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1 June 2018
FOI Updates – Future of Important US Consumer Complaint Database in Doubt, Presidential Library Model Questioned, and More
4 January 2018
Editorial Note for Readers
29 June 2017
FOI Notes: Chile, Philippines, Japan, Canada, Zimbabwe, Resource Transparency, UK, US
21 June 2017
FOI Notes: UK, Canada, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, US, Open Data, MENA, Switzerland, and More
14 June 2017
FOI Notes: India, Latin America, Scotland, US, Gambia, OGP, Video, Tunisia
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18 July 2017
World Bank Simplifies Process for Access Decisions
7 June 2017
World Bank Report Grades Malaysia Liberally on ATI
11 May 2017
US Banking Group Calls International Banking Organizations Secretive
3 May 2017
UNESCO Adopts Policy Concerning Information
5 April 2017
World Bank Denies Access to Document on Access Policy
latest features
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1 June 2018
FOI Updates – Future of Important US Consumer Complaint Database in Doubt, Presidential Library Model Questioned, and More
Mulvaney Moves to Hide Important Consumer Complaint Database Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is trying to take a database intended to hold financial institutions accountable offline, ending the public’s ability to file and view complaints. The database (tagline: “How one complaint can help millions”) is currently available here. Americans have filed […]
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28 June 2017
India: Study Sees Regressive Court Interpretations of the RTI Act
This summary is from a 321-page study of the orders pertaining to the Right to Information Act issued by the Supreme Court of India, various high courts and information commissions. Now published as a book, “Tilting the Balance of Power Adjudicating the RTI Act for the Oppressed and the Marginalised,” was coordinated by Amrita Johri, Anjali […]
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14 June 2017
Spain’s Transparency Lottery
By Helen Darbishire The author is Executive Director of Access Info Europe. The article was first published on eldiario.es (in Spanish). If the person reading this article had to place a bet, which information would you say it’s easier to access: the salaries of advisers to the ministers or the documents that guide Spanish Cabinet discussions at […]
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Ghana RTI Legislation: More Unfulfilled Promises?
By Ugonna Ukaigwe The author works with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Africa Office. On Jan. 7 2017, RTI advocates, the media and other sympathizers of the age-long campaign for the passage of the RTI Bill observed with dismay as the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana dissolved without fulfilling the many promises […]
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25 May 2017
Are tax rulings in The Philippines confidential?
By Lea Roque The author is a head and principal with the Tax Advisory and Compliance division of Punongbayan & Araullo. P&A is a leading audit, tax, advisory and outsourcing services firm and is the Philippine member of Grant Thornton International Ltd. Her article appeared on the Grant Thornton website. A few weeks ago, I […]
