tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363597702024-02-06T22:45:40.724-04:00Right to Know Coalition of Nova ScotiaRight 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.Wayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980959156952763676noreply@blogger.comBlogger3290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-49228467984502725102011-07-21T15:48:00.002-03:002011-07-21T15:49:22.197-03:00NEW NS Right to Know WebsiteWe have a new website, consolidating our blog and our main website in one place.<br />
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It will be a couple days before everything works perfectly, so please bear with us.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Wayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980959156952763676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-56928696130073130352011-07-14T11:27:00.001-03:002011-07-14T11:27:23.634-03:00No need to FoI, just ask, says Richmond Council - Richmond & Twickenham Times<div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: #c3d9ff;"><h3 style="margin:0px 3px;font-family:sans-serif">Sent to you by Greg via Google Reader:</h3></div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="font-family:sans-serif;overflow:auto;width:100%;margin: 0px 10px"><h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0"><div class=""><a href="http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/9140103.No_need_to_FoI__just_ask__says_Richmond_Council/">No need to FoI, just ask, says Richmond Council - Richmond & Twickenham Times</a></div></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em">via <a href="http://www.bing.com/news" class="f">"freedom of information" - Bing News</a> on 14/07/11</div><br style="display:none"> An influx of Freedom of Information (FoI) requests has prompted a council request for people to call their councillors first. Councillor Geoffrey Samuel, deputy leader of Richmond Council , asked people to try other avenues when they had questions for the ...</div> <br> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: #c3d9ff;"><h3 style="margin:0px 3px;font-family:sans-serif">Things you can do from here:</h3> <ul style="font-family:sans-serif"><li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fapi.bing.com%2Frss.aspx%3FSource%3DNews%26Market%3Den-CA%26Version%3D2.0%26Query%3D%2522freedom%2Bof%2Binformation%2522?source=email">Subscribe to "freedom of information" - Bing News</a> using <b>Google Reader</b></li> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email">Get started using Google Reader</a> to easily keep up with <b>all your favorite sites</b></li></ul></div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-3162257110741877542011-07-13T20:12:00.000-03:002011-07-13T20:12:19.312-03:00Quote of the Day - Clay Shirky<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">"News has to be subsidized because society’s truth-tellers can’t be supported by what their work would fetch on the open market... Markets supply less reporting than democracies demand." </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">-- Clay Shirky,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2011/07/we-need-the-new-news-environment-to-be-chaotic/" style="color: #ee0000; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">Why We Need the New News Environment to be Chaotic</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">, July 9, 2011 via The Technium, Found Quotes, 8</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-50718906531134863492011-07-12T12:37:00.001-03:002011-07-12T12:37:56.276-03:00Gov, defend open public records - Chicago Sun-Times<a href="http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/letters/6463192-474/gov-defend-open-public-records.html">http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/letters/6463192-474/gov-defend-open-public-records.html</a><br> Shared via NewsSquares <div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-11493537645577665772011-07-11T17:48:00.000-03:002011-07-11T17:51:28.893-03:00Donald Lenihan: Canadians Share Accountability Concerns With the Developing World<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/donald-lenihan/government-transparency_b_894172.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/donald-lenihan/government-transparency_b_894172.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-50573462781262367062011-07-11T10:58:00.001-03:002011-07-11T10:58:38.205-03:00Amending Access to Information Legislation: Legal and Political Issues<div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: #c3d9ff;"><h3 style="margin:0px 3px;font-family:sans-serif">Sent to you by Greg via Google Reader:</h3></div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="font-family:sans-serif;overflow:auto;width:100%;margin: 0px 10px"><h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0"><div class=""><a href="http://www.law-democracy.org/?p=891">Amending Access to Information Legislation: Legal and Political Issues</a></div></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em">via <a href="http://www.law-democracy.org" class="f">Centre for Law and Democracy</a> by Michael on 7/6/11</div><br style="display:none"> <p><a href="http://www.law-democracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/atilegal.gif"><img src="http://www.law-democracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/atilegal-150x150.gif" alt="" title="atilegal" width="150" height="150"></a>Almost 90 countries around the world have enacted access to information (ATI) legislation, and in many of these countries, reforms and amendments are either being considered or have been passed. However, even minor adjustments to the legal framework around ATI laws can have substantial impact on how the law is implemented and used.