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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about government initiatives relating to information and publications issues.
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- Publications and Information - Australia
- Articles and resources about Australian government initiatives relating to information and publications issues.
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- Annual Report of Canada's Information Commissioner Marks Bold New Direction
- Source: Government Of Canada. eGov Monitor, 30 May 2008. "Robert Marleau, Canada's fourth Information Commissioner, tabled his 2007-2008 annual report in Parliament today. The report highlights the new direction Mr. Marleau has taken in his first year in office to better serve Canadians in the increasing complex world of access to information..."
Added: 3 June 2008;
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- Scottish Government aims to improve citizens' access to information
- Public Technology, 19 May 2008. "Measures have been announced in the Scottish Parliament to help improve the public's "right to know". The Scottish Government First Minister used his Parliamentary Statement - Moving Scotland Forward - to announce the beginning of a pilot scheme within one area of the Scottish Government, the effect of which will be to substantially increase the proactive publication of Scottish Government information..."
Added: 19 May 2008;
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- Beyond CRM and 311: Strategies for Improving Government Services
- By William D. Eggers, Tiffany Dovey. Government Technology, January 27, 2008. "... In short, governments worldwide face a growing gap between the level of service citizens expect from government and what they believe they're actually getting. As former British Prime Minister Tony Blair noted: "Expectations are higher. This is a consumer age. People don't take what they're given. They demand more."..."
Added: 6 March 2008;
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- Two centuries of Hansard moving online
- Kablenet, 6 March 2008. "Parliament hopes to place all Hansard reports from 1804 to 2004 online by the end of this year. Its information management department is using optical character recognition (OCR) technology to turn 3m printed pages of the record of Parliamentary proceedings into digitised text. Some is already online, although the project has not yet been officially approved as a version of Hansard..."
Added: 6 March 2008;
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- Public "Deeply Dissatisfied" With Availability and Delivery of Government Financial Information
- Government Technology, February 26, 2008. "The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) released a survey of public attitudes about government transparency and accountability. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, revealed a "deep dissatisfaction among the American public with both the availability of government financial information and the way it is delivered to the people..."
Added: 27 February 2008;
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- The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies
- Organised by: U.S National Committee for CODATA, Board on International Scientific Organizations, U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - WPIE workshop on public sector information, 4-5 February 2008. Session One: Introduction and opening presentations; Session Two: Different approaches for evaluating the direct and indirect economic and non-economic benefits and costs of PSI access and reuse policies in the online environment; Session Three: Measuring the economic and social costs and benefits of the PSI: evaluation of the existing approaches and suggestions for future work.
Added: 15 February 2008;
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- Private eyes on public data
- by Dylan Bushell-Embling. The Age, September 25, 2007. "Public sector data - the acres of information gathered yearly by government bodies - is a potential goldmine. Dylan Bushell-Embling asks if we are doing enough to spread the wealth..."
Added: 27 September 2007;
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- Congress pressures agencies to improve E-FOIA compliance
- House and Senate bills focus on improving the efficiency and transparency of E-FOIA. By Jana Cranmer. Federal Computer, March 19, 2007. "Lawmakers are turning up the heat on agencies that are lax in complying with the Freedom of Information Act. Some federal offices have unanswered document requests dating back to 1989, according to testimony at a recent hearing to review E-FOIA legislation..."
Added: 23 March 2007;
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- IT, intranets would improve FOIA processes, attorney general says
- By Aliya Sternstein. Federal Computer Week, October 19, 2006. "A review of agency plans to improve Freedom of Information Act operations by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales found that many want to adopt information technology -- including internal Web sites -- for expediting requests..."
Added: 20 October 2006;
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- PI Releases Freedom of Information Around the World 2006 Report
- Source: Privacy International. eGov Monitor, 22 September 2006. "Privacy International released the Freedom of Information Around the World 2006 Global Survey of Access to Government Information Laws on 20 September 2006. The Survey provides a comprehensive review of Freedom of Information Laws and practices in nearly 70 countries around the world..."
Added: 22 September 2006;
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- Lawmakers largely ignore Web at FOIA hearing
- By Aliya Sternstein. Federal Computer Week, July 28, 2006. "Lawmakers who held an oversight hearing to assess the recent presidential executive order aimed at improving disclosure of government information did not emphasize the role that information technology should play in meeting requirements..."
Added: 31 July 2006;
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- Freedom of Information Act: Preliminary Analysis of Processing Trends Shows Importance of Improvement Plans, GAO-06-1022T
- Government Accountability Office, July 26, 2006. "... According to data reported by agencies in their annual reports, the public continues to request and receive increasing amounts of information from the federal government through FOIA; however, excepting one case--the Social Security Administration (SSA)--the rate of increase has flattened in recent years..."
Added: 31 July 2006;
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