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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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- Federal News Radio 1500 AM - funding will begin to...
- Open utility's books: opposition
- Shine a light on how we're governed
- Communications Foundation Seeks FOI Award Nominees
- Report: Political reviews delayed document release...
- Schools slow to release records - Buffalo News
- New ethics code may include city integrity commiss...
- Open records law used to muzzle critics - Milwauke...
- Cayman Islands News - Info boss foils secrecy attempt
- GovFresh: New recommendations for improving local ...
- The Future of Democracy, According to Knight Reports
- Gov't emails: Political reviews over requests for ...
- The rules of our democracy
- CanLII Now Has Tables of Contents for Laws of Five...
- Group sues for Obama White House visitor list - ms...
- City school board votes to keep audits from public...
- Federal government clearly not transparent enough ...
- FOI requests on-the-up (From Worcester News)
- Democracy Day Takes Civics to the Classroom
- Local Government Lawyer interviews Deputy Informat...
- N.S government user fees going up April 1[but not ...
- Evidence to Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee
- NDP secrecy on schools insulting
- No more secrets, please
- Tweet From Alex Howard (digiphile)
- Austin Wrestles With E-Mail and FOI
- thestar.com iPhone : PM’s bureaucrats shirked ‘dut...
- Health Canada’s ‘culture of secrecy’ keeping Canad...
- New Canadian Award on Transparency: Grace-Pépin Ac...
- Wages under microscope
- Glooscap chief pledges openness, accountability - ...
- The Right to Information and Privacy: Balancing Ri...
- News Release: New Board Members Appointed to CAPAPA
- Proposal pits right to know versus privacy - Charl...
- Open Data is not Transparency
- University foundation Records Deemed Public
- Ottawa launches "open data" portal - The Vancouver...
- Orders of the Day - Just when you thought it was s...
- City hall information can be hard to get - Metro -...
- Data expert moves on from 'telephone journalism'
- Editorial: When it comes to government, it's your ...
- Senate passes Freedom of Information Bill - NEXT
- Canada launches data.gc.ca – what works and what i...
- Heather Brooke to give keynote at news:rewired ......
- Freedom of Information: Council apology after miss...
- Federal Agencies Blocking FOIA Requests with 'Exem...
- Experts: FOIA Still Unwieldy and Inefficient - WHSV
- Controversy as Senate begins clause by clause pass...
- Mounties to probe Tory aide who blocked informatio...
- Councils have mixed record on FoI
- BBC Interview with Lord Clark, author of the FOI w...
- New working paper on the Right to Information and ...
- The Freedom of Information Act: Ensuring Transpar...
- New Study Finds Agencies Slow to Adopt Even Basic ...
- Information commissioner to investigate FoI abuse ...
- Justice Dept. launches FOIA.gov Web site - Investo...
- Kreitlow receives Openness Award - Chippewa Herald
- FOI Coordinator | Faculty of Information
- Commissioner scolds CBC, Canada Post over access t...
- Little transparency progress - Boston Herald
- CMAJ: The secret’s in: Open data is a foreign conc...
- Public Sector In Australia Embraces Open Governmen...
- Health Canada refuses to divulge its records
- Fee hike considered for info access? - Metronews.ca
- Study: Dozens of agencies struggling to comply wit...
- The FOIA blog: Sunshine Week Begins . . . With A Thud
- FreedomInfo | El Salvador Joins the List of FOI Co...
- FIPA BC's submission to Info Commissioner on BC Fe...
- Zambia should adopt legislation on Freedom of Info...
- CBC, Canada Post scolded over access to information
- F-35 report due as gov't loses key ethics rulings
- A case of royal impunity | Heather Brooke
- UK Freedom of Information Blog: Using the FOI Act ...
- Hospital preparing for privacy act changes - Commu...
- Privacy commissioner pushes NB Liquor to release r...
- Politics - The Globe and Mail -Commons committee k...
- High court rules vs. gov't in open records case - ...
- On the road to the Harper government's tipping point
- A letter to Mr. Jamie Baillie (Leader of the Progr...
- “Because we [Africville Heritage Trust Board] are ...
- Rookie councillor looking for clarity - Watts want...
- resident of the Right to Know Coalition of Nova Sc...
- 'Lift veil of secrecy' from firms on the public pa...
- Nigeria: FOI Bill - Lack of Information is Damagin...
- ANDY THIBAULT: Freedom of Information Act under si...
- More Transparency for Official Expenses in the House
- Opinions - The Globe and Mail - Time for transpare...
- The Tyee – For True Transparency, Amend David Hahn...
- FOI is an undeniable right guaranteed by our Const...
- MPI too slow on info requests: ombudsman - Winnipe...
- FOI laws 'in need of overhaul' - Scotland on Sunda...
- Public relies on open-records laws more than the ....
- Seeing through the Transparency Act
- The GOOD Guide To Volunteering: Intro - Action
- Group applauds reps over FOI passage
- Delay in FOI legislation sparks protest at Parliam...
- Caroline Lucas MP calls for FOI to be extended to ...
- No personal privacy for business in FOIA, high cou...
- Clegg urged to open the monarchy to public scrutin...
- Breaking the culture of secrecy | smh.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,