</p> <p>While access to information laws are increasingly a key subject of studies on governance reforms, within the literature there has been less emphasis placed on the impact of amendments to ATI laws and little analysis done to understand the processes that propelled such reforms forward.</p> <p>Targeted for practitioners working in governance and transparency issues and as part of its Governance Working Paper series, the World Bank Institute has recently published <em><a href="http://www.law-democracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Mendel-Amending-ATI-Legislation-legal-and-political-issues_0.pdf"><strong>Amending Access to Information Legislation: Legal and Political Issues</strong></a></em> by Toby Mendel, Executive Director of Centre for Law and Democracy.</p> <p>The working paper looks at the main substantive issues ATI reform attempts have targeted and what legal forms they may take. It also examines the role different actors—civil society, the media, oversight bodies, parliaments, and political leaders—can play in helping support the adoption of reforms that promote openness and defeat those that erect barriers.</p></div> <br> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: #c3d9ff;"><h3 style="margin:0px 3px;font-family:sans-serif">Things you can do from here:</h3> <ul style="font-family:sans-serif"><li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.law-democracy.org%2F%3Ffeed%3Drss2?source=email">Subscribe to Centre for Law and Democracy</a> using <b>Google Reader</b></li> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email">Get started using Google Reader</a> to easily keep up with <b>all your favorite sites</b></li></ul></div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-32441585164813278662011-07-09T08:52:00.000-03:002011-07-09T08:55:37.566-03:00Information Commissioner's Annual Report 2010/11<div><br><p><a href="http://foia.blogspot.com/2011/07/information-commissioners-annual-report.html"><a href="http://foia.blogspot.com/2011/07/information-commissioners-annual-report.html">http://foia.blogspot.com/2011/07/information-commissioners-annual-report.html</a></a></p><p>Sent from Feeddler RSS Reader</p></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-38913158992647379712011-07-09T08:50:00.000-03:002011-07-09T08:53:28.199-03:00allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Nation's New FOI Law Brings Celebration, Challenges<div><br><p><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201107081308.html"><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201107081308.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/201107081308.html</a></a></p><p>Sent from Feeddler RSS Reader</p></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-74799655935591104542011-07-08T15:56:00.000-03:002011-07-08T15:56:13.795-03:00More than two million Canadians 'not interested' enough to vote in last election<a href="http://www.canada.com/news/More+than+million+Canadians+interested+enough+vote+last+election/5054186/story.html">More than two million Canadians 'not interested' enough to vote in last election</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-89954391060471642712011-07-08T10:03:00.000-03:002011-07-08T10:03:52.200-03:00Quote of the Day - Albert Schweitzer<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Schweitzer_1952.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Albert Schweitzer, 1952" height="227" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Albert_Schweitzer_1952.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="162" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 162px;">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Schweitzer_1952.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span></span>"<span style="font-style: italic;">....Civilization, put quite simply, consists in our giving ourselves, as human beings, to the effort to attain the perfecting of the human race and actualization of progress of every sort in the circumstances of humanity and of the objective world. This mental attitude, however, involves a double predisposition: firstly, <b>we must be prepared to act affirmatively toward the world and life; secondly, we must become ethical</b>.</span>"<br />
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- <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer" rel="wikipedia" title="Albert Schweitzer">Albert Schweitzer</a> 1923 book "<span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Civilization-Albert-Schweitzer/dp/0879754036" target="_new">The Philosophy of Civilization</a></span>"<br />
