s Swan Song - Natalie Hunt, Hunton & Williams

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Volume 5, Issue 4

March/April 2009

 

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News Items

  • Consultation on new Tribunal
  • No disclosure for curiosity's sake
  • 'Surprising' level of abuse at job centres
  • Progressive resources for voluntary sector in Scotland

Articles

  • Housing associations and the EIR- the impact of Belfast and Wesley - Henry Longbottom and Rachel Lindop, Herbert Smith
  • LPP exemption - new clarity from the High Court? - Anna Condliffe, Herbert Smith
  • FOI India: overcoming the secrecy culture - Nick Graham and Michael Loffler, Denton Wilde Sapte

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Volume 5, Issue 3

January/February 2009

 

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News Items

  • Job applicants' data not exempt
  • Commissioner fails to recognise personal data
  • Tribunal orders release of Iraq dossier
  • President Obama's 'new era of openness'

Articles

  • New ICO guidance on vexatious requests - Hazel Grant, Bird & Bird
  • Serious delays still affecting ICO decisions - Patricia Barratt, Clifford Chance
  • Recent decisions of the Information Commissioner - FOI news team, PDP, and Damien Welfare, 2-3 Grays Inn Square

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Volume 5, Issue 2

November/December 2008

 

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News Items

  • MPs' addresses to stay secret?
  • FOI no longer fragile flower
  • Kent County Council tells all about Ten Alps
  • Register of employers released

Articles

  • The new approach to publication schemes - Patricia Barratt, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance
  • Publication of minutes, agendas & background papers - the latest guidance - Jackie Gray and Julie Prior, Dickinson Dees
  • Nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock - an FOI perspective - James Dimmick, Pinsent Masons
  • Recent decisions of the Information Commissioner - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray's Inn Square
  • Book review - Hazel Grant, Bird & Bird

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Volume 5, Issue 1

September/October 2008

 

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News Items

  • Model publication scheme 2009
  • Nuclear authority right to withhold report
  • Police forced to publish perks
  • Scottish ICO orders release of tender information

Articles

  • The ‘expansive approach’ to freedom of information - are the courts reining it in? - James Thorne and Doug Watson, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • Protecting the dead - or guarding against them? - Dr Teresa Bastow, The National Archives
  • Recent decisions of the Information Commissioner Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
  • The ICO’s Annual Report The Freedom of Information - Team at PDP

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Volume 4, Issue 6

July/August 2008

 

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News Items

  • Secret Stansted data to be made public
  • New Northern Ireland Assistant Commissioner
  • Force to disclose
  • Hostels kept secret

Articles

  • Proposed revisions of Regulation 1049/2001 - a step too far? - Niamh Grogan and Gordon Christian, SJ Berwin LLP
  • The commercial prejudice exemption - coming into its own? - Patricia Barratt, Clifford Chance
  • Recent decisions of the Information Commissioner - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square

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Volume 4, Issue 5

May/June 2008

 

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News Items

  • Deputy gives annual FOI conference candid presentation
  • First government department to be issued a formal practice recommendation by ICO
  • Council pay rates on ‘rich list’
  • ICO guidance for handling FOI and EIR

Articles

  • Can public authorities argue new FOIA exemptions or EIR exceptions on appeal? – Jeremy Ison, Clifford Chance
  • The Freedom of Information Act’s approach to the form and format of information – Rhian Hill and Hazel Grant, Bird & Bird
  • Recent decisions of the Commissioner – Winter 2008 – Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square

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Volume 4, Issue 4

March/April 2008

 

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News Items

  • ‘John Lewis list’ disclosed by Commons
  • FOI ban on Northern Rock “unacceptable”
  • Kevin Dunion reappointed
  • NOMS receive practice recommendation

Articles

  • Public sector contracts and prices - what must be disclosed? - Jackie Gray, Dickinson Dees
  • Bavarian Lager - Rosemary Jay and James Muse, Pinsent Masons
  • Recent decisions by Information Commissioner - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
  • Is there privacy for public sector workers? - Hazel Grant and Rhian Hill, Bird & Bird
  • Book review: Information Rights - Rosemary Jay, Pinsent Masons

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Volume 4, Issue 3

January/February 2008

 

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News Items

  • FSA must name and shame mystery-shopped advisors
  • Local waste contracts to be disclosed
  • ITV and SKY caught by FOIA?
  • FOI to be extended

Articles

  • NHS Lothian case: the disclosure of private finance initiative contract - Hazel Moffat, DLA Piper
  • The Environmental Information Regulations get a radiation burn: Ofcom and Sitefinder - Andrew Sharpe, Charles Russell
  • The Freedom of Information Act: A sword rather than a shield approach - Jimmy Desai and David Jones, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons
  • Records Management and Freedom of Information - been there, done that, but do you have a practice recommendation yet? - Philip Jones, Staffordshire County Council
  • A look back at 2007 and a glimpse at what’s to come in 2008 - Rosemary Jay, Pinsent Masons

