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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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- SEC vs. the media, round two - Jul. 30, 2010
- Democracy and good governance: Nigeria's dilemma I...
- The end of secrecy
- Campaigners want more information
- Borges, Journalism, Wikileaks - Potter Gold - Macl...
- Craigslist creator tries to bring transparency ini...
- Ministers ordered to release data
- FOIFriday: 10 things we've learnt this week thanks...
- Secrecy Quote of the Day
- foi4u: FOI shows 132 more VPD staff join $100000 Club
- Weekly Checklist of Canadian Government Publicatio...
- SEC now exempt from FOI requests « Talking Biz News
- Weekly paper exposes council's FoI inconsistency
- FOI4U: B.C. official briefed on cost of replacing ...
- Council apologises to paper over FoI failure
- CBI warns over extending 'freedom' laws
- Policy Analyst – Government Transparency
- Regarding the Wikileaks issue over the Afghanistan...
- Bermuda: Campaigners praise passage of PATI bill (...
- The Day - FOIdirector keeps light shining on gover...
- Publishing Freedom of Information: the Open Govern...
- Seeing the State:The Implications of Transparency ...
- RIGHTS-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY: THE RIGHT TO WATER IN...
- No Information, no peace: How parliamentarians wil...
- Legislature cost details hidden from taxpayers
- ACCC to launch Freedom of Information doc store
- Access a fundamental right, Supreme Court says - T...
- Freedom of information is a public right
- ICO to target delays in Freedom of Information res...
- Social media raises federal record-keeping, privac...
- Fear of abuse of FOI
- FOI4U: Northern spill would pose different challen...
- FOI shake-up good news for public says local lawyer
- Jethava was India’s sixth RTI activist murdered
- Report: IT dashboard plagued by outdated data
- Open data in Finland – Part II « apoikola
- ICO takes tougher approach to FOIenforcement | Blo...
- New US law on revenue transparency sets the right...
- Taxpayers federation eyes N.S. after recent expens...
- Rediff.com : RTI activist shot dead near Gujarat HC
- Sunlight Foundation: Who uses government data?
- NDP Demands Wall Government Release Minimum Wage R...
- 'Liberalizing' BC Hydro
- Ireland: Pressure mounts on Irish Government to in...
- Gov't holding back: NDP - Regina Leader-Post
- Update on China’s Open Government Information Regu...
- Microsoft Word - Andrea Bingham 598 Report final v...
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- Open government: By the people, for the people
- UK Government cuts could hit FOI requests
- Freedom Of Information requests - important, but n...
- FOIrequest reveals long list of local spills
- Government climbs down over legal threat to freedo...
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- The Information War: Rebuilding Canada’s Access to...
- Access to local government information in Ireland:...
- Treat citizens and consumers like grown-ups, says ...
- STUDENT NOTE: THE TRANSPARENCY REGULATION IN CONTE...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: MoJ publishes mile...
- Information Commissioner reiterates jail call as c...
- Editorial: Freedom of information and government a...
- Ignatieff's team fights the Sun
- Now everyone has the right to know...
- Metro sewage management good: NB
- Welcome to the London Datastore
- Mapping tools boost accountability, collaboration ...
- Free statistics for democracy - Gapminder.org
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Using the FOI Act!...
- Data Protection and FOI: ECJ's Balancing Act
- Do not conduct public business in secret
- sustainable development in Africa: civil society a...
- Tools for Transparency: Google Groups
- British Columbia (Health Services) (Re), 2010 BCIP...
- Climate e-mails review condemns lack of openness
- Some FOI requests for personal data are not purpos...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Academies Bill ame...
- Border agency fences off intelligence directorate ...
- RENO NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. Haley, Nev: Supreme Court...
- ACTA Consensus on Transparency Breaks Down
- Canadian Government Expenses
- Government secrecy, Fadden's candour conjure monst...
- No right to know
- Senior ATIP Analyst (PM 4-5) - altisHR - Ottawa, ON
- Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) Officer -...
- Reforms would strengthen privacy law
- City to face FOI inquiry
- OpenDataOttawa.ca
- OpenParliament.ca
- IngentaConnect The Development of Freedom of the M...
- Provincial Health Services Authority Coordinator, ...
- Open and Shut: Let the new eras begin.
- FOI Case Costs City $18K | New Haven Independent
- FOI ruling foils Economic Development Commission
- cayCompass.com :: Full House to review FOI Law
- 5 ways to gather data
- Program spending millions on experts - Winnipeg Fr...
- Followthemoney.org: The Nation's Most Complete Res...
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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,