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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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- Group calls on Montreal to join open-data movement
- Jagdeo again promises broadcast, FOI laws
- Scotland's LibDems FOI Request Shows Massive Data ...
- from Toby Mendel at The Centre for Law and Democra...
- Offshore oil boards not in conflict of interest wi...
- Opposition undeterred by Tory refusal to hand over...
- Wasylycia-Leis demands details on sewage contract ...
- Secret services 'must be made more transparent' - ...
- Unlock sex offender data
- Projet Montreal wants documents public
- UK MPs abuse watchdog staff over new expenses regime
- Transparency Quote of the Day
- The Ultimate Transparent Organization Checklist
- How MPs greeted the new expenses regime - UK Polit...
- The Secrecy of Grey unveiled: Grey Literature and ...
- The Guardian - Leeds councillor to take fight for ...
- FOI Job Australia- Deputy Director Compliance - Ya...
- #FOI4U: 120 die in surgery queue Tasmania News - T...
- I should give credit where it's due on PATI - Berm...
- Training course on using FoI Act announced
- David Higgerson : The council which wants to charg...
- Government releases FOI access report - ABC News (...
- Stabroek News - It is time for the public to deman...
- #FOI4U thestar.com : Nearly 150 prisoners mistaken...
- #FOI4U: FOI Requests Reveals That Federal budget c...
- More FOI applications made in Qld
- MuckRock | FOI
- The Guardian : Every BBC freedom of information re...
- thestar.com iPhone : Smart meter data system has $...
- Can these ideas slash our deficit? Imaginative tip...
- Council spending on websites: find out how much th...
- Freedom of Information - Practice Notes (Australia)
- ScienceDirect - Government Information Quarterly :...
- Tight lipped - eight Freedom of Information (FOI) ...
- LOBBYDOG: Resettlement grants FOI battle
- The Transparency Extremist
- BBC News - Information Commissioner probing NI Wat...
- Tools for Transparency: Live Streaming to the Web
- VEXATIOUS APPLICATIONS UNDER FOI A Green
- Freedom of information – why so hard?
- Canadians frustrated over secrecy - Winnipeg Free ...
- The FOI Advocate: Opinion: U.S. government wrong t...
- Ministry of health accused with 'coverup'
- Transparency and Nordic Openness: State Tradition ...
- A Crisis in Transparency – in Texas | Freedom of I...
- Advocates worry White House changes could hurt tra...
- No charges against City officials, judge rules | C...
- Slaw: Let me introduce you to Document Cloud
- ScienceDirect - Government Information Quarterly :...
- ScienceDirect - Government Information Quarterly :...
- PRIVACY COMMISSIONER’S REPORT SHOWS FOI IMPROVEMENTS
- Power Authority drags feet on FOI request on off-s...
- Public Information and Power – The Story
- Citizens United Frees Corporations to Spend on Ele...
- Secrecy shrouds Canadian spy history
- Getting road safety data from your local council |...
- Fox - U.S. House to examine SEC and Freedom of Inf...
- O'Farrell takes Labor's ad spending to task. : ABC...
- Information gap infuriates fish farm opponents
- Modernizing participation in civic government: Par...
- PinStack.com Mobile Reader story - Access right su...
- The role of access to information in Ireland's dem...
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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,