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Volume 4, Issue 2

November/December 2007

 

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News Items

  • FOI fees - no change after public outcry
  • Prime Minister commits to more open government and wider access
  • Council’s reputation at risk from poor records
  • Groundbreaking Scottish ruling - NHS Lothian
  • MP forced to reveal £40,000 travel expenses

Articles

  • Legal advice and the Commissioner’s power to issue an Information Notice - Kelly Harris and Tracy Marshall, Shepherd and Wedderburn
  • The Freedom of Information Act - does it ever apply to banks and financial institutions? - Jimmy Desai and David Jones, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons
  • Recent decisions by the Information Commissioner - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
  • Government consultation to bring private organisations into FOIA - Patricia Barratt, Clifford Chance

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Volume 4, Issue 1

September/October 2007

 

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News Items

  • Ofcom’s phone mast website may shut down after ruling
  • FSA set to appeal ICO decision
  • Tax gap scrutinised by the ICO
  • Guidance for sharing information

Articles

  • The “Vauxhall Tower” decision in the Information Tribunal - a milestone case for the right to know – Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
  • Section 237(6) of the Enterprise Act and FOI law – an English and Scottish dichotomy – Simon Holmes and Gordon Christian, SJ Berwin
  • When is information “held” under FOIA? – Hui Min Ch’ng, Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • Recent decisions by the Information Commissioner - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square

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Volume 3, Issue 6

July/August 2007

 

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News Items

  • House of Lords ensure Parliament bound by FOI laws
  • BBC in exclusion row
  • Cover up over Deepcut deaths?
  • MPs expenses to be made transparent

Articles

  • Will the Information Commissioner get new teeth? - Patricia Barratt, Clifford Chance
  • Freedom of Information in the EU - Andrew Sharpe, Charles Russell
  • Release of employee information - decisions of the Scottish Information Commissioner - Grant S Campbell, Brodies
  • Recent decisions by the Commissioner - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square

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Volume 3, Issue 5

April/May 2007

 

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News Items

  • MPs block attempts to exempt Parliament from FOI law
  • Information Tribunal develops backlog
  • Commissioner may intervene in leukaemia case
  • Publication schemes should include environmental information

Articles

  • Review and appeals - the latest thinking - Rosemary Jay, Pinsent Masons
  • Differing approaches to statutory prohibitions on disclosure - Kelly Harris and Alison White, Shepherd and Wedderburn
  • Disclosing staff salaries and similar information - Jan Willem van den Bos, Denton Wilde Sapte

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Volume 3, Issue 4

March/April 2007

 

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News Items

  • Delay to fees changes may see plans scrapped
  • FOI - according to the ICO
  • Openness creates pension problems for Chancellor
  • Requests for access to images of dead body
  • Patients leaving hospital with surgical implements inside them

Articles

  • FOI and confidentiality - when will information be protected - Hazel Grant, Bird & Bird
  • Spotlight of FOI moves closer to the heart of government - Marcus Turle, Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • Recent decisions - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square

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Volume 3, Issue 3

January/February 2007

 

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News Items

  • The MPs exemption - Falconer warns off Ministers
  • Council ordered to disclose property addresses
  • Derry City Council must disclose Ryanair deal
  • Liverpool Council ordered to release prostitution documents
  • The mystery of David Beckham’s video portrait

Articles

  • Freedom of Information - not at a cost - Jackie Gray, Walker Morris
  • Information - for free or for sale? - Patricia Barratt, Clifford Chance
  • Court orders disclosure of medical information - Hazel Moffat, DLA Piper
  • Scottish Executive ordered to release sensitive government information - Hazel Moffat, DLA Piper
  • Information Tribunal - exemptions decisions - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square

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Volume 3, Issue 2

November/December 2006

 

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News Items

  • FOI has led to greater trust in public authorities
  • Exemption for ‘politically embarrassing material’
  • FOI media coverage continuing to expand
  • ICO adopts service level agreements
  • Council forced to disclose information it denied having

Articles

  • FOI Exemptions - Part VII - Hazel Grant and Alice Sculthorpe, Bird & Bird
  • FOI requests - can contractual provisions adequately protect 3rd parties? - Varun Shingari and Mirza Ahmad, Birmingham City Council
  • FOI in practice - Hertfordshire Constabulary - Barry Bland, Hertford Constabulary
  • Unanswered questions relating to a simple FOI request - or a personal account of a request that failed? – Dr Chris Pounder, Pinsent Masons

