PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY: MECHANISMS FOR … N RENIUTZ-URSOIU, M MUSAN
CBC’s The Current Podcast: 04/02/10: Pt 3 – Accountability Act
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The Current is a meeting place of perspectives with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today.
04/02/10: Pt 3 – Accountability Act
Stephen Harper rode into office promising open, transparent and above all accountable government. Four years later, we’re asking whether he’s delivered it.
Minnesota FOI award recognizes citizen lobbyist
February 25, 2009 MINNEAPOLIS – A nonprofit group that fights for the public’s right to government information is honoring a St. Paul man for doing exactly that. Rich Neumeister was named Wednesday as the winner of the John R. Finnegan Award, given each year by the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information. The group said Neumeister has worked for 25 years as a citizen lobbyist. He’s appeared before numerous legislative committees and worked with legislators on issues such as freedom of information, privacy rights and government accountability.
FOI award recognizes citizen lobbyist
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“When transparent and accountable governance is circumvented anywhere in the university, we all suffer.”
- from a letter signed by more than 60 faculty members of Brandeis University, including some of the most prominent and longest-tenured professors to President Jehuda Reinharz on his decision to sell off the university’s $350 million art collection.
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Feds get poor grade for accountability: Democracy Watch
Feds get poor grade for accountability: Democracy Watch 3 days ago OTTAWA — An accountability watchdog says the Conservative federal government gets a D grade this year for transparency and democratic reform. Democracy Watch says the Harper government has strengthened or tried to strengthen accountability in a number of areas, but has weakened it in others, resulting in the poor grade overall. The report says the government could have earned a B grade had it implemented all the reforms promised in the 2006 election campaign. But it hasn’t acted on 27 changes it promised, the group says. It also says the government has left a lot of loopholes that hurt accountability and transparency and should bring in a tougher accountability act. FULL ARTICLE: <http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hpunA6-9cj-vxkUOz-pmWfcliTKA>
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