foi news features
8 MAY 2009
Jimmy Carter Presses for Greater Access to Information in the Americas
1 MAY 2009
Guatemala’s Transparency Law in Action
21 APRIL 2009
A Landmark Day in Chile as New Transparency Law Comes into Effect
14 APRIL 2009
European Court of Human Rights: Right to Information Essential to Free Expression
10 APRIL 2009
Moldova: Acces-Info Releases Evaluation of Access to Public Information
7 APRIL 2009
Brazil Pledges to Pass Right to Information Bill
7 APRIL 2009
Jordanian Civil Society Group Organizes Freedom of Information Training
7 APRIL 2009
Cairo Declaration Embodies Fundamental Consensus on the Access to Information in the Arab World
20 MARCH 2009
Guatemala: Active Duty Chief of Police Arrested for 25-Year Old Political Disappearance of Labor Activist
24 FEBRUARY 2009
UK Justice Minister Jack Straw Vetoes the Release of Pre-Iraq Cabinet Minutes
24 FEBRUARY 2009
US Documents Released Through Freedom of Information Act Requests Introduced as Evidence in Spanish Court Hearing Guatemala Genocide Case
5 FEBRUARY 2009
New Regulations Require Israeli Government to Disclose Environmental Information
23 JANUARY 2009
Day One: President Obama Pledges to Open Government
19 DECEMBER 2008
Council of Europe Adopts Weak Access to Information Convention
31 OCTOBER 2008
Russia: Access to Information Face Contradictions
13 AUGUST 2008
Chile Becomes Latest Latin American Nation to Enact FOIA Law
5 AUGUST 2008
President Carter Disseminates Atlanta Declaration to Advance Right to Information Worldwide
17 JULY 2008
NIGERIA: FOI proposal now the oldest unpassed bill
17 JULY 2008
PAKISTAN: Access to Information Advocates Criticize Proposed Freedom of Information Bill
4 APRIL 2008
Council of Europe ducks open government advocates' calls for reform; adopts weak convention on access to information that falls short of international standards
18 JANUARY 2008
United States: First FOIA Reform Bill In More Than A Decade Becomes Law
12 DECEMBER 2007
Information Commissioners Hold 5th International Conference in New Zealand
8 NOVEMBER 2007
European Ombudsman Finds Maladministration by European Commission for Failure to Produce Annual Report
7 NOVEMBER 2007
Council of Europe committee puts off decision on draft access to information convention, permits more time for input and improvements
6 AUGUST 2007
U.S.
Congress Passes Freedom of Information Act Reform Bill
20
JUNE 2007
In
First Year, Germany's Federal Agencies Struggle to
Adapt to FOIA - But Requesters Off to Slow Start as
Well
20
JUNE 2007
Argentina
Celebrates First "National Right to Public Information"
Week: May 20-27, 2007
21 MAY 2007
International FOI Advocates
Protest Draft Amendments that would Weaken Bulgarian
Public Information Act
19
APRIL 2007
European Commissionn proposes
reforms, seeks public input on greater access to EU
documents
15
MARCH 2007
UNITED
STATES : Sunshine Week 2007 brings major audit releases,
congressional action on FOIA reform
15
MARCH 2007
MEXICO:
Civil society observes first annual Mexico Abierto
9
FEBRUARY 2007
Wolfowitz
Launches Probe Into Leak of Board Meeting Minutes
12
OCTOBER 2006
Inter-American
Court Finds Fundamental Right of Access to Information
28
SEPTEMBER 2006
The
Year in Openness:
Freedom
of Information Makes News Around the World
22
SEPTEMBER 2006
Hungarian Government Releases
NATO Secrecy Policy Document
7
SEPTEMBER 2006
Australia:
High Court Sides with Bureaucrats, Rolling Back Right
to Information
31 AUGUST 2006
UPDATE:
Victory for Right to Information in India
18
AUGUST 2006
INDIA:
Right to Information in Jeopardy
18
AUGUST 2006
MEXICO: Newsweekly
Asks for Access to Contested Ballots, Uses Access
to Information Act to Request Independent Count
14
JULY 2006
Using FOI Laws in Mexico in
Defense of the Environment
31
MAY 2006
FOI: Info Commissioners
Meet in Manchester
4th International Conference Separates Officials,
NGOs
22
MARCH 2006
UNITED
STATES: Open government advocates, media, public celebrate
Sunshine Week
8
JULY 2005
GERMANY:
Bundesrat passes Freedom of Information Act, but questions
remain
29
JUNE 2005
GERMANY:
A Future for Freedom of Information?
24
MAY 2005
INDIA: Latest analysis
of new right to information law
21
FEBRUARY 2005
FOI: Information ministers
meet in Cancún
5
NOVEMBER 2004
SERBIA: Parliament adopts access
law
20
MAY 2004
ECUADOR: Congress enacts "Transparency
and Access to Information Law"
14
MAY 2004
INDIA: The largest democratic
election in human history
20
APRIL 2004
CHINA: Shanghai advances cause
of open government information
23
FEBRUARY 2004
ARMENIA: Amendments threaten
to undermine FOI law
14
JULY 2003
CHINA:
China's pioneering foray into open government: A tale
of two cities
DECEMBER
2002
INDIA: Parliament approves
freedom of information bill
8
AUGUST 2002
PERU:
New freedom of information law approved |
