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Theme : secrecy
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FOI does its job shock
The Information Commissioner Richard Thomas yesterday ordered the release of minutes from the Cabinet meetings where military action against Iraq was discussed. Was he right? As a advocate of more rigorous application of freedom of information law and principles, I would argue yes, and that this is great news.
from : petebradwell
27th February 2008
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Whose House?
The 'open access' crowd - those loosely connected fellows who care about how easy it is to get hold of 'official' information - have been getting hot under the collar these past months over some really damaging proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Act. And why not - the attitude from government towards public debate about such important changes has been pretty poor.But from seemingly nowhere this private members bill has trotted into play. It's aim is to exempt an MPs correspondence...
from : petebradwell
31st January 2007
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J-Cast
Just prior to his talk here last Thursday, Ian Bremmer discussed nations, states, openness and J-Curves with Catherine. It was a topical, wide-ranging and fascinating chat. Luckily, we had the tape-recorder firing for the sixth of our podcasts.
from : petebradwell
6th November 2006
