Consultancy: Africa Freedom of Information Centre is looking for a consultant “to conduct a review of the AFIC seeks the services of a consultant to conduct a review of the institution and its programmes based on the results, work in consultation with AFIC staff, members and the Steering Committee to develop a five year strategic plan. See the terms of reference. Interested applicants should send approach memoir with understanding of task, methodology outline, cost estimate and summary CV to pamela@africafoicentre.org with cc to peter@africafoicentre.org by close of business 4:00pm (Local Time) Thursday August 30, 2012
Wikileaks: In The Nation magazine’s current issue, guest editor Peter Kornbluh of the National Security Archive assembles articles by Latin American journalists — Natalia Viana of Brazil, Blanche Pietrich Moreno of Mexico, and Carlos Eduardo Huertas of Colombia — to discuss the impact and legacy of the unprecedented leaks in their countries.
United States: The U.S. Agency for International Development is advertising for a team leader to administer the agency’s responses to requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act (PA) and Mandatory Declassification Review (MCR).
FOI Software: “Europe’s market leading provider of media and stakeholder interaction software, AIMediaComms” on Aug. 13 “unveiled its new release of Vuelio Freedom of Information, Vuelio FOI, designed to transform the normally labour intensive management of FOI requests into an automated, efficient electronic process.”
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