Posts Tagged ‘FOI Notes’
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11 September 2013
FOI Notes: RTK Day, OGP Summit Attendees, Open Gov’t Standards, Procurement, Publications
RTKD 2013: There is now an online form to let everyone know about your events for Right to Know Day 2013, Sept. 28. As they come in, they will be placed on a map on the website. Information Commissioners/RTI oversight bodies to be discussed on RTKD2013. Official hashtag #RTKD2013 OGP: A preliminary list of the […]
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5 September 2013
FOI Notes: Legislative Transparency, CIMA FOI Forum, Open Data Census
Legislative Transparency: The new Open Government Partnership Legislative Openness Working Group (LOWG) will hold a webinar from 09:00 – 10:30 a.m. EST (13:00 GMT) on Sept. 10. Register HERE . Presenters will be Juan Pablo Olmedo of the Bicameral Commission on Transparency of the Congress of Chile, Scott Hubli of the National Democratic Institute for International […]
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27 August 2013
FOI Notes: Manning, World Bank, UK, US, Open Data, OGP, India, Grants
Whistle-Blowing: A post on the Open Society Foundations website says the 35 year sentence for Bradley Manning is out of step with the punishment he would have received in other democracies, and certainly not in line with international law, including as the Tshwane Principles. IFTI Watch: The World Bank has released a new report — […]
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16 August 2013
FOI Notes: Surveillance, Research, Model OGP; U.S., EU, Australia
Human Rights and Communications Surveillance: Access, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Privacy International are leading a new initiative focused on disseminating new international principles around human rights and communications surveillance.”Called the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance, approximately 100 NGOs from around the world have already shown support and many of […]
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13 August 2013
FOI Notes: Survey, Open Economics, Open Data, UNESCO Research Call
Survey: “Should FOIA requesters see responsive documents before they go online?” – the question posed in a Sunlight Foundation online poll. OGP: The Open Government Partnership has started a Bright Spots Competition to identify and showcase open government initiatives at th Oct. 31- Nov. 1 Annual Summit. Visit the Bright Spot Competition page for details. Open Economics Principles: The […]
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5 August 2013
FOI Notes: Research, Contest, U.S. Aid, Employment
Research: Transparency is the topic of seven articles in the July issue of Development Policy Review. The “Gaps and Conclusions” section of the first article, by John Gaventa and Rosemary McGee , says: While the evidence base on accountability and transparency may be underdeveloped, this does not mean that either it or TAIs themselves are […]
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2 August 2013
FOI Notes: Employment, User Guide, Alliances
Employment: The African Freedom of Information Centre, a pan-African membership civil society organization and resource centre promoting the right of access to information, is seeking the services of a consultant “to lead the development of a strategic plan to guide its programmes and institutional development over the next four years.” The entire task is expected […]
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26 July 2013
FOI Notes: Countries, Funding, Commentary,Technology
Canada: A book titled “Access in the Academy,” developed by the Freedom of Information and Privacy Association and Mike Larsen of Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Instructor, Dept. of Criminology) describes how researchers, students, and others in the higher education can make the most of FOI and ATI practices. FOIA Machine: Developers of an online tool called […]
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19 July 2013
FOI Notes: Film, EU Report, Surveys, Commentary, FOIA Machine, FOI Terroist, Weddings
India: The movie “The writing on the wall – RTI comes to Malav” is available online. In the Indian state of Gujarat, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and its partner, Nagrik Adhikar Kendra (Citizens’ Rights Centre) worked with local public authorities to transform a rural town into a model for the proactive disclosure of […]
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10 July 2013
FOI Notes: Environment, U.S., Commentary, OGP, Russia, More
Environment: David Banisar, senior legal counsel for Article 19, writes that environmental problems in the Middle go back to “a failure of governance and accountability in governments and companies.” He says,” They go about their daily business with little or no notification to those most harmed by their activities and few ways for the communities […]
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3 July 2013
FOI Notes: EU, TA/I, UNESCO, IMF
