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A civil servant accused of withholding information from the public has been assigned a new task — helping to implement the Island's recently passed freedom of information law.
Bermuda Archives director Karla Hayward will help bring in the first phase...
DATE: Oct 11, 2010
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Toby Mendel has spent much of his career studying freedom of information laws; he's even published two books about them.
So when he describes Bermuda's proposed public access to information (PATI) bill as "by and large, a pretty good draft," it's pro...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Laura Neuman has travelled the world and seen a lot of transparency laws as part of her job as access to information project manager for the Carter Center in the States.
But she has never known a country respond in the way Bermuda did when asked to c...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Two overseas experts have congratulated Bermuda's citizens for commenting on a proposed freedom of information law in their hundreds.
The Cabinet Office revealed yesterday that 530 submissions have so far been received from organisations and individu...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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A Supreme Court judge will today rule on whether The Royal Gazette can print information which Government wants to keep under wraps.
A hearing lasting almost two hours took place before Puisne Judge Geoffrey Bell yesterday afternoon after an applicat...
DATE: Dec 18, 2009
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Government's call for feedback on its draft freedom of information bill prompted 437 responses, the Cabinet Office revealed yesterday.
Politicians said last night that the figure was "phenomenal" and "extraordinary" with Progressive Labour Party Sena...
DATE: Dec 02, 2009
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The Premier would have the power to exclude any public authority from freedom of information without the approval of MPs under a proposed new law.
The draft Public Access to Information (PATI) bill which people have until the end of today to comment ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2009
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Bermuda could soon follow countless developed democracies around the world by passing a law giving taxpayers the right to access information held by public authorities.
But just how much openness would the proposed public access to information (PATI)...
DATE: Oct 26, 2009
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Bermuda's proposed freedom of information law would give the public scant access to the real workings of government, according to lawyer Timothy Marshall.
The draft public access to information (PATI) bill says records would be exempt from disclosure...
DATE: Oct 26, 2009
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A long-awaited freedom of information bill was last night unveiled by Government and could become law during the next parliamentary session.
Premier Ewart Brown announced in a televised speech that the draft public access to information (PATI) legisl...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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