Posts Tagged ‘records management’
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22 May 2009
Защитнники Свободы Доступа к Информации (СДИ) на Кавказе Обсудили Общие Проблемы и Планы Сотрудничества
В мае 2009 года на рабочем совещании в Грузии были обсуждены законы свободы доступа к информации и различные практики в регионе
Телави, Грузия — Около 25 защитников свободы информации из Кавказского региона собрались с 8 по 11 мая 2009 для… -
22 May 2009
Caucasus FOI Advocates Discuss Common Problems and Plan Cooperation
May 2009 Workshop in Georgia Compares FOI Laws and Practices Across Region
Telavi, Georgia — Some 25 freedom of information advocates and practitioners from the Caucasus region convened on May 8-11, 2009, to compare the laws and the practices across… -
27 March 2009
Chileans Prepare for New FOI Law: An Interview with Juan Pablo Olmedo
By Peter Kornbluh
Special thanks to Marianna Enamoneta, Emilene Martinez-Morales, Carly Ackerman, Joshua Frens-String and Yessica Esquivel Alonso
On April 20th, Chile will become the most recent country to have a functioning Freedom of Information Act—and potentially establish a leading… -
2 February 2009
Revelations from Prime Minister Aso on Wartime POW Labor Demonstrate Need for National Archive in Japan
Controversy Highlights Issues of Historical Memory in Japan
By Lawrence Repeta
[Editor's note: This article has been reprinted with permission of the author and first appeared in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.]
Prime Minister Aso Taro’s admission that his family… -
23 June 2005
Documents Released Under Public Information Disclosure Law Show Government Designated Tombs of Ancient Emperors Based on Questionable Evidence
Noboru Toike, a professor and expert on Imperial tombs, used Japan’s public information disclosure law to obtain academic studies conducted by the Imperial Household Agency regarding the discovery of at least 10 ancient tombs that the government has claimed hold…
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10 December 2004
Information Requests Reveal Destruction of Records by Administrative Agencies in Japan
Information Clearinghouse Japan, a non-profit organization, conducted an investigation based on information requests filed under the Japanese public information disclosure law regarding the destruction of official records before that law came into effect in March 2001. The records showed that…
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22 April 2003
JAPAN: Open Archives Scare Ministries
The Asahi Shimbun (Japan) reports that government officials in Japan, hesitant to release files to public scrutiny, have been hoarding documents by extending their supposed “preservation periods,’ since an information disclosure law made archive records more open to the public…
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21 January 2003
BULGARIA: Dispute Erupts over Andreev Archive
The Bulgarian online news resource, novinite.com reports that the Sofia police, on orders of the district governor, have helped the newly formed State Commission on Information Security take over the offices of the so-called Andreev Commission, which was set up…