freedominfo.org - Update, June 20, 2007 Germany's Federal Agencies Struggle to Adapt to FOIA; Requesters Off to Slow Start as Well
Argentina Celebrates First "National Right to Public Information Week": May 20-27, 2007 http://www.freedominfo.org Washington, DC, June 20, 2007 - Germany is struggling to adapt to the new openness required by Germany's Freedom of Information Act, according to an article posted today at freedominfo.org. The new data also show that usage of the new law has been very low in the first year, with relatively few requests filed. In other news, Argentina has joined Mexico and the United States in creating a week-long celebration of open government. The campaign, from May 20-27, encouraged citizens to use or demand freedom of information laws, culminating with the national publication of an access to information guide, entitled "¿Vos Sabés?" (Do you know?) distributed across the country. Go to http://www.freedominfo.org to read these and other news stories about information advocacy around the world. _________________________________________________________________________ freedominfo.org is a one-stop portal that describes best practices, consolidates lessons learned, explains campaign strategies and tactics, and links the efforts of freedom of information advocates around the world. It contains crucial information on freedom of information laws and how they were drafted and implemented, including how various provisions have worked in practice. _________________________________________________________________________ PRIVACY NOTICE freedominfo.org does not and will never share the names or e-mail addresses of its subscribers with any other organization. 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. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.isoc-ny.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