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Volume 3, Issue 1

September/October 2006

 

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News Items

  • FOI/EIR - differences resolved?
  • OPSI expects higher standard ‘re-use’
  • FOI crisis in Australia
  • Consultancy declared a ‘public authority’ under EIRs

Articles

  • Pernod v OFT - FOIA is trumped by the Enterprise Act - Gordon Christian and Simon Holmes, SJ Berwin
  • The Vauxhall Tower decision - opening up submissions to Ministers - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
  • Operating a robust FOI regime - decisions of the Scottish Information Commissioner worth knowing - Hazel Moffat, DLA Piper
  • Uncomfortable disclosures - identity cards - Jimmy Desai, Tarlo Lyons
  • Book review - Freedom of Information handbook – Jimmy Desai, Tarlo Lyons

Contents
Volume 2, Issue 6

July/August 2006

 

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News Items

  • Constitutional Affairs Committee critiques FOI
  • Publication schemes - ICO publishes new ‘policy’
  • Fire at two records storage facilities - coincidence?
  • Brown forced to reveal pensions information
  • Records management ‘must be improved’

Articles

  • Focus on enforcement - stopping public authorities from releasing information - Jeremy Ison, Clifford Chance
  • The vexed question of vexatious requests - Marcus Turle, Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • ‘A new chapter in openness’ - do the statistics agree? - Benjamin Beabey, Farrer & Co
  • The National Archives workbook - Kevin Smith, The National Archives
  • Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - one year on – David Maldon, ITI Scotland

 

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Volume 2, Issue 5

May/June 2006

 

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News Items

  • Enforcement Notice issued on Iraq war advice
  • DCA publishes annual report on operation of FOI in Central Government
  • Commissioner grilled by Select Committee
  • Commissioner urges communication with requesters

Articles

  • Vexatious Requests, the Commissioner's first decision - Julia Apostle, Financial Times
  • Understanding the Environmental Information Regulations - Damien Welfare, 2-3 Gray's Inn Square
  • The FOI Act Exemptions Part VI - Hazel Grant and John Pullicino, Bird & Bird
  • FOI Manual by Marcus Turle, Book Review - Usha Jagessar, DLA Piper

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Volume 2, Issue 4

March/April 2006

 

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News Items

  • Local authority correct to treat requests as vexatious
  • Media perspective on FOI
  • DCA surprised at commercial bias in FOI requests
  • FOI boosts records management
  • 2005 statistics for ICO complaints
  • Requesters can be asked reason for request

Articles

  • Confidentiality and Commercial Interest, the verdict so far - Claire Walker, Olswang
  • Ten things you need to know about the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations - Carolyn Bigg, Charles Russell
  • Focus on Enforcement - Case Handling by the Information Tribunal - Jeremy Ison, Clifford Chance
  • Electronic Records Management Part VI - Digital Preservation – Kelvin Smith, The National Archives
 

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Volume 2, Issue 3

January/February 2006

 

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News Items

  • FOI - fees may be imposed
  • Information Tribunal pushes boundaries in its first decisions
  • FOI leads to better food standards
  • Central Government - trends in FOI requests
  • Backlog at Commissioner's office
  • Education secretary ordered to disclose records

Articles

  • Information Tribunal - the First Five Cases - Dan Tench, Olswang
  • The FOI Act Exemptions Part V - Hazel Grant, Bird & Bird
  • Electronic Records Management Part V - Digital Preservation - Kelvin Smith, The National Archives
  • Use of Council Employee Data for Direct Marketing - Usha Jagessar, DLA Piper

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Volume 2, Issue 2

November/December 2005

 

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News Items

  • FOI may allow access to records of the deceased
  • 40% of NHS Trusts fail to respond to FOI requests
  • Information delays criticised by editors
  • Wartime records to be released
  • Economic data to be published by Chancellor?
  • Surgeons' mortality rates unlikely to be accessible under FOI
  • Increase in FOI requests by voluntary groups

Articles

  • Focus on Enforcement - the Information Commissioner's Approach to Case Handling - Jeremy Ison, Clifford Chance
  • Requesting Information on the Deceased - Usha Jagessar, DLA Piper
  • Electronic Records Management Part IV - File Plan Structure – Kelvin Smith, The National Archives

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Volume 2, Issue 1

September/October 2005

 

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News Items

  • BBC spends over £400,000 on FOI compliance
  • Complaints - the state of play
  • Companies using agencies to seek information
  • New NHS code on records management proposed
  • Latest on Information Fair Trader Scheme
  • New German FOI law
  • Zambia demands FOI law
  • Scots delight in making FOI requests

