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RTI Activists Fear move to Dilute Open e-Governance 14 September 2009 PDF A move by the Department of Information Technology(DIT) to bring in an intellectual property rights-based regime in e-governance services is being opposed by activists who fear the shift will dilute the Right to Information Act. Right to information (RTI) activists, under the aegis of the National Campaign for People’s Rights to Information (NCPRI), have written to the DIT opposing demands made by industry bodies to allow adoption of multiple and royalty-based technological standards, which will determine access and affordability of future public e-services. The NCPRI has opposed the demand terming it an attempt to subvert the intent of the policy. Appreciating the progressive line taken by the original draft policy made public in 2008, the letter states that any move to dilute the open and free nature of these standards, would be antithetical to the spirit of the RTI Act. According to the Act, citizens can have free and unhindered access to government information and data systems. _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
