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Post� par NSARCHIVE le 3/7. National Security Archive Update, July 2, 2002 *freedominfo.org is now online* http://www.freedominfo.org Washington, D.C., 2 July 2002 - freedominfo.org, a new website that describes best practices, consolidates lessons learned, explains campaign strategies and tactics, and links the efforts of freedom of information advocates around the world, is now online. Intended to be a one-stop portal that links freedom of information movements as they struggle for greater openness, freedominfo.org�s first release features a global survey of access to information in 45 countries. The survey, by David Banisar of Privacy International, summarizes freedom of information laws in each country and provides links to the text of these laws and other relevant sites. Beginning this month, freedominfo.org will also feature a regular column called IFTI Watch, which will monitor the transparency (or opacity, as the case may be) of international financial and trade institutions. In his first column, Washington, D.C.-based journalist Toby McIntosh reports on an experiment in openness that the World Bank is planning and new disclosure policies that will allow speedier public access to documents of the World Trade Organization. freedominfo.org also contains reports and analyses as well as links to other freedom of information sites around the world. In the last decade, 26 countries enacted formal statutes guaranteeing their citizens� right of access to government information. Elsewhere, even without legal guarantees, citizens are asserting their right to know. Throughout the world, freedom-of-information movements are changing the definition of democratic governance. This site hopes to build a virtual network in which citizens� groups can tap legal experts and veteran campaigners. It will provide information on how freedom of information laws can be implemented and analyses of how various legal provisions have worked in practice. The National Security Archive, based in George Washington University in Washington, D.C., acts as the secretariat of the freedominfo.org. Follow the link below to view the new Web site: http://www.freedominfo.org _________________________________________________________________________ THE NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE is an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). A tax-exempt public charity, the Archive receives no U.S. government funding; its budget is supported by publication royalties and donations from foundations and individuals. _________________________________________________________________________ PRIVACY NOTICE The National Security Archive does not and will never share the names or e-mail addresses of its subscribers with any other organization. Once a year, we will write you and ask for your financial support. We may also ask you for your ideas for Freedom of Information requests, documentation projects, or other issues that the Archive should take on. We would welcome your input, and any information you care to share with us about your special interests. But we do not sell or rent any information about subscribers to any other party. _________________________________________________________________________ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
