Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
South Ayrshire Council to be more 'open and transparent' to reduce Freedom of Information requests
dailyrecord.co.ukA drop in the number of council Freedom of Information requests being answered on time has been partly blamed on high profile council projects.In 2021/22, South Ayrshire Council received 928 FOI requests.
As a number required responses from different departments, the total number of requests processed was 1,163.In a report to the council’s service and performance panel, it was revealed that there was a drop in the number of requests answered within the statutory 20 working days, from 85 percent in 2020/21 to 72 percent in 2021/22.A number of requests relating to ‘high profile’ issues were highlighted in the report along with the number of FOI requests each attracted:Information and governance lead Debbie McVey’s report stated: “All 319 late FOISA requests were due to services failing to provide the information on time.“However it is recognised that services did not at times have access to paper records due to office closures in response to the national lock-down restrictions.”Only 21 of the 928 requesters sought a review of decisions.
Of these, three went a stage further and requested an independent investigation from the Scottish Information Commissioner.The report sought to explain the issues.It stated: “This is in part a result of multiple services requiring input into large and complex requests regarding high-profile council projects and completing priorities within services to provide information within time scales.“While there is a reduction in the number of requests being issued within the 20 working-day statutory time scale, the Council received 165 more information requests in 2021/22 than in the previous reporting year.”Ms McVey said one of the recommendations was for the council to take a proactive approach to
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