Search Results for “WikiLeaks” – Freedom Info http://www.freedominfo.org the online network of freedom of information advocates Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:25:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.8 68670707 FOI Notes: UK, Canada, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, US, Open Data, MENA, Switzerland, and More http://www.freedominfo.org/2017/06/foi-notes-uk-canada-sri-lanka-nigeria-philippines-us-open-data-mena-switzerland/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:49:33 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=19695 United Kingdom: “Some major government departments have a record of frequent and persistent delays and unhelpfulness in their handling of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests,” according to a BBC article by Martin Rosenbaum. The Cabinet Office and the Home Office have the worst records. Canada: Proposed FOI amendments meet a rocky reception. The Star reports […]

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]]> 19695 Access to public information in Erdoğan’s Turkey http://www.freedominfo.org/2017/03/access-public-information-erdogans-turkey/ Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:51:36 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=19483 By Gülseren Adaklı (Originally published by Bianet, media partner in the ECPMF project. This publication has been produced within the project European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, co-funded by the European Commission. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso and its partners and can in no way be taken to […]

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]]> 19483 FOI Notes: National News Briefs, Transparency Research, More http://www.freedominfo.org/2016/08/foi-notes-national-news-briefs-transparency-research-more/ Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:44:27 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=18860 Malaysia: The response from citizens to the 2010 Penang Freedom of Information Enactment “has been positively lukewarm,” according to a top official and statistics quoted in an article by Boo Su-Lyn in the Malay Mail. Civil servants are afraid to release information, the article says. Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Prof. P. Ramasamy said there […]

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]]> 18860 Malaysian FOI Supporters Oppose Stronger Secrets Act http://www.freedominfo.org/2016/02/malaysian-foi-supporters-oppose-stronger-secrets-act/ Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:34:22 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=17913 An opposition Malaysian lawmaker has called on the government to enact a freedom of information law instead of imposing harsher penalties under the Official Secrets Act. The comments came from Mohamed Hanipa Maidin, a member of the National Trust Party, according to an article in The Malaysian Insider. The chairman of the party’s legal bureau […]

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]]> 17913 FOI Notes: Trade Transparency, Open Data, China, UK, EU, US, Australia, Body Cameras http://www.freedominfo.org/2015/12/foi-notes-trade-transparency-open-data-china-uk-eu-us-australia-body-cameras/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:38:04 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=17623 Trade Transparency: WikiLeaks releases new secret documents from the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) which is being negotiated by the US, EU and 22 other countries. Open Data/China: “Demand for open data in China is gaining traction despite the country’s traditionally closed approach to government,” says a Guardian article. Jonathan Gray, director of policy and […]

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]]> 17623 FOI Notes: Germany, Trade, Namibia, Nigeria, OGP, Zimbabwe, Brazil, US, Commentary http://www.freedominfo.org/2015/10/foi-notes-germany-trade-namibia-nigeria-ogp-zimbabwe-brazil-us-commentary/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:54:31 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=17288 Germany: The Conference of Commissioners for Freedom of Information (Konferenz der Informationsfreiheitsbeauftragten – IFK) has commented on a plan by the Baden-Württemberg government to adopt a FOI act, and said the draft act falls short of the freedom of information standards established in Germany, according to a by lawyers from Squire Patton Boggs. The Conference […]

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]]> 17288 What Is Transparency? http://www.freedominfo.org/2015/09/what-is-transparency/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:02:34 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=17099 By Ben Worthy The author is lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and runs the website OpenDataStudy, where this article first appeared. Through what media, cultural, activist and commercial forms do people learn about transparency issues? What are the dominant messages on transparency? There are a number of ways through which the […]

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]]> 17099 FOI Notes: Open Data, Right to be Forgotten, OGP, US, Slovakia, Australia, Germany, EU, Trade Transparency, Commentary, More http://www.freedominfo.org/2015/06/foi-notes-open-data-right-to-be-forgotten-ogp-us-slovakia-australia-germany-eu-trade-transparency-commentary-more/ Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:54:02 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=16499 Open Data Charter: An effort to create an Open Data Charter is announced. The focus of this global consultation “will be the collaborative development of an International Open Data Charter consisting of a set of foundational principles for open data, as well as associated tools and guidelines to enable delivery.” The initiative was developed at […]

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]]> 16499 Leaked TPP Draft Includes Rules on Transparency http://www.freedominfo.org/2015/03/leaked-tpp-draft-includes-rules-on-transparency/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:34:11 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=15993 Rules for transparency of international arbitrations are included in a recently leaked draft of a key section of the controversial, still-being-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership. The section on transparency (begins on Page 27) would set standards for the conduct of the arbitrations to resolve complaints by investors against signatory governments. The transparency rules are good, but not […]

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]]> 15993 Department of State Email Preservation Rate Hovers under 0.000061% http://www.freedominfo.org/2015/03/department-of-state-email-preservation-rate-hovers-under-0-000061/ Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:02:13 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=15842 By Lauren Harper and Nate Jones This column appeared March 11 in Unredacted, a blog from the National Security Archive, the publisher of FreedomInfo.org. Harper and Jones are Archive staff members. Today’s Department of State Office of Inspector General report has some scary numbers on the number of emails the Department actually preserves. Hillary Clinton […]

