Infobox Legislation shorttitle Access to InformationAct image imagesize imagelink imagealt caption longtitle An Act to extend the present laws of Canada that provide access to information under the control of the Government of Canada citation http laws.justice.gc.ca en A 1 FullText.html Access to Information ... amendments repeals related summary keywords Access to InformationAct R.S., 1985, c. A 1 or InformationAct is a Canada Canadian Statute act providing the right of access to information under the control ... web url http www.walrusmagazine.com articles 2004.11 politics canada access to informationact title ... http walrusmagazine.com articles 2004.11 politics canada access to informationact archivedate 14 January 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref Canada s Access to InformationAct came into force in 1983 ... LOP ResearchPublications prb0555 e.html title THE ACCESS TO INFORMATIONACT AND RECENT PROPOSALS ... Canadian newspaper groups, compared Canada s Access to InformationAct to the FOI laws of the provinces ... Act Canada Privacy Act and Access to InformationAct References Refimprove date June 2011 reflist External links http laws lois.justice.gc.ca eng acts A 1 index.html Access to InformationAct Use dmy dates date June 2011 DEFAULTSORT Access To InformationAct Category Canadian federal legislation ... government institution and that provide individuals with a right of access to that information ... Commissioner of Canada . Citation needed date June 2011 Canadian access to information laws distinguish between access to records generally and access to records that contain personal information ... that contain their own personal information under the Privacy Act but the general public does not have a right of access to records that contain personal information about others under the Access to InformationAct. Citation needed date June 2011 From 1989 to 2008, requests made to the federal government were catalogued in the Coordination of Access to Information Requests System . Citation ... more details
citations broken date March 2012 refimprove date March 2012 The Promotion of Access to InformationAct 2 of 2000 PAIA is legislation in the Republic of South Africa allowing access to any information held by Government of South Africa the State , and any information held by private bodies that is required ... http www.acts.co.za promotion of access to informationact 2000.htm Digital Draft of the Act http ... PaiaBuilder Resource DEFAULTSORT Promotion Of Access To InformationAct Category Freedom of information ... of the global drive towards freedom of information . The Act is enforced by the South African Human Rights Commission SAHRC . Role of Information Officers In terms of PAIA, Public information officer information officers IOs have a critical role of ensuring the implementation of the Act, by Receiving .... Compliance Every private body must publish a simple manual in line with section 51 of the Act .... cquote One of the critical challenges of the implementation of the Act has been the non compliance of public bodies with the requirements of this Act. ref http www.sahrc.org.za sahrc cms publish ... about their duties in terms of the Act Public bodies not taking their obligations in terms of PAIA seriously Poor information management systems no records management policies and file plans in public bodies Failure to delegate information officers powers within the public bodies and Inability to identify ... of these challenges, which are major factors hampering proper implementation of a successful access to information regime in South Africa , that a cross sectoral information officers forum was established on 20 September 2006. The Information Officers Forum Objectives The objectives of the forum are as follows To share information on the implementation issues and difficulties on PAIA To help raise awareness of the Act in the public bodies To advice the Commission on areas that require its Interventionism ... all D I Os to a yearly meeting indaba to share experiences on implementing the Act Creating a virtual ... more details
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act AIPPA is law in Zimbabwe . It was enacted to oversee how the print and electronic media operated in the country. It was enacted in 2002 by a ZANU PF dominated parliament. ref AIPPA http www.kubatana.net html archive legisl 030611aippaamd.asp accessed 02 10 2008 ref The law has a provision for a Media and Information Commission , MIC , a body whose first chairman was Tafataona Mahoso . Since it was introduced, foreign news organizations have been banned from reporting in Zimbabwe while some newspapers in Zimbabwe have been shut down. Prof. Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Chinamasa are credited with writing this piece of legistlation. References Reflist Zimbabwe gov stub Category Zimbabwean law Category Zimbabwean legislation Category 2002 in Zimbabwe Category 2002 in law ... more details
