A step towards greater transparency of information
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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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- Quote: Marquis de Flers Robert and Arman de Caillavet
- Shaking up politics - Dal News - Dalhousie University
- Website helps people access government info
- Greens: FoI laws too easily abused
- Centre for Law and Democracy: Note on draft Iraqi ...
- Green Party candidate response on openness and acc...
- Green Party Candidate response on openness and acc...
- Green Party candidate response on openness and acc...
- A step towards greater transparency of information
- Time to Lead - The Globe and Mail
- No purging of records at WRH
- Tools for Transparency: Google Reader is Still Rel...
- Transparency Is A Two-Way Street
- McGuinty responds to law firm's controversial advi...
- Ex-Seymour Official Says He's Being Harassed
- HRM to focus on grants transparency - Metro - TheC...
- Analysis of Chief FOIA Officer Reports
- McGuinty warns Ontario hospitals not to shred file...
- Open and accountable government - NS Liberal Party...
- Military bio request shows access to government in...
- Poll: Should councils be making more of an effort ...
- Too much information — Perth and Kinross Council f...
- Public-sector's $100k-plus salaries will soon be o...
- DND gives up censorship fight - Ottawa Citizen
- Council's responses to Freedom Of Information requ...
- Transparency Funds Cut
- Let There Be ‘Sunshine’ in Texas
- thestar.com iPhone : Hume: Decision to eliminate c...
- Have your say… FOI review under way
- Powerful New Video Demonstrates the Power of Open ...
- FreedomInfo | Passage of FOI Bill in Sierra Leone ...
- Burying gambling report only reveals hypocrisy - O...
- Ex-FOI officer joins call for gambling report - No...
- Tables turned on Freedom of Information | Herald Sun
- ‘Seeing like a Citizen’: Power, Participation, and...
- NS VLT Report Focus of FOI Issue -News release
- Request for input re: New Brunswick's decision to ...
- Opposition asks NDP to release gambling study - Th...
- Information request leads to hefty bill - Charlott...
- Cabinet Office and MoD rapped over knuckles for FO...
- Councils named and shamed over FoI requests
- Playing Games with the Gaming Report - Metro Canad...
- Thanks a heap, Rick Mercer – the students might ac...
- Harper called out on accountability
- Transparency websites hit by budget ax
- Dilbert says no to fees or ID
- Commissioner attacks Cabinet Office FOI delays
- Police and London authorities warned over FOI comp...
- Tenants 'starving for information' - Prince Edward...
- B.C. government taking longer to process FOI reque...
- TEDTalks : Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy - D...
- ICO releases FOI recommendations
- Because it works - Toronto Star Blogs (blog)
- Open-record laws are for everyone — even conservat...
- Freedom of all data - Times Union
- Commissioner attacks Cabinet Office FOI delays
- Hundreds of public records cases stymied in attorn...
- When the best information is information kept unde...
- Salmond under attack for fighting anti-secrecy law...
- East Hampton: Freedom Of Information Commission Ru...
- Request denied
- Senators Push to Open Medicare Database - WSJ.com
- FreedomInfo | Canadian Political Parties Criticize...
- And This Year's Inductees into the FOIA Hall of Sh...
- Hon. Jamie Baillie's response my recent letter.
- Comment by CLD on draft Tunisian Press Law
- This sounds like an awesome job! RT @CenDemTech: D...
- Kelly McParland: Liberal 'open government' plan si...
- Reception to celebrate the life of Peter Forsskal
- Parties not disclosing what they will do to fix Ca...
- Coming Soon to Your E-Reader: Government Documents
- Save the Data: Thousands Sign Open Letter
- Freedom of Information costs Cornwall Council £340000
- DAWN.COM | The need for credible data By Nizar Dia...
- Chairman of University of Michigan's faculty senat...
- Landmark Public Online Information Act Jointly Rei...
- NDP leadership hopefuls parade their promises, tar...
- Comment on draft Mongolian RTI Law by Centre for L...
- EDITORIAL: Merger of state watchdog agencies would...
- Think tank receives death threats over request for...
- Transparency in government: What a concept - Conne...
- CHARLES HECTOR: Not so 'open and transparent' birt...
- Journalism and the World » Blog Archive » Mexican ...
- Budget Technopocalypse Deepens: Transparency Sites...
- Could Challenge to Texas Open Meetings Law Go to U...
- S'gor FOI Enactment a breakthrough amid culture of...
- Nova Scotia Review Officer's 2010 Annual Report T...
- University of Wisconsin chancellor cites academic ...
- A Journey Inside the Public Information Request Pr...
- Yeehaw! Huge Win In Wyoming for FOI
- President Receives Transparency Award in Closed Me...
- Selangor passes Freedom of Information Act - AsiaOne
- Save The Data! Save the Data!
- Shine a light on how we're governed - Calgary Herald
- Scottish Information Commissioner Newsletter March...
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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,