via <span style="font-style: italic;">Vikas Shah, Thought Economics, July 2011 http://thoughteconomics.blogspot.com/ </span><br />
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padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: #c3d9ff;"><h3 style="margin:0px 3px;font-family:sans-serif">Sent to you by Greg via Google Reader:</h3></div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="font-family:sans-serif;overflow:auto;width:100%;margin: 0px 10px"><h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0"><div class=""><a href="http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/027663.html">The Freedom of Information Act on its 45th anniversary - BeSpacific</a></div></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em">via <a href="http://www.bing.com/news" class="f">"freedom of information" - Bing News</a> on 7/1/11</div><br style="display:none"> The Freedom of Information Act on its 45th anniversary | Commentary - July 01, 2011: "Lyndon Johnson opposed FOIA — said it was a plot against his administration — but a tenacious backbencher from California, John Moss, had pursued it for 12 years and ...</div> <br> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: #c3d9ff;"><h3 style="margin:0px 3px;font-family:sans-serif">Things you can do from here:</h3> <ul style="font-family:sans-serif"><li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fapi.bing.com%2Frss.aspx%3FSource%3DNews%26Market%3Den-CA%26Version%3D2.0%26Query%3D%2522freedom%2Bof%2Binformation%2522?source=email">Subscribe to "freedom of information" - Bing News</a> using <b>Google Reader</b></li> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email">Get started using Google Reader</a> to easily keep up with <b>all your favorite sites</b></li></ul></div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-82392923713527034552011-07-04T11:42:00.001-03:002011-07-04T11:42:26.589-03:00Many public servants aren't standing up to political interference in access ...<div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: #c3d9ff;"><h3 style="margin:0px 3px;font-family:sans-serif">Sent to you by Greg via Google Reader:</h3></div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="font-family:sans-serif;overflow:auto;width:100%;margin: 0px 10px"><h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0"><div class=""><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFcjT8Gy5vzJA4QaYqLulWO1EYTlQ&url=http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/accesstoinfo-07-04-2011">Many public servants aren't standing up to political interference in access ... - Hill Times (subscription)</a></div></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em">via <a href="http://news.google.ca/news?pz=1&ned=ca&hl=en&q=%22information+request%22+freedom+OR+access+location:canada" class="f">"information request" freedom OR access location:canada - Google News</a> on 7/4/11</div><br style="display:none"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFcjT8Gy5vzJA4QaYqLulWO1EYTlQ&url=http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/accesstoinfo-07-04-2011"><img src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/cIsWfGG-iouNQM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">Hill Times (subscription)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFcjT8Gy5vzJA4QaYqLulWO1EYTlQ&url=http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/accesstoinfo-07-04-2011"><b>Many public servants aren't standing up to political interference in <b>access</b> <b>...</b></b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Hill Times (subscription)</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">He said <b>access</b> to information release packages should be shown to political staff only as a courtesy so that they can prepare their communications plan. "The <b>access</b> to <b>information request</b> happens, you then present it and say, 'Here's what the request <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.ca/news/more?pz=1&ned=ca&ncl=dCKW7WchbAeZ6wM"><b></b></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table></div> <br> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: #c3d9ff;"><h3 style="margin:0px 3px;font-family:sans-serif">Things you can do from here:</h3> <ul style="font-family:sans-serif"><li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.ca%2Fnews%3Fpz%3D1%26ned%3Dca%26hl%3Den%26q%3D%2522information%2Brequest%2522%2Bfreedom%2BOR%2Baccess%2Blocation%253Acanada%26output%3Drss?source=email">Subscribe to "information request" freedom OR access location:canada - Google News</a> using <b>Google Reader</b></li> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email">Get started using Google Reader</a> to easily keep up with <b>all your favorite sites</b></li></ul></div> <div style="margin: 0px 1px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px 2px; padding-top: 1px; background-color: #c3d9ff; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-3632352881370606652011-07-01T08:46:00.000-03:002011-07-01T08:49:05.256-03:00CIDA announces Open Data portal: What it means to Canadians<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/Eavesca/%7E3/uaxkejvy1RE/">CIDA announces Open Data portal: What it means to Canadians</a><br><br><blockquote>For those who missed it, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has announced it is launching an open data portal.