globalize date December 2010 Informationaccess is a term used to describe an area of research at the intersection of Informatics academic field informatics , Information Science , Information Security ... efforts in informationaccess is to simplify and effectivise for human users to access and further process large and unwieldy amounts of data and information. Technologies applicable to the general ... . In discussions on free access to information and on information policy, informationaccess is understood as concerning ensuring free and closed access to information . Informationaccess covers many ... concepts such as fair use . UCITA, the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act has been defeated ... such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA . Librarians have always advocated free and open access ... have advocated for free access to Legal research legal information . The http www.aallnet.org committee ... which advocates free access to legal information. The Wired Magazine Article http www.wired.com wired archive 2.05 the.law.html Who Owns The Law is a good introduction to the access to legal information ... has led to restrictions on access to certain types of information as well as an increased government ... also Freedom of information legislation Action For Economic Reforms On access to information in the Philippines External links http www.fas.org sgp crs 97 71.pdf CRS Report Access to Government Information ... 49 Access to Information in the Philippines http www.informationaccess.org InformationAccess Alliance ...&ContentID 31872 ALA Access to Electronic Information, Services, and Networks http archive.ala.org rusa access biblio.html Issues in Access to Information A Bibliography http www.ipsnews.net new ... piPK 4749256 theSitePK 5033734,00.html Access to Information The World Bank page DEFAULTSORT InformationAccess Category Information science Category Library science bg de InformationAccess es Acceso a la informaci n sv Informations tkomst ... more details
Enterprise informationaccess refers to information systems that allow for enterprise search content classification content clustering information extraction enterprise bookmarking taxonomy creation and management information presentation for example, visualization to support analysis and understanding and desktop or personal knowledge search. See also Enterprise content management Intranet References Gartner Forecast InformationAccess and Search Technology in the Enterprise, 2006 2010. 17 February 2006 . By Tom Eid, Gartner. Pages 6 http www.gartner.com it page.jsp?id 492249 business stub Category Information systems ... more details
PAPI Point of Access for Providers of Information is a system for providing access control to restricted information resources across the Internet. It intends to keep authentication as an issue local to the organization the user belongs to, while leaving the information providers full control over the resources ... each organization to use its own authentication schema, keeping user privacy, and offering information providers data enough for statistics. Moreover, access control mechanisms are transparent ... consists of two independent elements the authentication server AS and the point of access PoA ... available to them in a completely transparent manner all the temporary keys that will let them access the services they are authorized to. Point of Access PoA The PoA manages actual access control to a set of web locations for a given organization. The information provider or the owner of the web servers have the responsibility of managing this point of access. A PAPI PoA can be adapted to any ... by a group wide PoA a GPoA , where initial access attempts are to be validated. This way, only ... s browser. A PoA can also be configured to directly query authentication servers for information about ... compatible with any other access control system in use, since it does not impose any constraints on additional procedures used for these purposes. In other words, PAPI access control is completely orthogonal to procedures such as password protection, IP filters, TLS based access control, etc. The central ... of the tokens the PoA is going to provide. Of course, information should be also enough to pass through the rules the PoA enforces, but the AS is never required to disclose any private information. The PoA receives this chunk of information, signed by the AS, and decides whether to grant access to the user or not. It is important to note that when we refer to a PoA trusting an AS, we are not talking about a PoA permitting any access request coming from that AS, but about the PoA trusting ... more details
