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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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Sam Strangeways
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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Sam Strangeways
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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Sam Strangeways
The Corporation of Hamilton is to make public its decisions for the first time in its 213-year history.
The municipality issued a statement yesterday saying members had agreed that their resolutions would now be posted on the noticeboard in the City ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2008
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Sam Strangeways
The Royal Gazette is inviting all of Bermuda to bask in the sunshine this week — and support an initiative promoting public access to information and open government.
We want you to join us in celebrating Sunshine Week — a US idea aimed at opening up...
DATE: Mar 17, 2008
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Sam Strangeways
A civil servant suspended on full pay for more than a year is understood to have got her job back — but Government is staying silent on the reason for her lengthy absence from the National Training Board (NTB).
The woman was suspended from the public...
DATE: Feb 29, 2008
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Sam Strangeways
Readers of The Royal Gazette want access to government-held information and think they should be allowed into the meetings of organisations they fund.
That's what the majority of people who responded to our A Right to Know: Giving People Power campai...
DATE: Jan 28, 2008
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