freedom of information
Revising the Freedom of Information Act for the Information Age: The Electronic Freedom of Information Act, 14 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 817 (1996)
... The Freedom of Information Act provides a right to access govern- ment records. The Forsham case held that written data gen- erated, owned, and possessed by a privately contr[r] ...
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Evidence submitted to the Independent Commission on Freedom of Information
... Dome, to cite just one example, was designed to cost of £43m, but ending up costing more than £600m, and eventually sold for £1 (Independent, 20 September, 2012). Equally FOI’s contribution to public confidence in ...
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How to Fill Out a Request for Information Under the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act
... There are 3 agencies within DHS that may hold immigration records, (1) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), (2) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), or (3) Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE). ...
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The Freedom of Information Law and Democratization in Nigeria
... on freedom of information introduces the need for a departure from the historical experience of social exclusion among ...and information through various laws such as the Official Secrets Act (OSA), ...
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Journalists' use of freedom of information in Tasmania
... Annual reports on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act fulfil the requirements of Section 561 of the Act and provides details about the activities of the Government Fol Unit, [r] ...
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Freedom of information guidance Exemptions guidance Section 41 Information provided in confidence
... keep information confidential there is an express duty of confidence, provided that the information has the necessary quality of ...if information is provided, it will be kept ...confidential ...
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"PRESS FREEDOM, THE NIGERIAN JOURNALIST AND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (FOI) ACT: WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?"
... towards freedom of expression as a pivotal aspect of our fundamental human ...of freedom of expression and its effectiveness in ...recent Freedom of Information Act 2011 turned out to be a ...
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Freedom of Information in the UK: Opportunity and Threat
... Freedom of information laws have their foundations in Sweden in the 1766 Freedom of the Press Act. The principal philosophy behind FOI laws is that government attains its legitimacy from the people ...
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Freedom of Information: The Legal Foundation for Competition
... Moreover, freedom of information increases and improves people’s participation in the society’s economic affairs, increasingly enhancing their involvements in economic activities of ...offering ...
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Met Éireann Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003
... such information confidential, subject to its obligations under law, including the Freedom of Information ...such information under the Freedom of Information Act, Met Éireann ...
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Gatekeeping the gatekeepers: International community and freedom of information in Kosovo
... to information in this country. This study approaches freedom of information from the democratization perspective rather than from a purely legal ...context, freedom of information is ...
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Intersection of Open Data and Freedom of Information practice in Nigeria
... and information across the board although its implementation is somewhat slow, and information is not readily given even when it is ...of freedom of information laws in Nigeria is influenced ...
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Akwa Ibom State Journalists? Reaction to the Freedom of Information Act
... to information is vital to the journalism ...of information that should have been a public right, but the enactment of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in 2011 has paved the way for ...
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“PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN SWEDEN AND ROLE OF UNITED NATION IN PROMOTING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION”
... of Freedom of Information and it was found that Chydenius was a disciple of the Enlightenment 11 spirited professors of the Academy of ...towards Freedom of Information and they conceived idea ...
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Freedom of Information Act: a Comparative Analysis
... The Freedom of Information Act should also be a legal framework to protect and promote the role of all sorts of Media (journalists, reports ...to information but in terms of fee whenever it is ...
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Freedom of information and ‘vexatious’ requests — The case of Scottish local government
... Finally, there is considerable evidence in the literature of the negative attitudes of senior politicians towards the Freedom of Information legislation. Tony Blair, in his memoirs expressed his regret at ...
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Citizen or subject? Freedom of information and the informed citizen in a democracy
... One of the most challenging parts of the book proved to be something I had imagined would be simple: creating a directory of nearly 200 public bodies with direct contact details for their FOI officers. My goal was to ...
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Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) Decision notice
... 26. However, a public authority is only obliged to comply with a requester’s preference if the requester expresses it when they make their FOIA request, and even then only where the request is reasonable. The public ...
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
... for information held by the authority or entity and coordinate the response(s) of the authority or entity to all such ...of information, and his responsibilities shall include promoting best practices in ...
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Freedom of Information Request Reference No: I note you seek access to the following information:
... The MPS uses many consultancy specialists depending on the nature of the support required. Also could you include the name, title, contact number, and email address for the people resp[r] ...
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