videos 63 attivio 869 unified informationaccess in 4 minutes.html Unified InformationAccess in 4 Minutes http www.computerworld.com s article 9180280 Five Advantages of Unified InformationAccess UIA http www.eweek.com c a Enterprise Applications How to Use Unified InformationAccess to Get ...multiple issues cleanup November 2010 confusing November 2010 orphan January 2011 Unified InformationAccess Platforms are Computing platform platform s that integrate large volumes of unstructured, semi structured, and structured information into a unified environment for processing, analysis and decision making. These platforms are highly scalable, hybrid archtectures that combine elements of database and search technologies in order to make informationaccess dynamic and ad hoc, while offering the reporting and visualization features commonly found in business intelligence applications. While the vision for such integrated platforms has been around for years, products have only recently been released into the market. Companies like Attivio , BA Insight , Endeca Technologies Inc. Endeca , Exalead , MarkLogic , PerfectSearch , Palantir Technologies Palantir , and Sinequa have recognized the need for this approach. Unified access applications Create Hybrid computer hybrid data structures that combine structured data and data operators with Text literary theory text and semi structured operations and analytics. They combine semantic understanding, fuzzy matching, sorting, joins, and various operations such as range searching within a single architecture, rather than federating a query to multiple sources in multiple forms. Leverage these hybrid structures to provide real time access through ad hoc queries to multiple sources of information, including information across a spectrum of File format format s e.g. rich media through a single Interface computer science interface . Handle ... Reynolds. Building the Intelligent Enterprise The Case for Unified Access and Analytics Susan ... more details
About Editing Clinical InformationAccess Program Calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase Calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase The Clinical InformationAccess Program , commonly referred to as CIAP , is a project of the New South Wales Department of Health that provides online clinical resources for health professionals working within the New South Wales public health system NSW Health . Major resources available through CIAP include Australian Medicines Handbook Harrison s principles of internal medicine Harrison s Online Journal databases Medline , EMBASE , PsycINFO MD Consult MIMS Online Therapeutic Guidelines Thomson Micromedex Various full text journals External links http www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au CIAP website password restricted to NSW Health employees Primarysources date January 2007 Category Health in Australia Australia stub ... more details
Sola AccessInformation Language SAIL ref M X Circular introducing the SAIL Protocol http www.m x.ca f circulaires en 174 06 en.pdf source 1 . ref List of active electronic trading protocols native protocol is primary form of front end access List of active electronic trading protocols electronic communication protocol of the Sola Trading platform ref Sola Homepage http www.sola x.ca index.htm source 2 . ref References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links SOLA Homepage http www.sola x.ca index.htm List of active electronic trading protocols Category Financial markets Category Electronic trading systems ... more details
The Access to Adoption Records Act known before passage as Bill 12 , is an Ontario Canada law passed in 2008 regarding the adoption disclosure disclosure of information between parties involved in adoption s. It is the successor to the 2005 Adoption Information Disclosure Act , parts of which were struck down in 2007 in a ruling by Judge Edward Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court . The bill passed third reading on May 14, 2008. The Act s full name is An Act to amend the Vital Statistics Act in relation to adoption information and to make consequential amendments to the Child and Family Services Act . ref cite web url http www.ontla.on.ca web bills bills detail.do?locale en&BillID 1899 title Bill 12, Access to Adoption Records Act Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment , 2008 publisher Legislative Assembly of Ontario ref The most significant provision of the bill was the introduction of a disclosure veto to allow adoptees and birth parents involved in adoptions to prevent the release of their names, which would otherwise be available upon request by any concerned party once the adoptee reaches the age of majority. In May 2009, the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services revealed that 2500 people had filed disclosure vetoes between September 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009, with figures split approximately 50 50 between adoptees and birth parents. ref cite news url http www.theglobeandmail.com news national opening adoption records in ontario prompts few requests for secrecy article1152431 title Opening adoption records in Ontario prompts few requests for secrecy first Erin last Anderssen publisher The Globe and Mail date May. 28, 2009 accessdate 2009 05 29 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20090620005642 http www.theglobeandmail.com news national opening adoption records in ontario prompts few requests for secrecy article1152431 archivedate 20 June 2009 DASHBot deadurl no ref References references External links ... more details
