Posts Tagged ‘opinion’
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22 April 2011
SA Committee Recesses After Debate on Scope of POIB
The South African parliamentary committee debated whether the proposed protection of information bill should cover the police and the military before recessing until after the May 18 municipal elections, according to reports on the meeting.
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5 February 2010
Avanza Transparencia en México… pero al revés
Por Emilene Martínez Morales (emilene@mexicoinformate.org)
http://www.twitter.com/mxinformate
En lo que va del año el Gobierno Federal, a través de la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) y la Secretaría de Gobernación (Segob), ha manifestado un claro interés en debilitar al Instituto… -
5 February 2010
Transparency Advances in Mexico. . . in Reverse
By Emilene Martínez Morales (emilene@mexicoinformate.org)
Translated by Jesse Franzblau
(Disponible en español)
http://www.twitter.com/mxinformate
Since the start of the year, President Felipe Calderón through actions undertaken by the Attorney General’s Office (Procuraduría General de la República – PGR) and the Secretariat of… -
12 October 2009
World Bank Paradigm Shift for Disclosure Policy Subject to Variety of Limitations, Caveats, Exceptions
The World Bank staff October 2 proposed a new disclosure policy that would take some big steps, but also some sidesteps.
The draft on which public comment has been invited probably will be discussed by the Executive Board November 17.… -
9 September 2009
World Bank May Disclose Documents Going to the Board
The World Bank may be moving toward major breakthroughs in transparency for its Executive Board, according to informed sources. One change being contemplated would provide for the public release of key staff recommendations at the same time they are sent…
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19 June 2009
12 European Countries Sign First International Convention on Access to Official Documents
Advocates Urge 37 Remaining Council of Europe Members to Sign
Tromsø, Norway — On June 18, 2009, 12 of 47 member-states of the Council of Europe signed the Convention on Access to Official Documents, making history as the first international binding legal… -
31 March 2009
IMF Begins Delayed Review of Transparency Policy
The International Monetary Fund on March 25 requested public comment on its transparency policy.
The IMF asked for comments by April 30 and offered questionnaires for three different types of potential respondents: "civil society organizations," "financial market participants," and "think… -
18 January 2008
GTI Makes Comments on EBRD Public Information Policy
The Global Transparency Initiative has proposed changes in the Public Information Policy (PIP) of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The Bank is just beginning a review of its policy, having issued a call for comment in late November.… -
9 May 2007
China Adopts First Nationwide Open Government Information Regulations
By Jamie P. Horsley
The Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Open Government Information (OGI Regulations) published on April 24, 2007, and effective one year later on May 1, 2008, mark a turning point away from the deeply… -
31 August 2006
INDIA: Right to Information in Jeopardy
Just six months after the Right to Information Act came into force, the bureaucrats in the Indian government are on the verge of rolling back the Act’s progressive access provisions. In July 2006, without any public consultation, the Cabinet approved…
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18 August 2006
In India, Right to Information in Jeopardy
Just six months after the Right to Information Act came into force, the bureaucrats in the Indian government are on the verge of rolling back the Act’s progressive access provisions. In July 2006, without any public consultation, the Cabinet approved…
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15 April 2005
Teaching Institute or Dance Bar? Putting Local Freedom of Information Legislation to Use in Argentina
By Martha Farmelo
Martha Farmelo is Co-Coordinator of the Access to Information Program at the Buenos Aires-based Association for Civil Rights (www.adc.org.ar).
I’ve never slept particularly well the first night in a new home, what with the excitement of the… -
6 May 2004
ADB Holds First Consultation on Public Communications Policy
JAKARTA – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) met with Indonesian organizations in Jakarta April 27 to discuss its draft Public Communication Policy.
Nongovernmental organizations involved in the first of 12 planned ADB consultations came to the conclusion that they were… -
20 April 2004
Shanghai Advances the Cause of Open Government Information in China
While the Chinese State Council mulls over a draft of China’s first freedom of information legislation, the bustling metropolis of Shanghai, home to some 16 million people, adopted China’s first provincial-level open information legislation on January 20, 2004. The Provisions…
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13 April 2004
The Transparency Labyrinth in Argentina
[See also: "The Freedom of Information Campaign in Argentina," by Martha Farmelo, 14 OCTOBER 2003]
A leader of Argentina’s openness movement, María Baron of the Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas Para la Equidad y la Crecimiento, describes for freedominfo.org… -
11 October 2003
“The Right to Know is Gaining around the World”
by Thomas Blanton
The International Herald Tribune, October 11, 2003, p. 6Last month (September 23, 2003), Armenia became the 51st country in the world to guarantee its citizens the right to know what their government is up to. Armenia’s…
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15 December 2002
Freedom of Information Law Approved in India
The Freedom of Information Bill 2002
By Prashant Bhushan
National Campaign Committee for the People’s Right to Information
Text of India’s Freedom of Information law
(as passed by Lok Sabha): Word – PDF
More than 5 years ago, the Shourie… -
15 July 2002
World’s Right to Know
By Thomas Blanton
Published in Foreign Policy, July/August 2002
During the last decade, 26 countries have enacted new legislation giving their citizens access to government information. Why? Because the concept of freedom of information is evolving from a moral indictment… -
9 July 2002
REPORT: In Mexico, a New Law Guarantees the Right to Know
By Kate Doyle <kadoyle@gwu.edu>, Senior Analyst and director of the Mexico Project, National Security Archive
Mexico is a country where a powerful executive branch has historically overshadowed a weak Congress, a dysfunctional judicial system and a malleable press. Its citizens…