Posts Tagged ‘technology’
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19 March 2011
Source Disclosure Clause in FOI Bill Riles Nigerian Press
Nigerian media groups are lambasting a provision inserted by the Nigerian Senate into its version of the freedom of information bill that would require journalists to disclose their sources , according to media reports such as one in The Nation.…
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25 February 2011
Pakistani RTI Supporters Rally for Law in Punjab Province
By Zahid Abdullah
The writer is based in Islamabad, Pakistan, and works for the Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives
They had gathered to protest about the denial of their right to information.
The venue was the road in front… -
19 January 2011
Ghana Coalition Protests Lack of Action on RTI Legislation
Ghana’s Right to Information Coalition on Jan. 19 staged a march to government offices to protest the lack of action by Parliament on pending freedom of information legislation, according to news reports on myjoyonline.com and businessghana.com.
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8 December 2010
Awareness of Kyrgyzstan Access Law Low, Study Finds
Kyrgyzstan’s population does not demand information from public officials and many weakness exist in the implementation of the access law, according to a recent report.
The findings and a series of recommendations are contained in a four-country study sponsored by… -
18 November 2009
World Bank Board Broadens Access in New Disclosure Policy
The World Bank’s executive directors November 17 approved a new policy on access to information that will mean significantly more transparency about Bank decision making and operations. The Bank’s press release said, “The new policy represents a fundamental shift in the Bank’s approach to disclosure of information—moving from an approach that spells out what documents it can [...]
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16 November 2009
In Shanghai, President Obama Recognizes Access to Information as Universal Right
by Yvette M. Chin
Shanghai, China — On his first trip to Asia, President Obama made unequivocal statements about access to information as a universal human right at a rare town-hall style meeting of university students November 16. Over 2 years… -
16 October 2009
Justice Minister Rejects Much-Needed Reforms to Canada’s 26-Year-Old Transparency Law
Recommendations Called for Broad Expansion of Information Commissioner’s Mandate
Ottawa, Canada — In June 2009, the House of Commons Committee on access to information, privacy, and ethics made recommendations to modernize and expand the scope of Canada’s 26-year-old Access to Information Act.… -
23 January 2009
Day One: President Obama Pledges to Open Government – International Openness Advocates Applaud US Reforms
Washington, DC – On Day One of his administration, President Barack Obama took authoritative steps to “create an unprecedented level of openness” in the US government through an executive order and two presidential memoranda.
International openness advocates, including more than… -
16 May 2008
Canadian Government Reports on IFI Activity Get Good Grade
The Canadian government’s annual reporting on its activities at international financial institutions is getting better, according to the authors, and to a Canadian civil society group which recently gave the latest report its best grade ever.
The Halifax Initiative said… -
12 December 2007
Information Commissioners Hold 5th International Conference in New Zealand
Open Sessions Include NGO Participation; Commissioners Plan Future Cooperation
By Kristin Adair for freedominfo.org
Information commissioners, government officials, and civil society representatives from around the world met at the 5th International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC) in Wellington, New Zealand,… -
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… -
30 November 2005
EU Parliamentary Committee Rejects EIB Effort to Dodge Aarhus Rules
A committee of the European Union Parliament Nov. 22 rejected an effort by the European Investment Bank to be exempted from rules implementing the Aarhus Convention, the EU agreement that governs transparency policies for environmental-related activities.
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9 February 2005
On-line Networking Solves Potential Secrecy Problem in Slovakia in 4 Hours
International openness advocates assist Slovakian reformers in debate over EU directive and its effects on Slovak law concept of "silent refusal"
Freedom of information advocates in 10 countries plus the U.S. state of New York today combined forces on-line within… -
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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11 April 2003
World Bank Plans to Expand Publicity About Competitive Bidding Opportunities
The World Bank is moving toward a new policy that will at least double the number of contract bidding opportunities publicized internationally, according to bank officials and business sector observers.
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17 January 2003
The Philippines: A Liberal Information Regime Even Without an Information Law
Yvonne T. Chua has been the training director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) since 1995. As journalism trainer, she has trained scores of journalists in the Philippines and abroad, including Indonesia, Cambodia and Nepal. In 1999, she…
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5 July 2002
ANALYSIS: Japanese Government Information: New Rules for Access – the 2001 Information Disclosure Law, and a Comparison with the U.S. FOIA
By Lawrence Repeta and David M. Schultz
Click here to view the Information Disclosure Matrix: A Comparison of Information Disclosure in Japan and the United StatesINTRODUCTION
After more than 20 years of lobbying by Japanese citizen’s groups, opposition political…