The Access for Afghan Women Act of 2003 is a bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Representatives Carolyn Maloney United States Democratic Party Democrat , New York and Dana Rohrabacher Republican Party United States Republican , California . The bill was submitted on March 27, 2003 to the House of Representatives and was immediately referred to the U.S. House Committee on International Relations House Committee on International Relations . The bill was introduced due to concerns that women remained marginalized in the re development of Afghanistan and that the circumstances of women in Afghanistan remained precarious despite the overthrow of the Taliban regime during the United States led Afghanistan campaign that began in October 2001. War in Afghanistan 2001 present U.S. invasion of Afghanistan The bill addresses assistance for Afghan women and girls in the areas of political and human rights, health care, education, training, security, and shelter. The bill seeks to secure improved circumstances and promote opportunities for women by incorporating them within the reconstruction and on going development efforts being undertaken in Afghanistan. The bill attempts to secure these by appropriating funding, establishing aid allocation requirements, defining objectives of United States international policy in Afghanistan, and setting standards of behavior for the United States in executing policy. The text of the bill, its status, and further information can be found at the following site http thomas.loc.gov cgi bin bdquery z?d108 h.r.01482 Thomas Legislative Information DEFAULTSORT Access For Afghan Women Act Category Afghanistan United States relations Category United States proposed federal legislation Category 2003 in law Category Women s rights in Afghanistan US fed statute stub ... more details
The Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2008 SAJA ref S. 3432 Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2008 was introduced on August 1, 2008 by Senators Barack Obama , Edward Kennedy and Bob Casey, Jr. Robert Casey ref Gupta, Deepak. Obama co sponsors bill on soldiers and mandatory arbitration. USLaw.com. August 26, 2008. ref . The bill would ensure that returning reservists keep their jobs and employment benefits as required under current law. Specifically, SAJA would make it easier for servicemembers to obtain justice when their employment rights are violated by prohibiting employers from requiring servicemembers to give up their ability to enforce their rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act USERRA in court in order to get or keep a job. It also adds minimum liquidated damages for willful violations and punitive damages for violations committed with malice. SAJA would also restore the original intent of Congress to protect servicemembers under USERRA by making it clear that USERRA prohibits employers from paying lower wages to servicemembers simply because of their status as a servicemember, veteran, or applicant to be a servicemember. References Reflist added above External links Sources by script assisted edit External links http www.adrworld.com si.asp?id 2522 Servicemember s Access to Justice Act Category United States federal defense and national security legislation ... more details
The Access to Abortion Services Act is a law in the Canada Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada province of British Columbia . Enacted in September 1995, it protects access to abortion services by limiting demonstrations outside of abortion clinic s, doctor s offices, and doctor s homes. It creates an access zone around the facility in which such activities as protest protesting , sidewalk counseling , intimidation of or physical interference with abortion providers or their patients are prohibited. This distance varies depending upon the building s type, with protests outside of doctor s offices being restricted to coming within 10 metres, up to 50 metres for hospital or clinic, and 160 metres for a doctor s home. ref http www.qp.gov.bc.ca statreg stat A 96001 01.htm Access to Abortion Services Act . Retrieved December 13, 2006. ref ref Crane, Don. 1995 . http www.prochoiceactionnetwork canada.org prochoicepress 9596win.shtml Synopsis Access to Abortion Services Act . Pro Choice Press. Retrieved December 13, 2006. ref On January 23, 1996 a court overturned the provisions which prohibited protesting and sidewalk counseling on the grounds that both violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms . Both provisions were restored in October 1996. ref Childbirth by Choice Trust. June 2006 . http www.cbctrust.com provincebyprovince.php Abortion in Canada Today The Situation Province by Province . Retrieved December 13, 2006. ref The following cases involve the Access to Abortion Services Act R v. Lewis 1996 R. v. Demers 2003 Watson v R. Spratt v R. 2007 See also Abortion Abortion in Canada Abortion law References references Abortion Category British Columbia provincial legislation Category Canadian abortion law Canada law stub BritishColumbia stub abortion stub ... more details
