Authority struggling with FoI deluge
Authority struggling with FoI deluge: "NORTH Somerset Council has received so many requests under the Freedom of Information Act that it is struggling to deal with them all. ...
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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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- Cayman Islands - Cay Compass News Online - Freedom...
- The (McAllen) Monitor examines open meetings lawsu...
- Strengthen the act - The Globe and Mail
- Border Agency and Cardiff fail on FoI reviews • Th...
- Obama ends Bush secrecy policy, launches ‘declassi...
- Letters: Only a glimmer of sunlight on our governm...
- FOI Oklahoma: Police complaint accuses three membe...
- Nick Gaeta wins job case against town with state S...
- Minutes of explosive Thatcher-Heseltine cabinet me...
- Citizens need to make good use of amended FOIA - S...
- Culture of secretiveness | The Australian
- Freedom of information costs probed
- Redmond wants more transparency
- Reach of Pa. FOI law gets tested in first year - T...
- Council criticised for FOI delays
- Geneva set for new FOIA law
- Hello, press office? What's that? The information ...
- Government FOI gag 'a mockery'
- Freedom of Information (FOI) & Women's Rights in A...
- Waterloo continues fight to hide costs in RIM Park...
- Independent scores success in three-year FOI battl...
- Ironies Beset Our First Freedoms
- Gov't. groups keep quiet on closed-door meetings -...
- County taking information agency to court
- Special report: FoI requests show extent of Sectio...
- Queen's finances to be made public following landm...
- Attorney general names FOIA enforcer
- Commissioner to be questioned by MPs over poor FOI...
- The FOI Advocate: University of Wisconsin-Milwauke...
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Staff...
- Information Commissioner pledges 'fierce' approach...
- Reach of new Pa. FOI law gets tested in first year
- Can online voting save Canadian democracy?
- Travers: The year of governing secretly
- Extending the Cover of the FOI Act in Scotland
- Straw 'wrong' to block FoI request - Public Service
- News Republic Editorial: Officials give FOI Act li...
- The fight for WaMu documents
- O'Shea, advocate of open public records, dies at 75
- Center for Community Journalism and Development » ...
- Automating FOIA Processes no Longer a Luxury for G...
- Gene Policinski: Obama still has long way to go on...
- Commissioner to be questioned by MPs over poor FOI...
- Open and Shut: Tale of two cities when it comes to...
- Redaction time cannot contribute to FOI cost cappi...
- FOI Friday: 10 things we've learnt thanks to the F...
- Delaware legislature posts finances online | WHYY ...
- The First Stage of an Open Government Revolution
- Your Right To Know: Bring Transparency To State Sp...
- FOI bill is not the answer – Eseme Eyiboh, House s...
- Gov Amaechi Wants Immediate Passage of FOI Bill | ...
- Harper needs new stand-up routine
- The FOI Advocate: NJ School Board Members Need to ...
- Are Freedom of Information 'fishing trips' accepta...
- A closed door is not transparent
- Expert says city council meeting was illegal
- 'Non-passage of FOI bill will lead to distortions'
- Departing head of MPCC says government secrecy mea...
- OMB directs agencies to post more data online
- Freedom of Information report online
- FOI FYI » Blog Archive » Supreme Court to decide w...
- Simcoe County given information ultimatum - Collin...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: FOI statistics Jul...
- Getting public records is about to get easier
- Government's secrecy over ACTA anti-democratic lob...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: New ICO FOI guidan...
- Comment on Graham Steele's recent interview in All...
- The News Serving Pictou County Nova Scotia: Region...
- Another example of administration's cloudy stance ...
- The Associated Press: Obama panel urges single sys...
- FOI, open access rules need reversing - Civil Libe...
- FW: Recent NS Review Report FI-08-12
- Six Files the US Government Keeps on You, and How ...
- Liberals must divulge contents of lucrative contra...
- Plans for FOI extension
- Scottish Government announces extension of FOI to ...
- The Magna Carta for Government Transparency?
- FOI - A Brave New World. - Free Online Library
- Open and Shut: FOI Reform speeches
- FOI and the Gardai – The Story
- SPJ Applauds Obama Administration's Transparency E...
- Open government not an abstraction
- Pioneer Editorial: Making the government transparent
- EXCLUSIVE: Let the sun shine in – the importance o...
- Bureaucracy muddies waters
- BBC - Open Secrets: Second use of ministerial FOI ...
- Freedom of information – update on recent FoI case...
- Documents' release threatens security, Tories say
- White house announces 20 agency open government in...
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- FOI FYI » Blog Archive » Tips for tracking your FO...
- Niagara Parks Commission chairman resigns - Globe ...
- Release of Cabinet devolution minutes blocked by S...
- Towns preparing for changes to FOIA law
- Media Release 50/2009 - Government welcomes FOI Bi...
- Political transparency is more important than Elec...
- The reform of MPs' expenses is mired in muddle | H...
- Cost of a free lunch? Posting it on Internet - Win...
- Transparency, Open Government and Climate Change
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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,