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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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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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- Content of the RTKNS Letter to the Parties Competi...
- Media and terrorism - civil society forum calls fo...
- The Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia Questio...
- Preparations for a Lawsuit Slowly Extract Public D...
- Nova Scotia Liberals accuse Tories of hiking gas p...
- Media groups seek access to terrorism evidence
- 'A fine line' of open government | Culpeper Star-E...
- Government Transparency, Taxation [Mackinac Center]
- Northwest Herald | Illinois Lawmakers pass stronge...
- The FOI Advocate: UA professor, FOI advocate honored
- White House Launching Transparency Blog -- Governm...
- Government Wrestles With Social Media Records Rete...
- House approves rewrite of FOIA law - Galesburg, IL...
- Expenses: The drive toward deeper disclosure | In-...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: BBC R4 The Report ...
- Secrecy alive in Canberra - Tim Lester
- Review of Government Secrecy Ordered (Washington P...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: FOI Disclosure Sto...
- Politics plays part in setting gas prices, McNeil ...
- BBC - Open Secrets: Paying tax for FOI
- Write Thinking: Journalists thwarted by FoI delays
- Launch of the Irish Information Commissioner's Ann...
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency Wins CAJ Secrecy A...
- Judge Reviews Whether Closed CSU Meeting Broke Ope...
- White House Rolls Out Web Site, Initiatives to Boo...
- Vancouver (finally) releases secret report on scho...
- FOI reveals over 345 Vancouver police staff now in...
- HM Treasury refuses FOI stress test data
- The Sault Star - Sault Ste. Marie Economic Develop...
- edgemy >> FOI is a collective responsibility. (pod...
- Falling foul of FoI | Blog | Health Service Journal
- All Seeing Eye: Things You May Not Know About the BBC
- Privacy.org - White House Seeks Input on Federal G...
- Proactive Disclosure: Vancouver to share city data...
- Quote of the Day
- US Data.gov is now online
- Right to Know Coalition of NS Volunteer Opportunit...
- BBC board members' expenses to be made public
- FOI boost for the Middle East << Developing Access
- Michael Geist launches new Access-To-Info site
- Martin resigns as Commons speaker - Top Stories - ...
- White House Wins Court Fight on Email Disclosure
- Case Report – NSCA opines on meaning of “education...
- Café Canada film explores erosion of democracy - B...
- Open government in the EU | Tony Bunyan |guardian....
- Revised FOI Act would add penalties - Peoria, IL -...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: FOI survey launche...
- Selangor to be first to have freedom of informatio...
- DARCE FARDY ON THE CARTER CENTER: “AMERICA’S REGI...
- Quote of the Day
- UK Speaker Michael Martin to resign today over exp...
- Under-fire UK Speaker to make emergency statement ...
- Restaurant stories you can dine out on
- Book Review: Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis, by...
- Survey Galaxy: How Important is the Freedom of Inf...
- Beef up public access to FOI, expert says - Civil ...
- Attorney Sues City Over FOI - Times Record, Fort S...
- Tory whip David Maclean and Labour MP Fraser Kemp ...
- Richard Taylor | UK Freedom of Information Act to ...
- Writer who uncovered MP expense scandal nearly gav...
- Unsung hero - UK journalist Heather Brooke
- British expenses scandal claims justice minister -...
- Vietnam: ARTICLE 19 Assists with Drafting Freedom ...
- Privacy Commissioner asked to investigate FOI requ...
- Leading The Charge To Citizen Engagement
- Government secrecy expands
- UK Private companies to be subject to FoI law
- Metro - Freedom of information policy becomes elec...
- NS Election - Liberals promising to lower FOI fees...
- Google Begins to Make Public Data Searchable (from...
- Microsoft Joins Google and Amazon in the Rush to O...
- BBC NEWS | UK | New audit plan for MPs' expenses
- Obstruction a crime under new Aussie FOI laws
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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,