Posts Tagged ‘FOI Notes’
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17 August 2012
FOI Notes: Research, Open Data Debated, More Reports
Research: A study by Fabrizio Scrollini on different approaches and best practices vis-a-vis the relationship between the parliament as the legislative authority and independent FOI authorities Serbia and other places. Open Data: How valuable is open data and are there downsides? A long blog post by Tom Slee. “The point of this post is to […]
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13 August 2012
FOI Notes: Jobs, Wikileaks, Software
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 […]
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3 August 2012
FOI Notes: Open Government Conference, Report on UK
Conference: “Leaders and experts from the public, private, and academic sectors will explore the role of transparency and openness in fostering more effective, innovative and accountable governance at a roundtable discussion Aug. 5-8 in Aspen, Colo.” For more information see here. The event will be streamed live at www.aspeninstitute.tv Report: The Australia and New Zealand School […]
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30 July 2012
FOI Notes: Research, Aid Transparency, a Tweet
Research: “Modeling the Informational Relationships Between Government and Society” is a new paper prepared for an upcoming workshop by The Research Foundation of State University, New York. The papers describes “the value of an information polity perspective as an approach to broadening and sharpening understanding of the nature of open government initiatives in a holistic […]
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20 July 2012
FOI Notes: Research Calls, Grants, Job Opening, Reports
Open Data: The Web Foundation and International Development Research Centre are seeking proposals for “exploring the emerging impacts of open data in the south.” They want research proposals from specified southern countries by Sept. 10 “that address current gaps in the evidence base underlying the implementation of open data initiatives in the developing world, and […]
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12 July 2012
FOI Notes: Parliaments, Disadvantaged Communities, Corporate Reporting
Parliaments: OpenParliament.org is inviting comments on a draft Declaration on Parliamentary Openness. The Declaration on Parliamentary Openness “is a call to national parliaments by civil society parliamentary monitoring organizations for an increased commitment to openness and to citizen engagement in parliamentary work. Comments are due by July 31. Disadvantaged Communities: South African History Archive has […]
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6 July 2012
FOI Notes: Special Access Research, Twitter, Open Data
Special Access: A research paper by Toby Mendel, director of the Centre for Law and Democracy, on whether researchers should be granted special access to information privileges. Twitter: The first Twitter transparency report is issued, documenting government requests for user information and government requests received to withhold content, plush takedown notices received from copyright holders. The […]
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29 June 2012
FOI Notes: Research Sought, OGP Jobs, MENA Facebook, New Reports
Open Data: An “Open Data Academic Research” session will be taking place at OKFest this year, and proposals for papers are being requested.The session will bring together a community of researchers from a variety of disciplines who are exploring Open Data from a range of perspectives, including: mapping the movement, open data impacts, open data […]
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21 June 2012
FOI Notes: New Book, Newsletter, Report
Media Law Advocacy: A new book, “Exporting the Matrix: The Campaign to Reform Media Laws Abroad,” includes 15 essays by media law experts about their experiences, including with FOI campaigns worldwide. One chapter is entitled “Adventures with Freedom of Information,” by David Freeman. It was edited by Richard N. Winfield for the International Senior Lawyers […]
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15 June 2012
FOI Notes: Personnel Moves, Research
Moves: Daniel Kaufmann, “a renowned expert on governance and anti-corruption issues worldwide,” will become president of the Revenue Watch Institute in September 2012, Revenue Watch announced June 14. Kaufmann is currently a Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution and a former director at the World Bank. He will […]
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8 June 2012
FOI Notes: Environmental Democracy, Consultant Wanted, Global Integrity, UK Study
Environment: Globalizing Environmental Democracy: A Call for International Action by Lalanath de Silva & Jeremy Wates. Job Posting: The United Nations Development Programme is seeking a consultant for a study on FOI, the forestry sector and climate change. Global Integrity: The Global Integrity 2011 report is out. “This year, we cover 31 countries examining transparency of the […]
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1 June 2012
FOI Notes: UNESCO, Fiscal Transparency
Open Access: UNESCO has published “Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access” which is largely about open access to scientific information and is designed “to promote Open Access in Member States by facilitating understanding of all relevant issues related to Open Access.“ Comments are being solicited here. There are nine sections are: […]
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25 May 2012
FOI Notes: MENA, NATO, Libraries
MENA: The second newsletter of the regional dialogue on Access to information in MENA region in Arabic and English is available here. It includes summaries of FOI developments in the region. Plans are being made for a third video conference May 29; for details see the newsletter. NATO: An article on NATO’s lack of transparency […]
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18 May 2012
FOI Notes: Open Data, Climate Finance, Aid Transparency
UN Survey: United Nations Public Administration Country Studies is preparing a database on “conventional and emerging topics related to public administration,” including FOI Acts, data protection acts, budgetary information, and financial disclosure by government officials. As part of this effort, the UN is seeking answers to an Open Government Data survey by May 31. Climate […]
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10 May 2012
FOI Notes: Commentary, Reports, Book, Handbook
FOI/Private Sector: Applying FOI to the private sector, a proposal by British author George Monbiot in The Guardian. Open Data: A call for session and talk proposals for the International Open Government Data Conference 2012 to be held on July 10-12th in Washington D.C., co-hosted by the World Bank and the US Government’s Data.gov team. […]
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26 April 2012
FOI Notes: UK, US, Open Government, Open Data, Commentary
Open Government: The Digital Citizen Pulse Survey summary reports that more than 70 percent of respondents are interacting with governments through websites and 53 percent want more public services accessible online. Some 82 percent of citizens in Singapore use websites to access government services, the highest in the survey. United Kingdom: A new official report says that in 2011 […]
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13 April 2012
FOI NOTES: MENA, Canada, Open Data, US, UK
MENA: A new newsletter has been started to follow access to information developments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Said Almadhoun, now a human rights officer at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Palestine, writes about “the […]
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9 April 2012
FOI Notes: Egypt, West Africa, Australia
Egypt: A report by Angella Migally for the Egyptian American Rule of Law Association focuses on freedom of information laws “from a uniquely Egyptian perspective.” The report describes international best practices “in an attempt to provide a resource to those working on rule of law reform and specifically freedom of information laws in Egypt. West Africa: Article […]
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6 April 2012
FOI Notes: Constitutions, Research, Photos, More
Constitutions: The Centre for Law and Democracy has published a comparative report on international and comparative constitutional guarantees of the right to information. The report, “Entrenching RTI: An Analysis of Constitutional Protections of the Right to Information,” is part of CLD’s ongoing work to support right to information reform in Egypt. Social Media/FOI: An Australia […]
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19 March 2012
FOI Notes: Photography, Research, Open Data, More
Photography: The Freedom of Information Center of Armenia has announced plans for a photography exhibition to open May 3, International Press Freedom Day, in Yerevan, Armenia, devoted to freedom of information and the freedom of expression. “We are in the process of collecting photos and/or caricatures from around the world that are related to Right to Know and […]