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Manx freedom of information act would be ‘expensive’ – BBC
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Nigeria: Journalists Cautioned Against Misuse of FOI Bill
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Threat of action forces council to up FOI response performance
Threat of action forces council to up FOI response performance
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.” …
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Secrecy causing problems for Ontario government, ombudsman says
Secrecy causing problems for Ontario government, ombudsman says
“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 …
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Ontario must get with the times on transparency, watchdog says – Globe and Mail
Ontario must get with the times on transparency, watchdog says – Globe and Mail
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Ontario must get with the times on transparency, watchdog says
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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 …
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Making the government more accountable
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Making the government more accountable
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Purdue’s slow FOI response erodes trust – Lafayette Journal and Courier
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