Rick's Rants Tuesday March 23rd/2010
Rick's Rants Tuesday March 23rd/2010: "As the MLA's expenses scandal simmers here in Nova Scotia, awaiting the next ... of this land cannot have access to information on how our money is spent. ...
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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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- Justice Department Developing Open Government Plan
- FOI Proposed Ruling
- Group helps get information from government
- Macleans.ca
- MAINE COMPASS: Coalition marks 10 years protecting...
- PIA Information Services - Philippine Information ...
- EDITORIAL: Transparency toward a better government
- Crime Central - Times Online - WBLG: ACPO to be co...
- Why should public data be online? — Making Governm...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Orders to add/remo...
- Greater transparency in Freedom of Information - M...
- Knight FOI Fund a new weapon in Sunshine battles
- Freedom of Information requests tax City | Georget...
- Editorial: Slow progress on government transparenc...
- Daily News picks up Web site, FOI awards
- Rep. Quigley Introduces the Transparency in Govern...
- Editorial: Transparency needed in government
- National Gallery officials may face charges over i...
- Around Canada - Winnipeg Free Press
- Dramatic drop in timely FOI responses
- "Right to Know, Right Now" campaign launched
- Open government important every day » Anderson Ind...
- Celebrating Transparency Heroes on Ada Lovelace Day
- More government statistics now online - Sault This...
- Sunshine Week 2010 Concludes with a Number of Fede...
- Let the Sun Shine In
- Agencies must be the engines behind sustained tran...
- Members of House hear testimony about FOIA progress
- Committee informs in information report
- Nonprofits, Transparency, and Sunshine
- Rick's Rants Tuesday March 23rd/2010
- FOI laws help shine a light on government actions ...
- Group aims at government transparency in W.Va.
- Gagging law to protect Prince Charles - Times Online
- Bloomberg Wins FOI Case Against Fed - News on News
- Police Seek FOI Exceptions (Times Record) | Ashdow...
- Sunshine: Open government vital - Editorials - Th...
- CBC News - Nova Scotia - N.S. information too cost...
- Information Empowers American Citizens | Lynchburg...
- Advocates: State needs more sunshine :: The Southt...
- No more secrets | iBlogAuto
- Everybody should have access to the people's busin...
- The FOI Advocate: A Portrait of FOI Citizen Warrio...
- How I blew up the duck house: Heather Brooke on li...
- State of sunshine: It’s partly cloudy on the gover...
- Keep insisting on open government | Eagle Editoria...
- Sunshine Week: The Lakeland Times' annual open rec...
- FOIA Request Backlogs a ‘Continuing Concern’ | Exe...
- Huffington Post: Dan Froomkin 10 Things Obama Won'...
- Solar Flare: A Sunshine Week Roundup - The Project...
- Sunshine Week spotlights the need for open governm...
- The Post and Courier - A transparent failure - Cha...
- Strides are made in government openness, but there...
- Conducting Public Affairs in the Daylight | Lynchb...
- Privacy commissioner says Sask. Health unreasonabl...
- An Upgrade For FOIA - Under The Influence - Under ...
- Attorney General Holder's non-transparency exposed...
- Sunshine Week Promotes Open Government | Executive...
- Supreme Court unveils new website: how does it loo...
- Idea to Action: Launching the Public=Online Campai...
- Their View: Giving thanks for open, accountable go...
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada statistics avai...
- FOI laws allow even officials to better examine th...
- Municipalities use Internet to share information
- Column: Privacy vs. public right to know - Opinion...
- Personal Health Information Act
- A Historic Opportunity for Government Transparency
- DEP Expands Public Access To Contaminated Site Inf...
- FOI in China » Announcement: moving to new domain
- Sunshine Week 2010: FOIA Could Still Shed More Light
- FOI exemption collides with municipal data needs
- Earmark Transparency Makes More Sense Than a Ban
- Obama deputy: Transparency a priority, but takes time
- The Great Beyond: FOI requests rattle UK animal re...
- Lack of transparency hinders consumer rights
- Holder Boasts of Transparency, but Studies Find Go...
- Quinn presents Transparency 2.0
- Sunny Awards: Kansas Government Websites Don't Mak...
- FOI FYI » Blog Archive » Happy Sunshine Week! FERP...
- Connecticut Correctional Officer Safety Forum: FOI...
- Citizen FOI warriors: Taking on local government «...
- Senate submission and hearing « FOI International
- Open-government laws allow you to track government...
- EDITORIAL: Sunshine Week an opportunity to celebra...
- A light on dark places
- Secrecy as exception
- COMMENTARY: You have a right to know what governme...
- Draft FOI laws need refining: report
- Sunshine Over Washington DC
- Smith Bellerby: Freedom of Information (FOI)
- Making Public Information Available Online: Rep. I...
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- Changes proposed to Maine's FOI law « Maine Press ...
- Two Sunshine-filled days in DC… « The Art of Access
- Auditor Mary Taylor celebrates Sunshine Week in Ohio
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada Provides Open a...
- PROMISES, PROMISES: Records not so open with Obama
- 'Sunshine Week' shines light on transparency
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- 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,