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Issue No: 64
E - Alert
Issue Date: 28-03-2013
The Freedom Of Information Act: The Most Powerful Weapon In My Reporting
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The Public Record (blog)
A couple of years ago, a friend handed me about 500 pages of documents he
obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from an
educational division of the Air Force that contained some explosive revelations
about what our young nuclear ...
Freedom of information act: a powerful weapon against corruption
spyghana.com
President Mahama gave his government's assurance and commitment to
ensuring the passage of The Right to Information Bill and the broadcasting
bill. That the passage of the Freedom of Information Act remains elusive to the
Ghanaian parliament – even ...
Lawmaker cautions journalists on abuse of Freedom of Information Bill
Premium Times
Abiodun Akinlade said that media practitioners should guard jealously the
opportunity offered by the FOI law. A federal lawmaker, Abiodun Akinlade, has
cautioned journalists against the abuse of the provisions of the Freedom of
Information (FOI) law in ...
Daily's FoI victory exposes secret pay-off to NHS chief
HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk
A regional daily paper scored a Freedom of Information victory over its
local NHS, exposing an six-figure golden handshake to a former chief executive.
The North West Evening Mail revealed the six-figure payout after relentlessly
pursuing a rejected ...
Right to privacy and information is balancing act
South China Morning Post
Those members who preferred the protection of privacy over the right to
freedom of information supported the UK model, i.e. a director is given the
option to show his service address on a public
Freedom Of Information Network Launched
Bahamas Tribune
KINGSTON, JAMAICA – For the first time, Caribbean governments and civil
society came together to discuss access to information and public participation
in governance at a landmark conference here March 20-21. At the close of the
conference, a Caribbean ...
Pass Right to Information Bill; Mahama tells Parliament
President Mahama on Friday gave government's assurance and commitment to
ensuring the passage of the right to information bill and the broadcasting
bill...
Freedom of Information on Vimeo
This was a first year project entitled 'Black and White' in which we, as
groups, were tasked with creating silent, black and white films promoting one
side of a…
Councillors raise concerns over 'expensive' Freedom of Information
requests
Boston Standard
It was revealed during Boston Borough Council's cabinet meeting today
(Wednesday) that the council received 128 Freedom of Information requests
between October 2012 to December 2012 an increase of 37 from 91 the previous
year. Councillor Raymond ...
Zahid Abdullah - Programme Manager
Transparency and Right to Information Program
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Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives, Pakistan (CPDI-Pakistan)
Tel: 051-2101594; 4319430; 2108287
URL: www.cpdi-pakistan.org
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