The Freedom Of Information Law And The Issue Of Record Keeping
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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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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- FOI laws have changed, and the Tax Office will be ...
- Veil still drawn over secret Meech Lake accord tal...
- Sweeping away a culture of secrecy | smh.com.au
- Some provincial access commissioners starved for ....
- Online court records already limited - Deseret News
- Access to information: Candidates address ... - Gu...
- Herald editor named to national board - Durango He...
- Provincial access-to-info offices see big backlogs...
- Former Prime Ministers costing us millions - News....
- We need greater transparency over aid budgets | Jo...
- More Open but Not More Trusted? The Effect of the ...
- Secret deals between City of Vancouver and Vanoc -...
- How to make an FOI request — FOI Man
- Nextgov.com's US Transparency News Portal
- Roanoke newspaper prevails in FOIA lawsuit - Washi...
- Anti-VLT group spreading message
- Knight Foundation Announces $2 Million Grant from ...
- Reduction in fees for Freedom of Information requests
- Cuban Offers to Pay for Faster FOIA Processing
- FOI strain at hospitals
- Opportunities in Government 2.0
- Datadotgc.ca - A citizen-led beta for government d...
- Outcry as senior council staff get expensive phone...
- Game & Fish Commission pull FOI proposal amid back...
- New Canadian Journal on Human Rights
- UPDATE Game and Fish to abide by FOI law | Arkansa...
- BC Ferries sends out its first Freedom of Informat...
- Group is protesting costs for records - Newswest9.com
- Municipalities can ban biosolids, lawyer says - Th...
- The Globe and Mail - Open data comes to Ottawa
- Personal information — FOI Man
- Press freedom boosted in Supreme Court ruling
- A quick thanks to Simon Fodden of Slaw
- Liberals promise open government in cyber-space
- No public interest override in Secrecy Bill - Cwele
- The Open Data Debate Arrives in Ottawa
- John Keane: The Life and Death of Democracy
- Chatham, Virginia man wants money back in FOI case
- Hospitals under the microscope - Niagara Review
- Mac president George expensed $200,000 in 32 month...
- OIPC ONTARIO | Opening the Door - bringing hospita...
- Mayor and deputy mayor candidates address county i...
- Americans give low marks to Obama transparency eff...
- End secret salaries - Winnipeg Free Press
- Environmental journalist wins three-year FOI battl...
- FOI reveals legal costs - Brantford (brantnews.com)
- BCLocalNews.com - EDITORIAL: Why are native band s...
- State salaries soar for Virginia academics, coache...
- Deputy calls for action on freedom of information ...
- Officials search for answers to excessive traffic ...
- FOI law to curb corruption–Canadian diplomat | VER...
- Who Makes The Most Money in Virginia? - WTVR-TV
- Ellen Receives “Friend of the Media in Africa ... ...
- Bob Woodward to receive Cronkite Award in New Have...
- allmediascotland - Edwards Wins Three-year FoI Battle
- Mayor's noise variance permit quietly appears on C...
- Right to Know changes dead for now, likely to come...
- State issues e-mail to employees regarding FOI req...
- RCMP ends probe into destroyed government emails -...
- Society of Professional Journalists: Quill: FOI To...
- Journalism, Journalists and the World
- More help needed to fix wait times (Saskatchewan)
- Right To Know Day, 2010: 5 Billion Now Have Right ...
- Council wrongly withheld information - Chobham Ne...
- Tools for Transparency: 12 Resources You Might Hav...
- Six former MPs yet to repay expenses - BBC
- Two more aides vetted information requests - Toron...
- Jeremy Boyer: Our fights are also yours
- Aquino urged: Certify Freedom of Information bill ...
- Non-disclosure agreement leaves questions hanging
- PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY: MEC...
- City refuses to release noise exemption letter sig...
- Sunlight Blogger Round-up: Exposed overpaid govern...
- Civil service gives FOI Bill the thumbs up
- The Freedom Of Information Law And The Issue Of Re...
- A Million Bucks for a 4-year-old request?
- Questions for the candidates!!! (3) - Businessday ...
- thestar.com iPhone : Info watchdog widens probe in...
- B.C. Ferries' FOI process not encouraging - Calgar...
- How you know a government is broken
- Information commissioner encourages Islanders to ....
- Copy of tar ponds cleanup figures sent to resident...
- Decision delays demand changes to FOI system
- Universities allegedly spent millions lobbying gov...
- How local councils use the FoI to avoid answering ...
- The FOI Advocate: Washington state high court rule...
- Canada Supreme Court Asked to Release PM’s Daily R...
- Met chief seeks lawsuit cost reform - The Guardian
- Critics blast B.C. Ferries over FOI plans
- Ellen Signs “Freedom of Information Act” into Law ...
- The info bill - BusinessWorld Online
- David Higgerson - What to do when you’re told ‘put...
- SEC stripped of waiver on FOIA requests - Investme...
- How Pro-FOI is the Coalition Government? — FOI Man
- Should tweets from MPs be recorded for history? - ...
- Voters out of loop in ALP's Victoria: a state of ....
- Freedom of Information in Nova Scotia
- Brisbane Council rejects freedom of information - ...
- Noam Chomsky on Freedom of Information and of Spee...
- Ontario Liberals vow to stop public dollars being ...
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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,