The Equal Access to COBRA Act USBill 111 S. 3182 is a Bill proposed law bill which would amend the Internal Revenue Code , the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 , and the Public Health Service Act to extend Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 COBRA health insurance coverage to qualified beneficiaries, defined to include domestic partners. ref http www.govtrack.us congress bill.xpd?bill s111 3182&tab summary ref ref http thomas.loc.gov cgi bin query z?c111 S.3182 ref The bill was introduced on March 25, 2010 by Senator Barbara Boxer . Background Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 COBRA requires that a person and his or her spouse and dependent children be allowed to continue employer sponsored health coverage after the employee leaves or loses his or her job. However, there is no requirement that benefits be extended to the employee s same sex partner or spouse. ref http www.hrc.org 14334.htm ref Status Upon being introduced, the bill was read twice and sent to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions . The bill never left committee. References reflist Category United States proposed federal legislation Category LGBT rights in the United States Category 2010 in LGBT history LGBT stub ... more details
orphan date November 2008 The Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2008 SAJA USBill 110 S 3432 was introduced on August 1, 2008 by Senators Barack Obama , Ted Kennedy Edward Kennedy and Bob Casey, Jr. Robert Casey ref Gupta, Deepak. Obama co sponsors bill on soldiers and mandatory arbitration. USLaw.com. August 26, 2008. ref . The bill was an attempt to ensure that returning reservists keep their jobs and employment benefits as required under current law. The bill was referred to committee and failed to become law in the 110th United States Congress 110th Congress . Specifically, SAJA would have made it easier for servicemembers to obtain justice when their employment rights are violated by prohibiting employers from requiring servicemembers to give up their ability to enforce their rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act USERRA in court in order to get or keep a job. It also would have added minimum liquidated damages for willful violations and punitive damages for violations committed with malice. SAJA was an attempt by its supporters to restore what they believe was the original intent of Congress to protect servicemembers under USERRA by making it clear that USERRA prohibits employers from paying lower wages to servicemembers simply because of their status as a servicemember, veteran, or applicant to be a servicemember. References reflist External links http www.adrworld.com si.asp?id 2522 Servicemember s Access to Justice Act DEFAULTSORT Servicemember s Access To Justice Act Category 2008 in law Category 110th United States Congress US law stub ... more details
The Air Carrier AccessAct of 1986 ACAA is Title 49 of the United States Code Title 49 , Section 41705 of the U.S. Code . The act prohibits commercial airlines from discriminate discriminating against passengers with disabilities . The act was passed by the U.S. Congress in direct response to a narrow interpretation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. Department of Transportation DOT v. Paralyzed Veterans of America PVA . In PVA, the Supreme Court held that private, commercial air carriers are not liable under Section 504 because they are not direct recipients of federal funding to airports . The Act was construed to contain an implied private right of action . However, in 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Alexander v. Sandoval , ref 532 U.S. 275 2001 ref which held that federal courts may not find an implied private right unless a statute gives explicit indication that Congress intended to bestow such a right. In 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit followed the lead of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which relied on the Sandoval decision to hold that the Act can only be enforced by filing an administrative complaint with the DOT. ref Boswell v. SkyWest Airlines, Inc., 361 F.3d 1263 10th Cir. 2004 and Love v. Delta Air Lines, 310 F.3d 1347 11th Cir. 2002 ref Notes references Category Aviation law Category Discrimination law in the United States Category Disability legislation Category United States federal civil rights legislation Category United States federal transportation legislation Category Legal articles without infoboxes Category 1986 in the United States Category 1986 in law US fed statute stub ... more details