<br><br>This is exciting news. On Monday I was interviewed about the initiative by Embassy Magazine which published the resulting article (behind their paywall) ...</blockquote><br><br>This message was shared via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-6673514985460379662011-07-01T08:44:00.000-03:002011-07-01T08:47:04.885-03:00Associations to remain private bodies despite FOI switch<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/regulation/associations-to-remain-private-bodies-despite-foi-switch/6516420.article&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABA-um08ARIAlAAWABiBWVuLUNB&cd=YB28G4IfNcA&usg=AFQjCNGEA-QIoVgfUY4kw7omEu4TXSqLtg">Associations to remain private bodies despite <b>FOI</b> switch</a><br><br><blockquote>But an ONS spokesperson said: 'It is unlikely that making housing associations subject to FOI would lead to a reclassification as it would not have a large impact on the level of public control.' A Communities and Local Government department ... ...</blockquote><br><br>This message was shared via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-7587630162866345182011-06-30T15:42:00.001-03:002011-06-30T15:42:36.707-03:00How much does your university's president make?<a href="http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2011/06/29/how-much-does-your-universitys-president-make/">http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2011/06/29/how-much-does-your-universitys-president-make/</a><br> Shared via NewsSquares <div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-78391269338338903852011-06-30T13:29:00.001-03:002011-06-30T13:29:16.065-03:00Manx freedom of information act would be 'expensive' - BBC<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-13955625">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-13955625</a><br> Shared via NewsSquares <div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-21951665737415214772011-06-28T13:38:00.001-03:002011-06-28T13:38:36.236-03:00Nigeria: Journalists Cautioned Against Misuse of FOI Bill<div style="margin: 0px 2px; 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font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 0px !important;"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-41404964486186079202011-06-27T17:28:00.001-03:002011-06-27T17:31:15.019-03:00Threat of action forces council to up FOI response performance<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/fulham-and-hammersmith-news/local-fulham-and-hammersmith-news/2011/06/27/threat-of-action-forces-council-to-up-foi-response-performance-82029-28948809/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABAwoai8ARIAlAAWABiBWVuLUNB&cd=yxYhROUKMrM&usg=AFQjCNFlhCPbH8Pg3aOH0TpMKdd3EY2egg">Threat of action forces council to up <b>FOI</b> response performance</a><br><br><blockquote>We already spend at least £200000 on dealing with FOI requests for information every year. The number of requests has been almost doubling every year - in 2010 we answered 969 enquiries up from 203 in 2005." ...</blockquote><br><br>This message was shared via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-25984802735200485042011-06-27T17:28:00.000-03:002011-06-27T17:30:55.900-03:00Secrecy causing problems for Ontario government, ombudsman says<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Secrecy%252Bcausing%252Bproblems%252BOntario%252Bgovernment%252Bombudsman%252Bsays/4981047/story.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQARgAIAAoATAAOABA8sKF8ARIAlAAWABiBWVuLUNB&cd=PFokR9Tuidg&usg=AFQjCNH2KlwXEBAiTBBH3JAlImSwUtXOwA"><b>Secrecy</b> causing problems for Ontario government, ombudsman says</a><br><br><blockquote>"We're the only province in Canada that doesn't do that," he said. "Something is wrong here." Marin also chided the government for its secrecy instead of embracing proactive disclosure. "Today the expectation is that information from the government ...</blockquote><br><br>This message was shared via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36359770.post-25669155331261623442011-06-27T17:27:00.000-03:002011-06-27T17:30:24.329-03:00Ontario must get with the times on transparency, watchdog says - Globe and Mail<div><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHSN4O3rgpS6f5TRtZrYlUWBiNV_w&url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-must-get-with-the-times-on-transparency-watchdog-says/article2069105/">Ontario must get with the times on transparency, watchdog says - Globe and Mail</a><br><br><blockquote>Globe and Mail<br><br>Ontario must get with the times on transparency, watchdog says<br><br>Globe and Mail<br><br>The practice of having to file a complicated access-to-information request is "literally last century," André Marin said in his annual report, released on Tuesday. "People want information on what their government is doing, they want it to be easy to ...</blockquote><br><br>This message was shared via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia</div>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481214325085416750noreply@blogger.com