>
> Thanks David.
>
> This all looks positive (do our US colleagues agree?)
>
> I found two things particularly interesting:
>
> 1) The central requesting portal, which we included in the document we
> circulated recently for comment on this list to help countries be more
> ambitious in their OGP commitments. It will be very interesting to see how
> this gets assessed after the three year pilot.
> 2) The Council for Chief FOIA Officers. We have been promoting Information
> Officers networks in countries which have recently adopted RTI laws, as a way
> to help them share information and build capacity. This sort of takes it one
> step further.
>
> Best, Toby
>
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>
>
>
> On 26 Jul 2013, at 05:38, David Goldberg wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> "The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to whom
>> was referred the bill (H.R. 1211) to amend section 552 of title
>> 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of
>> Information Act), to provide for greater public access to
>> information, and for other purposes, having considered the
>> same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend
>> that the bill as amended do pass.
>>
>> http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2013_rpt/foia_oversight.html
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> David
>>
>> --
>> "Ye canna get leave tae thrive for thrang",
>> A Ramsay (ed) A collection of Scots Proverbs (1736)
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