Articles

  • Electronic Records Management Part III - Evaluation and Appraisa - Kelvin Smith, The National Archives
  • Commercial Interests - the Shawcross Decision - Nicolas Gray, Herbert Smith
  • FOI and Commercial Litigation - Richard Grandison and Lisette Aguilar, Slaughter and May
  • Commercial Withholding under FOI law - David Mallon, ITI Scotland

Contents
Volume 1, Issue 6

July/August 2005

 

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News Items

  • Commercial secrets likely to be more readily available
  • Commissioner's First Annual Report published
  • Scottish Commissioner takes it personally
  • Pernod seeks Bacardi figures
  • Isle of Wight residents make full use of FOIA

Articles

  • Electronic Records Management Part II - Managing records on LAN - Kelvin Smith, The National Archives
  • The FOI Act Exemptions Part IV - Hazel Grant and Emily Unwin, Bird & Bird
  • Statutory Prohibitions - opportunities missed - Usha Jagessar and Julia Apostle, DLA Piper
  • The Re-use of Public Sector Information - Anna-Marie Harty and Brian Jones, Herbert Smith

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Volume 1, Issue 5

May/June 2005

 

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News Items

  • ICO agrees rules of FOI disclosure by government
  • NHS Trust urged to adopt blanket disclosure ban
  • Information Commissioner assesses current position
  • India's new FOI law
  • Restaurants under fire
  • FOI in the United States – more difficult to obtain information
  • Law firms seek information restrictions

Articles

  • Electronic Records Management First Steps Part I - Kelvin Smith, The National Archives
  • FOI in the UK, a Survey - Jim Amos, The Constitution Unit University College London
  • FOI Act Exemptions Part III - Hazel Grant, Bird & Bird
  • Queensland's FOI Processing Initiative - Gerry Cottle, Queensland Treasury
  • The Media Experience of FOI Law So Far - Keith Mathieson, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain

Contents
Volume 1, Issue 4

March/April 2005

 

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News Items

  • FOI to be extended to private companies after election
  • Requests top 8,000 in first two months of new law
  • Iraq invasion - information disclosure
  • Local authority decisions
  • FOI Select Committee report - the government's response
  • Press Complaints Commission escapes FOI
  • Information Commissioner's role clarified
  • EIR Code and fee guidance

Articles

  • Could Copyright be an Obstacle to an Effective FOI Regime? - Julia Apostle and Mark Lawry, DLA Piper
  • S.36 FOI Act and the Governmental Goldfish Bowl - Rosalind Ashcroft, Beachcroft Wansbroughs
  • The Impact of FOI Laws on Academic Research - Susan Calman and David Gourlay, Dundas & Wilson

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Volume 1, Issue 3

January/February 2005

 

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News Items

  • FOI Act in force
  • Government accused of mass document destruction
  • VAT on FOI requests
  • Utilities - need to check information disclosure
  • PSI implementation imminent
  • Environmental Information Regulations published
  • Scottish FOI decision
  • Doctors' performance to be exposed

Articles

  • Disclosures of Information by Business Regulator - John O'Hara, Denton Wilde Sapte and Marcus Turle, Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • FOI Act Exemptions Part II - Hazel Grant and Rachel Fetches, Bird & Bird
  • The Law of Freedom of Information by John Macdonald and Clive H Jones, book review
  • The Realities of FOI, a Canadian Perspective - Professor Alasdair Roberts, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

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Volume 1, Issue 2

November/December 2004

 

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News Items

  • FOI fees to be scrapped
  • Private companies must act on FOI as soon as possible
  • Government guidance on FOI published
  • Survey reveals Government bodies not ready for FOI
  • Will FOI compliance lead to copyright breaches?

Articles

  • Impact of Environmental Regulations - Prof. Brian Jones, Herbert Smith
  • FOI Act Exemptions Part I - Hazel Grant, Bird & Bird
  • Practical Implications of the Records Management Code - Kelvin Smith, The National Archives
  • FOI Impact on Non-public Organisations - Andrew Sharpe, Charles Russell

Contents
Volume 1, Issue 1

September/October 2004

 

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News Items

  • FOI fees still uncertain
  • Commercial secrets could be revealed under FOI
  • Government vetos to be scrutinised
  • FOI guidance imminent
  • Officials salaries to remain confidential

Articles

  • Preparing for the January deadline - Marcus Turle, Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • FOI, practical guide to implementing the Act (book review) - Kelvin Smith
  • FOI and the Private Sector - Patricia Barratt, Clifford Chance
  • Managing two FOI regimes in Scotland - David Mallon, MacRoberts Solrs
  • Confidentiality v FOI - Keith Mathieson, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain

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