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]]> 15842 FOI Notes: Russia, Africa, Open Data, OGP, US, Germany, India, More http://www.freedominfo.org/2014/08/foi-notes-russia-africa-open-data-ogp-us-german-india/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 11:36:40 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=14498 Russia: Russia’s Federal Migration Service is seeking to deport the American wife of Ivan Y. Pavlov, the founder of the Institute for Freedom of Information Development, the New York Times reported. His wife, Jennifer Gaspar, has lived in Russia for a decade, working for a variety of nongovernmental organizations, including groups focused on human rights […]

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]]> 14498 FOI Quotes http://www.freedominfo.org/resources/freedominfo-org-list-quotes-freedom-information/ Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:40:30 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?page_id=13903   FreedomInfo.org has compiled the following collection of more than 85 wonderful quotations about freedom of information. One recent favorite is from Indian activist Aruna Roy: “The right to know is the right to live.” The list is arranged chronologically and we’ve provided good citations wherever possible. Not all well-known quotes are really accurate. For one […]

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]]> 13903 FreedomInfo.org Prepares List of FOI Quotations http://www.freedominfo.org/2014/06/freedominfo-org-prepares-list-foi-quotations/ Fri, 06 Jun 2014 14:45:33 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=13895 Wonderful quotations about freedom of information abound. FreedomInfo.org has compiled the following collection of 67 entries, arranged chronologically from the 18th century to very recent times. The latest addition is from Aruna Roy: “The right to know is the right to live.” Please help us expand and improve this list. Precise citations are needed in […]

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]]> 13895 State Secrets Laws Inhibit Open Data http://www.freedominfo.org/2014/04/state-secrets-laws-inhibit-open-data/ Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:42:29 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=13678 By Travis Korte Korte is a research analyst at the Center for Data Innovation specializing in data science applications and open data. This article appeared April 25 in the CDI blog. Follow him on Twitter @traviskorte. In the United States and much of Western Europe, government data, such as economic indicators, government budgets, and agricultural information, […]

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]]> 13678 Crowdfunding FOI Requests Gains in Use, Seems to Work http://www.freedominfo.org/2014/03/crowdfunding-foi-requests-gains-use-seems-work/ Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:05:54 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=13416 By Toby McIntosh The use of crowdfunding to raise money for freedom of information requests is occurring at modest levels in the Australia, Canada, Germany and the United States, according to reports gathered by FreedomInfo.org. The number of instances may be too few to be called a trend, but too intriguing to be ignored. And […]

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]]> 13416 `Insatiable’ Desire to Suppress Information in Malaysia http://www.freedominfo.org/2014/02/insatiable-desire-suppress-information-malaysia/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:24:16 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=13295 By Charles Santiago Santiago is a member of the Malaysian Parliament. This article first appeared Feb. 13 in The Malaysian Chronicle. After an intense fight of eight years, we lost the battle. The Federal Court dismissed our application for a judicial review of the Court of Appeal’s decision from accessing the concession agreement of water […]

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]]> 13295 New Zealand Resists Pressure to Release TPP Text http://www.freedominfo.org/2014/02/new-zealand-resists-pressure-release-tpp-text/ Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:32:38 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=13269 New Zealand’s government on Feb. 11 blocked a Labour Party move in Parliament to force the release of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement before it is approved by the Cabinet. Labour leader David Cunliffe was quoted as saying he was “disappointed, but not surprised,” according to a New Zealand media report. Trade Minister […]

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]]> 13269 WikiLeaks Again Discloses Trade Talk Documents http://www.freedominfo.org/2014/01/wikileaks-discloses-trade-talk-documents/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:47:16 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=13129 WikiLeaks on Jan. 15 for the second in several months released secret documents on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, this time concerning the environment. Disclosed were the draft text for the entire Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs’ Report. The text dates from the Chief Negotiators’ summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 12-24, […]

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]]> 13129 Special Reports on Intergovernmental Organizations http://www.freedominfo.org/special-reports-intergovernmental-organizations/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:40:51 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?page_id=13095 IAEA: The International Atomic Energy Agency has no comprehensive policy on disclosing information. (April 23, 2015) Follow Up: Freedominfo.org/Nuclear Vault obtain the proposal made in 1996 for a more liberal disclosure policy that has not been implemented. (April 24, 2015) ICSID: The World Bank arbitration body has fallen behind on transparency compared with the UN arbitration […]

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]]> 13095 Transparency Urged in the T-TIP Negotiation Process http://www.freedominfo.org/2014/01/transparency-urged-t-tip-negotiation-process/ Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:11:19 +0000 http://www.freedominfo.org/?p=13064 By Celia Viggo Wexler Wexler is Senior Washington Representative for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. This is a presentation given Dec. 18, 2013, at a gathering in Washington of stakeholders and some negotiators concerning the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The Center for Science and Democracy […]

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