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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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- Beth Noveck on Open Government
- Freedom of information: High Court must support pu...
- Survey finds FOI requests double | News | Local Go...
- BC Ferries brought under FOI law, executive salari...
- Opposition says education FOI request rejected
- Government Data: This Data Was Made for You and Me...
- Online Users Look For Government Information
- Tweet from: @Nextgov - FBI launches new form to ac...
- Danger-zone journalists in Brisbane to champion Pr...
- Is Asia too conservative for open govt data?
- FOI law tests public transparency | The Jakarta Po...
- FOIA needs new muscle behind it, not just promises
- Heather Brooke and The Silent State: 'Let's end th...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Conservatives prom...
- PM's secrecy a breakdown of democracy
- National security cited in one-fifth of government...
- Olympic minister Mary McNeil defends goverment rep...
- Heather Brooke - Secrets, Surveillance and the Sta...
- The FOI Advocate: Make Public Information Free and...
- The government seems to be inviting suspicion - Gl...
- Release Government Data, Early and Often
- Patient access to e-record urgent, advocate tells ...
- Data journalism pt1: Finding data (draft – comment...
- Secrecy has no place in court
- More transparency needed at political level
- Secrecy the norm in native politics
- Access to Information Act has turned into a bad jo...
- Convention centre report public soon - TheChronicl...
- thestar.com iPhone : MPs, Senators should account ...
- Faster FOIA Act Heading for Senate Vote
- Heather Brooke: 'Let's end the UK's culture of sec...
- Freedom of Information ruling on drug classificati...
- When transparency can save lives
- Education board must undergo FOI training
- Open Nova Scotia
- If you won't tell us about our MPs, we'll do it fo...
- New rules aim to clean up dirty politics in Nova S...
- Call centres legacy of federal fund for Cape Breto...
- Access denied: Federal delays stymie information r...
- Harper government slammed for its record on access...
- Access to chief of staff fleeting - National Post
- PM's elusive chief dodges access hot seat
- Canadians' access to information at a crisis point...
- A delicate balance - Nova Scotia News - TheChronic...
- Information Officers' Support
- The Telegram - St. John's, NL: Local News | Access...
- The public's right to know: Battered and eviscerated
- Padang Ekspres Net: Welcoming the freedom of infor...
- N.S. chose pricier bids for rural web
- Four new bodies under FOI UK - Journalism jobs and...
- FOI scope to be extended from next year - Press Ga...
- Blueprints for Building Transparency
- FOI Event: Art of Access | Minnesota SPJ
- One Small Policy Step, but One Huge Leap for Gover...
- How Are Federal Agencies Going to Help You Keep an...
- OGov Plans, Social Media Regs Out - Tech Insider
- Govt has no plans for FOI laws, 1Malaysia enough
- Metro - Proposed centre cloaked in secrecy
- Daily Times recognized for watchdog reporting | de...
- Amtrak wants to charge $6,080 for records request ...
- What you can do with TransparencyData — Making Gov...
- U.S. Justice Department to Create Online FOIA 'Rep...
- National Post editorial board: We have a right to ...
- Society of Professional Journalists: FOI Toolbox
- Openness is council's new mantra after 6- month de...
- FOI officers asked about act’s impact | News | Loc...
- Watertown Daily Times | N.Y. expert champions suns...
- Agencies to unveil open government plans under pre...
- About the Centre for FOI in Scotland on Vimeo
- allAfrica.com: Nigeria: FOI Bill is Alive, Says Ba...
- Tawar Umbi Wada (1957-2010)
- Why do people care about government transparency? ...
- Federal News Radio 1500 AM: DorobekINSIDER: Assess...
- Shetland News to appeal FOI decision
- Parliament calls for investigation into Pravda rag...
- CBC News - New Brunswick - Secrecy killed NB Power...
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- Cuccinelli's office denies records on health-care ...
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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,