Infobox U.S. legislation name Equal AccessAct fullname Denial of equal access prohibited enacted by 98th effective date August 11, 1984 cite public law usc 20 4071 cite statutes at large acts amended title amended 20 sections created 4071 signedpresident Ronald Reagan signeddate August 11, 1984 SCOTUS cases Westside Community Schools v. Mergens The Equal AccessAct is a United States Law of the United States federal law passed in 1984 to compel federally funded secondary schools to provide equal access to extracurricular clubs. Lobbied for by religious groups who wanted to ensure students the right to conduct Bible study programs during lunch and after school, it is also essential in litigation regarding the right of students to form gay straight alliance s. ref Cite book last1 Stewart first1 Chuck title Homosexuality and the Law A Dictionary year 2001 publisher ABC CLIO isbn 9781576072677 pages 14 15 ref Intent of the Act The Act provides that if a school receives federal aid and has a limited open forum, or at least one student led non curriculum club that meets outside of class time, it must allow additional such clubs to be organized, and must give them equal access to meeting spaces and school publications. Exceptions can be made for groups that materially and substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of educational activities within the school, and a school can technically opt out of the act by prohibiting all non curriculum clubs. It was ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court in 1990 in the case Westside School District v ..., 23 May 2007 ref The Equal AccessAct has also been used to fight opposition to Gay Straight Alliance ... AccessAct Category 1984 in law Category 98th United States Congress Category United States federal ... the suit, and that equal access has not been denied as the school also denies recognition for other ... groups and or clubs have equal access to meeting spaces, the PA system, school periodicals, bulletin ... more details
In the United States of America , the Equal Access to Justice Act EAJA authorizes the payment of attorney s fees to a prevailing party in an action against the United States absent a showing by the government that its position in the underlying litigation was substantially justified. http www.law.cornell.edu uscode usc sec 28 00002412 000 .html 28 U. S. C. 2412 d 1 A . Section 2412 d 1 B sets a deadline of 30 days after final judgment for the filing of a fee application and directs that the application include 1 a showing that the applicant is a prevailing party 2 a showing that the applicant is eligible to receive an award and 3 a statement of the amount sought, including an itemized statement from any attorney ... stating the actual time expended and the rate charged. Section 2412 d 1 B s second sentence further requires the applicant to allege that the position of the United States was not substantially justified. http caselaw.lp.findlaw.com scripts getcase.pl?court us&vol 000&invol 02 1657 Scarborough v. Principi, 124 S. Ct. 1856 2004 . Time for filing An applicant for attorney s fees under the EAJA must file an application within thirty days of the final judgment in the civil action. http www.law.cornell.edu uscode usc sec 28 00002412 000 .html 28 U.S.C. 2412 d 1 B . http caselaw.lp.findlaw.com scripts getcase.pl?court us&vol 000&invol 02 1657 Scarborough, 124 S. Ct. 1856 2004 . However, an EAJA application may be filed until thirty days after a judgment becomes not appealable. http www.law.cornell.edu uscode usc sec 28 00002412 000 .html 28 U.S.C. 2412 d 1 B and d 2 G . In some instances when an agency of the United States is a party in this case, a notice of appeal may be filed within 60 days of entry of the judgment. http www.law.cornell.edu rules frap rules.html Fed. R. App. P. 4 a 1 . http caselaw.findlaw.com cgi bin getcase.pl?court US&vol 509&invol 292 Shalala ... usc sec 28 00002412 000 .html Equal Access to Justice Act, as codified. http www.jamespublishing.com ... more details
The Texas Public InformationAct is a series of laws incorporated into the Texas Governmental Code that serve to ensure the public has access to information held by the state government. The Act is analogous to the United States Freedom of InformationAct which guarantees the accessibility of information held by Federal government agencies to the public. Description of Statute The Texas Public InformationAct is a series of legislative acts that have been incorporated into the Texas General Code in Title 5, Subchapter A Subtitle 552. The Act is intended to guarantee public access to governmental information in the interest of providing transparency in government. ref name TSLAC cite web title The Public InformationAct url https www.tsl.state.tx.us agency customer pia.html work Texas State Library and Archives Commission publisher Texas State Library and Archives Commission accessdate 7 September 2011 ref ref name SR cite web title Texas Public InformationAct url http sunshinereview.org index.php Texas Public InformationAct work Sunshine Review publisher Sunshine Review accessdate 7 September 2011 ref Several online resources, ref name Texas AG cite web title How to Request Public Information url https www.oag.state.tx.us open requestors.shtml work Website of the Texas Attorney General publisher State of Texas accessdate 7 September 2011 ref ref name FOIFT cite web title Sample Texas Public InformationAct Request Letter url http www.foift.org pialetter.html work The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas publisher The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas accessdate 8 September 2011 ref including the State Attorney General s website, provide information on how to make use of the Public InformationAct to obtain State Government information and what procedures one should follow when making an information request. External links http www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us docs GV htm GV.552.htm Texas Governmental Code Title 5 Subchapter A Subtitle 552 References references ... more details