European Union: Emily O’Reilly, the Ombudsman of Ireland, has been elected as the next European Ombudsman, beginning Oct. 1. Employment: The Transparency and Accountability Initiative, a donor collaborative, is seeking a Program Officer to lead its Impact and Learning workstream. IMF: The International Monetary Fund has released a revised draft of its Fiscal Transparency […]
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1 July 2013
FOI Notes: Personnel, Russia, Citizen Engagement, Open Data, EU
Personnel: Moisés Sánchez, Executive Director of Pro Acceso Foundation in Chile, has been elected to lead the Latin American network on freedom of expression and information, Alianza Regional por la Libre Expresión e Información. Russia: The Freedom of Information Foundation reports on the seventh annual monitoring cycle for official websites belonging to Russian regional governments. […]
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21 June 2013
FOI Notes: Open Contracting, Commentary, Grants, Research, etc
Open Contracting: The Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) announces a set of open contracting principles. Dennis Santiago, Executive Director of the Government Procurement Policy Board of the Philippines and OCP steering group member, is quoted: Transparency and Openness of government transactions are best manifested through the procurement information and contract data sets they make available to the public. However, […]
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17 June 2013
FOI Notes: Funding, UK, Open Data, EU, US
Funding: The Open Society Foundations June 15 launched a $10 million Transparency Champions Challenge “to empower reformers around the world to improve government responsiveness and accountability.” The Open Society pledge of new resources to support the efforts of civil society and government transparency champions hinges on other governments, companies, and/or private foundations coming forward with […]
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13 June 2013
FOI Notes: Transparency Champions, OGP Strategy, EU, Open Data
Transparency Voices: The Guardian features 12 transparency advocates: Peru Carlos Arroyo, national co-ordinator for Peru’s Anti-Corruption Network, Lima Nigeria Faith Nwadishi, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative board member; national co-ordinator, Publish What You Pay Bangladesh Hasibur Rahman, Management and Resources Development Initiative executive director, development worker, rights activist Mexico José Luis Moyá, consultant and landlord, Mexico […]
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10 June 2013
FOI Notes: EU, Uruguay, OGP, UK, US, Open Gov
European Union: An article on transparency in the European Union by Deirdre Curtin, professor of European Law at the University of Amsterdam. Open Government: “A Citizen’s Guide to Open Government, E-Government, and Government 2.0” – a listing of resources compiled by the University of North Carolina school of public administration. Uruguay: The Uruguayan 2013 Online Transparency […]
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31 May 2013
FOI Notes: Directory of Transparency Activists Started, OGP Newsletter, U.S., Open Data, More
Transparency Activist Directory: The U.S. Sunlight Foundation announced in a blog post that it has begun to create “a repository of civil society organizations working around transparency and open data issues from all around the world.” The group invited additions to its draft spreadsheet with more than 500 entries, not editable – available here. Submissions should […]
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23 May 2013
FOI Notes: New Book on African ATI; Open Data; UK
Africa: The ATI committee of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers has a new publication: “Access to information in Africa. Law, Culture and Practice,” edited by Fatima Diallo, African Studies Centre, Leiden, and Richard Calland, University of Cape Town. Published by BRILL. The chapters and authors are: 1. The State of the Art and the […]
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10 May 2013
FOI Notes: EU, New Index, FOI Timelines, FOI History, More
European Union: Access Info issues a citizen-friendly Guide on Access to EU Documents and calls on members of the public and civil society organizations to exercise their rights and file access to documents requests. Resource Governance Index: The Revenue Watch Institute will unveil a new “ Resource Governance Index,” a collection of research, rankings and analysis that […]
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3 May 2013
FOI Notes: Education, Asset Disclosure, Procurement
Education: The Hungarian grassroots student union Hallgatói Hálózat (Student Network) has started a blog that curates freedom of information requests related to higher education. The blog, titled Transparent Education, is using the Hungarian public freedom of information request service KiMitTud to track down the allegations of misuse of funds by university student governments. The blog’s author is Dániel G. Szabó. […]