Transparency Watch Jan'09 issue now available online
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Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia (RTKNS) is a non-profit organization. Through advocacy and education, RTKNS encourages the use and development of freedom-of-information legislation to foster a better informed and more politically active electorate in Nova Scotia and to improve the quality of public and private decision making in the province.
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Your FOI Experience:
Have you ever filed a FOI request? What has been your experience? Has the information you sought been forthcoming, or did you find the bureaucracy working against you? How do you think the Act can further be strengthened, so that it serves its purpose better? Let Us Know!
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- Watchdog attacks federal cult of secrecy
- Government secrecy ‘grim,' watchdog says
- Dr. Shiv Chopra - Canada's foremost Whistleblowe...
- New anti-secrecy plan surfaces on eve of damning r...
- Illinois Gov. Quinn orders better response to FOIA...
- Solomon Islands Freedom of Information Workshop Ends
- Jack Straw’s right, Cabinet Government matters
- Britain Refuses To Publish Cabinet Record Of Iraq ...
- Minnesota FOI award recognizes citizen lobbyist
- Spending web sites make politicos take transparenc...
- the Wobbing Europe 'wobsite'
- Cayman Islands First Freedom of Information Unit R...
- Lag in releasing listeriosis notes breaks informat...
- South West Shore Development Authority (SWSDA) tos...
- A fellow Canadian advocacy group worthy of note: L...
- Nauru considers freedom of information rules
- Canadian Access-to-information laws too weak: Watc...
- Transparency and the Web - public domain advocate ...
- VisibleGovernment.ca is dedicated to promoting onl...
- CBC's Nora Young interviews Rahaf Harfoush on gove...
- CBC's Nora Young interview with Tom Steinberg on T...
- FOI commissioner blasts B.C. government
- What US Gov Docs Would You Like to See Published?
- Irish Opposition Call for cut in FOI fees rejected
- Assembly passes FoI changes
- FoI has made the BBC rethink its spending
- Journalist to continue fight for free press in China
- Annual Australian FOI report is released to public
- 11th annual US National FOI Day Conference March 1...
- Quote of the Day
- NL premier's branch of the civil service using its...
- NL Government withholding school reports
- Corner Brook gets D+ in freedom of information aud...
- Montreal's La Presse uses FOI to get Casey RCMP re...
- NDP get Nova Scotia Power billing statistics throu...
- Transparency Watch Jan'09 issue now available online
- New UK information chief pledges action on FoI bac...
- Herald finds faulty mechanics through FOI
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Links
- Accountability Initiative (India)
- The Art of Access
- Centre for Law and Democracy
- Canadian Government Expenses (Bine Consulting)
- Open Parliament
- Know How They Vote (NS Legislature)
- Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators
- Find Your Nova Scotia MLA
- RTKNS Photo Albums
- NS Provincial Government Food Safety Reports
- NS Select Committee on Participation in the Democratic Process
- NS Democracy 250
- House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI)
- Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)
- Independent Diplomat
- National Whistleblowers Center
- right2info.org : The Right to Information: Good Law and Practice
- National Freedom of Information Blog
- Apathy is Boring
- Empire Center for New York State Policy
- Maine Freedom of Information Coalition (MFOIC)
Fellow Bloggers
- iSolon.org
- Michael Geist
- BBC Open Secrets
- Open and Shut (Australia)
- Waye Mason - Citadel Schools
- JournaListed - Heather Brooke
- David T.S. Fraser - PrivacyLawyer
- Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)
- Freedom of Information News
- Heather Brooke - Your Right to Know (UK)
- Open Secrets: A BBC blog about freedom of information by Martin Rosenbaum
"Without the FOI, the establishment would have been able to hide even more than it does now. Instead of making it harder for people to get information from public bodies on how they are run, it should be made easier."-- Norwich North UK MP Ian Gibson (Oct 2006) on raising FOI fees
If the public is "to participate more [in government] than just via the ballot box, then they need proper access to information"-- Joanne Caddy, (Nov 2001), "Why citizens are central to good governance", OECD Observer,