The Freedom of InformationAct 1982 FOI is Commonwealth of Australia Australian Commonwealth Freedom of Information legislation which gives members of the public rights of access to official documents of the Government of the Commonwealth and of its agencies. Outline of the Act Members of the public have certain rights of access. These include the right to access documents about the operation of government ... of InformationAct 1982 . Certain documents are exempt from this, including but not limited to documents ... that could damage Commonwealth State relations Freedom of InformationAct 1982 . Requesting Information The request for access to a document must be in writing, and contain a reasonable amount of information about the requested document in order for it to be easier to locate Freedom of InformationAct 1982 . The application process can also incur charges Freedom of InformationAct 1982 . The government ... in relation to the request within 30 working days Freedom of InformationAct 1982 . History of the FOI Before the FOI act of 1982 the various governments of Australia had no obligation to release information to the public, because the traditional Westminster system of governance is fairly closed ... The Freedom of Information Amendment Reform Act 2010 was passed in May 2010, and came into effect ... Freedom of Information Amendment Reform Act 2010 for applications received on or after ... review an applicant who seeks access to their own personal information does not pay any charges for all ..., Sydney. Freedom of Information FOI Reform, Australian Government Attorney General s Department http www.dpmc.gov.au foi foi reform.cfm http www.austlii.edu.au au legis cth consol act foia1982222 Freedom of InformationAct 1982 at Australasian Legal Information Institute AUSLII Freedom of Information ... Law NAL reforms ref name Stubbs . One of the NAL initiatives was Freedom of Information and is considered ... references ref name Stubbs Stubbs, Rhys 2008, Freedom of Information and Democracy in Australia and Beyond ... more details
orphan date June 2010 The Official InformationAct 2008 is a Cook Islands law passed to make official information more freely available, and to establish procedures for the achievement of those purposes. ref Official InformationAct 2008, long title. ref The Act also repealed the Official Secrets Act ... two days later. ref cite web title Freedom of InformationAct Passed url http www.cook islands.gov.ck ... 2009 07 15 ref It came into force on 11 February 2009. ref Official InformationAct 2008, section 1 2 . ref Summary of the Act The law is heavily based on the New Zealand Official InformationAct 1982 . As in New Zealand, the definition of official information is extremely broad, covering any information held by a Ministry, a Minister in their official capacity, or a scheduled organisation. ref Official InformationAct 2008, section 2 1 . ref Information held by the courts, tribunals, commissions ..., ref Official InformationAct 2008, schedule one. ref allowing the operations of crown owned assets ... InformationAct 2008, section 5. ref Good reason is narrowly defined in the Act. Conclusive reasons ... damage. ref Official InformationAct 2008, section 6. ref Other reasons, which must be weighed against the public interest in release, include ref Official InformationAct 2008, section 8. ref protecting ..., or simply because it is vexatious . ref Official InformationAct 2008, section 18. ref Organisations ... three years. ref Official InformationAct 2008, sections 11 2 1 . ref Government organisations ... reasons for the refusal. ref Official InformationAct 2008, section 14. ref Decisions may be appealed ... information held on a person by the government. ref Official InformationAct 2008, part 4. ref References reflist External links http www.paclii.org ck legis num act oia2008197 Official InformationAct 2008 at PacLII Freedom of information Category Freedom of information legislation Category ... pages news.php?op read&id 37977 title Cook Islands Government introduces freedom of information ... more details
Infobox NZ Legislation short title Official InformationAct 1982 long title An Act to make official information more freely available, to provide for proper access by each person to official information relating to that person, to protect official information to the extent consistent with the public ... . ref http www.legislation.govt.nz act public 1982 0156 latest DLM64785.html Official InformationAct 1982 ref . It also repealed the Official Secrets Act 1951 . Summary of the Act The Act is an implementation of Freedom of information legislation . It creates a regime by which people can request and receive information held by government officials and bodies. The scope of the Act is extremely broad, and includes all information held by any Minister in their official capacity, or by any government department or organisation as listed in the Act or the Ombudsmen Act 1975 . This includes government ... . Local government is covered by the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 . The starting point of the Act is the principle of availability that... information shall be made available unless there is good reason for withholding it . Good reason is narrowly defined in the Act. Conclusive reasons for withholding information include national security or international relations ... Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 Privacy Act 1993 New Zealand Chief Ombudsman Coalition ... purposes, and to repeal the Official Secrets Act 1951 introduced by Jim McLay administered by Minister ... July 1, 1983 amendments None related legislation Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 status Current The Official InformationAct 1982 is a New Zealand law passed by the Third National Government of New Zealand 3rd National government in 1982 to make official information more freely available, to provide for proper access by each person to official information relating to that person, to protect official information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation ... more details
The Access to Information Central Clearing House was established by the UK Government in January 2005. The Central Clearing House s was set up to ensure consistent application of the Data Protection Act 1998 , the Freedom of InformationAct 2000 , and the Environmental Information Regulations EIRs across Central Government. ref http www.foi.gov.uk practitioner clearinghouse.htm ref The Central Clearing House provides expert advice for cases referred to the Information Commissioner or Information Tribunal . ref http www.ico.gov.uk upload documents decisionnotices 2010 fs 50121686.pdf ref Procedures exist to ensure that all requests which activate one of a number of triggers are referred to the Clearing House. ref http www.defra.gov.uk corporate policy opengov defra handling procedure procedures.htm ref Critics have blamed the Central Clearing House for the rising number of appeals to the Information Commissioner and for being bent on blocking as many requests for information as it can . ref http www.timesonline.co.uk tol news uk article573002.ece ref Triggers for referring requests to Central Clearing House The Government has published a list of triggers which will result in request being referred to the Central Clearing House these triggers fall under five main headings ref http www.defra.gov.uk corporate policy opengov pdf triggers dca.pdf List of triggers for referral to the DCA Clearing House , Department of Constitutional Affairs ref Prime Ministerial and Ministerial Issues Royal Household and Honours Procurement and Efficiency Cross Whitehall Issues Ministerial Veto Certificates and Security References references Category Freedom of information in the United Kingdom UK gov stub ... more details
The Freedom of InformationAct creates a statutory right for access to information in relation to bodies ... for access to their own personal information are dealt with outside the act for most practical ... Act http www.opengovjournal.org Open Government a Journal on Freedom of Information. Open access ...Infobox UK legislation short title Freedom of InformationAct 2000 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to make provision for the disclosure of information held by public authorities ... 30 November 2000 part ref name section 87 Freedom of InformationAct 2000, Section 87 ref br 30 January ... content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId 2517935 title The Freedom of InformationAct 2000 Commencement No. 1 Order ...?ActiveTextDocId 43748 title The Freedom of InformationAct 2000 Commencement No. 2 Order 2002 date ... title The Freedom of InformationAct 2000 Commencement No. 3 Order 2003 date 8 October 2003 work ... of InformationAct 2000 Commencement No. 4 Order 2004 date 20 July 2004 work Statutory Instrument UK ... content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId 1114528 title The Freedom of InformationAct 2000 Commencement No. 5 ... 07 ref repeal date amendments related legislation Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 repealing ... of InformationAct 2000 c.36 is an ActAct of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a public right of access to information held by public authorities. It is the implementation of freedom of information legislation in the United Kingdom on a national level. The Act implements ... Protection Commissioner set up to administer the Data Protection Act , who is now known as the Information ... oversees the operation of the Act. A second freedom of information law is in existence in the UK, the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 asp 13 . It was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2002 ... framework for sharing information. The white paper The act was preceded by a 1998 white paper ... was met with widespread enthusiasm ref cite news title Freedom of InformationAct 2000 url http ... more details
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