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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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- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Government accepts...
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomes new Informa...
- @IdeaGov, 6/30/10 11:27 AM
- CareerBeacon.com: Program Administration Officer I...
- CSIS and the lure of secrecy - CBC.ca
- Cabinet secrecy opens door to legal challenge
- The Open House Project: The Day in Transparency 6/...
- Transparency of authorities: opportunities and res...
- Transparency initiatives teeter off balance
- FOI does not require disclosure of BBC report, rul...
- The Times Record: News - Bonanza Mayor Fined On FO...
- Leader; Defending FOI legislation
- @OpenGovTV, 6/25/10 7:03 PM
- Freudenthal v. Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc., 2010 WY ...
- PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND DEMOCRACY IN PRACTICE—AAR...
- Canadian Bar Association National Access and Priva...
- Censored government documents anger AUPE - Edmonto...
- Naming names - Edmonton Journal
- Our view on open records: When you sign a petition...
- FOI does not require disclosure of BBC report, rul...
- Home Office error reveals how FOI request handled
- Info Commissioner must justify why stats data are ...
- Supreme Court of Canada Upholds Constitutionality ...
- Nickles Takes on Transparency | NBC Washington
- OMB launches website to publicly hold agencies acc...
- ICO dissatisfied with IPCC response to FoIrequests
- Coordinator, Freedom of Information - Corporate Of...
- FOI request highlights local authority absence rates
- FoI requesters strike an early success for data hu...
- Thomaston absolved in FOI lawsuit
- FOI this week in Canada
- RTKCNS - NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING / TELECO...
- Government Still Confused How To Manage E-Document...
- Data.gov To House New APIs
- Government rights group spent $500K on outside hel...
- FOIreveals how costs of Crown Prosecution Service ...
- Stronger FoI bill filed in 15th Congress | Manila ...
- Editorial: Oil spill documents are urgent and shou...
- Supreme Court of Canada Creates Limited Right to A...
- IPCC compelled to process FoIrequests | Kable
- Major urges cabinet to react swiftly on security r...
- St. Thomas Times-Journal Mobile
- Data Analyst position- MAPLight.org illuminates th...
- Access to information not a constitutional right, ...
- More transparency, governance and integrity in Gov...
- Court upholds restrictions on public's right to go...
- Transparency Made Easy: How to Make the Government...
- A How-To Guide for Creating Open Government
- Civil servant southern sojourn stretched six more ...
- Supreme Court says report on botched slaying probe...
- Pact ensures sensitive detainee files will remain ...
- The Day in Transparency 6/16/2010 | The Open House...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Enforcement action...
- Washington's I.T. Guy: One man's quest to liberate...
- Ruling reserved in hospital challenge to request f...
- Sunlight Foundation: Stories to start the day
- Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: States of Tra...
- Update on Rights and Democracy Access-to-Informati...
- Don Martin: Ulterior motives behind sudden MP acti...
- Watchdog to probe police FoI handling
- Deal reached: AG can look at MP expenses - Nova Sc...
- FOI'led again! Irish digital journalist opens gove...
- Better oversight will serve police as well as publ...
- Council defends £6.3m spent on travel expenses
- Two MPs receive awards for integrity
- Accountability measures needed to safeguard climat...
- Facebook Group - Make Canadian MP expenses public ...
- Action 4 Equality Scotland: Daylight is the Best D...
- Bans on bail hearings shroud courts in secrecy
- Slashdot Developers Story | Open Data and a Critic...
- A Simple Request – A Small Town Experiment in Open...
- thestar.com iPhone : Top court upholds publication...
- thestar.com iPhone : Journalism groups rebuke Tory...
- Government staff used private computers for some f...
- FOISpringdale: Business Intelligence Report
- AUPE seeks Information and Privacy Commissioner in...
- A loss for open courts
- Premier’s charter-jet trip to announce hydro proje...
- FOI reveals how costs of Crown Prosecution Service...
- Recommended change would send more FOIdecisions to...
- The problem with transparency - The Guardian
- Public officials could benefit from FOI seminar
- Guess whose access laws are more open than Nova Sc...
- Australia To Open Office Of Information From Novem...
- MLAs to begin open meetings on spending - Nova Sco...
- Library Boy: Newspaper Association Fifth Annual Fr...
- N.S. to take 'first step' in making MLA spending m...
- B.C. town says Olympic pavilion under budget, but ...
- Open Source for America to Measure Openness and Tr...
- Western Canada Gives Mixed Results on Freedom of I...
- Orszag: Government Behind the IT Times — Making Go...
- MP’s rental scheme ups pressure for general audit
- What FOI Told you today: Fourteen Manitoba prisone...
- Learn about your right to know at FOI seminar
- Bid to make UT chief search secret abandoned » k...
- FOI requests keep pressure on Foley - ABC News (Au...
- COINS: publishing data from the database - HM Trea...
- List of House members absent during the roll call ...
- Bruce MacKinnon's Editorial Cartoon - Open Governm...
- Absence of House members kills Freedom of Info bil...
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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,