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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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- Time is running out for 14th Congress to pass FOI ...
- One in four FOI requests turned down by public bod...
- HRM travel costs in millions - Nova Scotia News ...
- Why do so few people know that FOI/open records la...
- Right to information enables right to life, land, ...
- CBC News - Canada - RCMP computer report 'designed...
- FOI FYI » Blog Archive » FOI Links of the Day 5...
- FOIFriday: 10 things we've learnt this week thanks...
- Advocate urges stronger sunshine laws in Vt.
- Intro to Freedom of Information (FOI)
- Province Releases Review of South West Shore Devel...
- MPs sing new tune on audit after release of poll :...
- BBC - Open Secrets: Coalition plans for FOI
- Declaration of open government imminent - Governme...
- CareerBeacon.com: Program Administration Officer 1...
- Incoming Philippine President banks on transparenc...
- N.S. bureaucrats never really wanted cancelled pro...
- Media Release 27/2010 - Rudd Government Delivers F...
- Delays thwart the public's right to public informa...
- Tories urged to open books
- Straight Goods - Bumper crop of concealment - CAJ ...
- Info highway one-way street for government - Nova ...
- Tories bar ministerial staff from testifying
- MPs shouldn't fear expenses audit: AG
- State Court: ESU Must Open Records
- Tories shield staffers from 'hostile committees an...
- Toronto Sun
- Ferry changes worth cost
- Royal appetite for secrecy can only invite scandal...
- 'Freedom of Information Act dead in 14th Congress'...
- Section 46 - Freedom of Information Act | The UK N...
- Introduction to Freedom of Information - BarCampBe...
- TechCrunch - The Open Gov Initiative: Enabling Tec...
- Winnipeg Sun - Fees for files rile
- Toronto Sun - Van Loan scores Code of Silence nomi...
- Toronto Sun - Freedom of information 'eroded': Aud...
- Ontario more transparent than B.C. in misconduct m...
- The FOI Advocate: Sunlight Labs creates catalog of...
- Cayman 27 : FOI release transcripts of constitutio...
- Proactive Information Management in Government - S...
- Ferries chief puts $3-million-a-year price on tran...
- Local OpenGov Group Releases Great Analysis of DC ...
- NDP faces growing pressure to let Auditor vet parl...
- Tables are turned as Ontario Ombudsman’s expenses ...
- Quote of the Day
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Lord McNally confi...
- Political Arena - The Coast Halifax (blog)
- Alberta government, federal Public Safety Minister...
- MPs' food and drinks tabs revealed
- Historic records belong to people
- MPs' secretiveness gets even more tiresome
- Toronto Sun - Secretive MPs should follow Toronto'...
- Public Online Information Act Introduced in Senate...
- RCMP investigate misspending allegations in Nova S...
- Secretive MPs should follow Toronto's lead on expe...
- Taxpayer expenditure for four-pad arena still secr...
- Critic applauds plan to amend FOI rules to include...
- NS Freedom of Information and Protection of Privac...
- 6th Annual Freedom of Information Conference
- Canada strikes deal on Afghan detainee documents
- Bear hug for Banff - Calgary Herald
- Time lawmakers open their books for the auditor
- Tax Research UK » Cayman's Prime Minister attacks ...
- MPs look bad by shutting door on AG, says former a...
- Adrian MacNair: MPs vote to retain cult of secrecy...
- Canadian MPs refuse to let Auditor-General review ...
- Winnipeg Sun - Fees for files rile
- Windsor given high grades for releasing info
- Freedom of information 'eroded': Audit - Toronto Sun
- Ministers at odds over information law (PEI)
- FOI laws finally get through
- Quote of the Day
- CBC News - Technology & Science - Ottawa open data...
- Ontario hospitals may lose privacy
- 2010 FOI Summit Navigation
- Government departments blocking requests from public
- McGuinty taking 'good look' at putting Ontario hos...
- FOI being denied warns ICO
- Policy 116: Coca-Cola and the Freedom of UBC’s Inf...
- Stephen Harper's promise to lift the cloak of secr...
- Demand open government
- For the records: A landmark fight over the right t...
- How can public authorities meet their FOI obligati...
- Watchdogs, critics decry lack of financial informa...
- Brighton Journalist Works - What you should know a...
- Agencies struggle to meet Obama's Open Government ...
- Open Government Advocates Grade Federal Agency Ope...
- Spending to the max at city hall - Winnipeg Free P...
- Senator Tester Introduces the Public Online Inform...
- Why apply transparency to lobbying? — Making Gover...
- Coalition head not buying More’s reasons - Right ...
- Are Federal Agencies Open? Audit Gives Mixed Grade...
- Group gives most open government plans mediocre ma...
- Media Advisory: CNA to Release FOI Audit Release
- Taxpayers Federation claims credit for BC Ferries ...
- PM needs to lead 'open government'
- Failing grade for openness - Journalists group bla...
- Dukes wants Nama subject to FoI Act
- Penang to pursue FOI legislation despite legal obs...
- FOI law reforms still a priority: Ludwig | The Aus...
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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,