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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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- OpenDataLinks — Open Government Data Apps
- Cayman 27 : Information Commissioner responds to p...
- Freedom-of-information law now applies to Ferries
- Public's right to know goes only so far - The Vanc...
- Freedom of information: good policy, bad politics ...
- TDA - Freedom of Information overview
- Toby Mendel (Centre for Law and Democracy and RTKC...
- Via Helen Darbyshire @ Access Info Europe: New RTI...
- City launches $50,000 app contest
- Judy calls for wastewater details [1/2] PAUL TUREN...
- FOI unit launches Operation Fred
- Did you know it's Right to Know Week?
- Secrecy at information ministry confirms need for ...
- Malaysia must enact FOI law to realise people's ri...
- MLA Cantelon defends government FOI policy
- NS limits access to documents
- Journalists wanted for new FoI research by Helen ...
- Right to Know Day: FOI Shines A Torch - Isle of Wi...
- Officer Suspended For Deleting FOI Request Files -...
- Group urges public to help campaign for FOI's pass...
- Reflecting on the consequences of open public data
- Groups call for FOI draft policy approval
- City Manager stonewalls on access to information r...
- Exercising our right to know - The Vancouver Sun
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: FOI Act shines a t...
- FOI legislation has 'paid for itself', claims info...
- [foianet] Rappaport Center Poll: Mass. Residents T...
- Rappaport Chair (Alasdair Roberts) appointed to th...
- [foianet] Free download of article on UK FOIA impl...
- Right to Know Day 2010
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Freedom of Informa...
- KnightBlog » Knight FOI Fund Plays Role in Reveali...
- Public urged to ask for info : Cayman Islands News
- Watchdogs: Gov2019t Spent $196 Keeping Secrets For...
- RTKCNS FOI Headline Tag Cloud for July-September
- Freedom of Information Laws Spreading Around the W...
- International Right to Know day – a reason to cele...
- Right to Know Week – going on Right Now
- Exercising our right to know - The Vancouver Sun
- Winnipeg Sun : Crash data kept quiet TOM BRODBECK,...
- Official Google Blog: Discussing innovation and de...
- Court decision boosts RTK law, advocates say - Yor...
- Open Data, Open City | Martin Prosperity Institute
- Queen asked for help to payheating bills - Calgary...
- National Press Club Backs Supreme Court Brief Seek...
- City hall needs to come clean on secretive water d...
- ‘Info bill to ensure accountability’ - INQUIRER.ne...
- Behind the numbers: The G8/G20 expenses debate, is...
- Centre for Law and Democracy Website Launched
- Waltham Forest - Council Transparency
- Centre for FOI 'New Developments Seminar - Now Boo...
- Senate backs repeal of SEC open records exemptions...
- Council staff under pressure over requests - Press...
- Gov't slammed for charging $9,000 for info
- First Central America and Dominican Republic Forum...
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Central government...
- Expense visualizer (via FlowingData blog)
- Metro - B.C. asks group to pay $9K for park info
- Audit office defers FOI : Cayman Islands News
- Wilderness Committee outraged over fee for informa...
- BBC has spent £392,896 dealing with Freedom of Inf...
- BC Information Summit 2010 | BCGEU
- Campaign for FOI (CampaignFoI) on Twitter
- Senate committee repeals FOIA exemptions
- Freedom of Information Critical for Transparency |...
- Government buy-in and public participation needed ...
- The extent to which citizens go online to access d...
- FOIwiki - helping you unlock the secrets of UK Fre...
- Filed under: 'There's an app for that!': DinerInsp...
- Canadian Embassy awards new McLuhan Fellow (June 2...
- Press Freedom Week kicks off tomorrow (including C...
- A Right to Information
- Justice Stephen Breyer: Making Our Democracy Work
- Commissionaires fight to keep finances secret
- Board: [Need to resort to] FOIA request ‘pathetic’...
- Prince Charles freedom of information case: The .....
- Commissioner Cavoukian unveils Access by Design an...
- BC Right to Know Week 2010 Events
- International Right to Know Day - 28 September
- Legislative Assembly of PEI: 'Right to Know' Week
- CANADA CELEBRATES RIGHT TO KNOW WEEK | Markets | C...
- Publication No. 2010-14E Government 2.0 and Access...
- Why politicians with a `right to lie' deserve our ...
- Bahrain pro-democracy movement will continue its f...
- FOI Chairman David Cuillier Returns for “Digging D...
- Over 9,000 public staff earn more than PM - Belfas...
- Macleans: Is public data the future of governance?
- Richard Stay: Some people have too much time on th...
- NewsOK - FOI Oklahoma Inc. launches essay contest ...
- The FOI Advocate: NFOIC Knight FOI Fund supports v...
- Lessons for Tanzania on Achieving the Right to Inf...
- SSRN-'[We] Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny the Existe...
- Oxford Wants FOI Refresher | Valley Independent Se...
- FOI: A wrong is 'righted' when it comes to Academi...
- Closed public meetings ‘corrosive to democracy’
- New Transparency International contact group launc...
- SEC Chief Defends FOI Provision
- Let's end city hall secrecy: Noble : Brockville ...
- Tools for Transparency: 5 Buzz Tracking Tools — Su...
- FOI requests up 82% | theage.com.au
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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,