The Forum was voluntarily wound up in 2011, and its assets passed on to charities with similar aims. But a brief history has been retained (see BRIEF HISTORY). All Forum activities have been discontinued, but the popular, free e.mail ‘News Briefings’, now produced by Derek Kinrade, with the co-operation of Chris Bazeley, have been continued under the banner ‘Not the National Information Forum’. Derek says:
 
“In the spirit of the National Information Forum I should explain why I am passing on my thoughts in this way and my guiding principles. I set out to make a small contribution – and it really is very small - to the provision of information in a largely social context, with a view to influencing others with a similar mission. In that sense I wish that my outreach could be bigger and wider, not because I believe I am always right, but rather to provoke thinking. There are two strings to my bow: to pass on some useful information which may have been missed, and increasingly to challenge some aspects of the way society currently operates. I have a few abiding convictions: to champion fairness, and in this sense I am a wholehearted supporter of the Office of Fair Trading. In wanting fairness, I deplore greed, self interest and dishonesty. Secondly, I am very much in favour of the concept of the ‘public good’, exemplified in the agenda of the Charity Commission. In that context I have a particular concern that the privatisation of public services and the pursuit of profit, though inevitable, should be regulated and accountable.