Archive for: transparency

Sunlight Weekly Roundup: “Transparency with conditions is not transparency” via Sunlight Weekly Roundup: “Transparency with conditions is not transparency” – Sunlight Foundation.

http://www.law.muni.cz/sborniky/cofola2010/files/zajisteni/Reniutz-Ursoiu_Naomi__1640_.pdf PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY: MECHANISMS FOR SECURING OBLIGATIONS INCUMBENT TO PUBLIC BODIES NAOMI RENIUTZ-URSOIU1 AND MIHAELA MUSAN National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest,Romania Abstract The principles of transparency and accountability are closely interconnected and both of them related to the concept of ‗rule of law‘. [...]

Image by mädchenkrawall via Flickr Secret services ‘must be made more transparent’ By Rachel ShieldsSunday, 29 August 2010 The secret services must become more transparent if they are to halt the spread of damaging conspiracy theories and increase trust in the Government, claims a leading think tank. A Demos report [...]

“There is a general global trend toward more transparency. Austria lags behind in this regard because it has a weak and poorly implemented access to information.” (Aug 11 2010) – Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info, the Madrid-based organization that tracks European freedom of information laws.   http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-11/haider-hussein-rise-from-the-dead-to-haunt-austrian-politics.html Related [...]