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MPs will have the right to invite the public into their committee meetings following a change in House of Assembly rules given the provisional go-ahead yesterday.
It means groups like the Public Accounts Committee — which checks whether taxpayers' mo...
DATE: Mar 23, 2010
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Tim Smith
Government has failed to explain why Parliamentary Questions on the bidding process to overhaul the Corporations of Hamilton and St. George have gone unanswered.
And Opposition MP John Barritt believes Government is using a House of Assembly rule tha...
DATE: Mar 22, 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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Sam Strangeways
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
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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Sam Strangeways
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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Sam Strangeways
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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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda's newest political party yesterday submitted its views on Government's draft freedom of information bill — calling for it to be retroactive and include whistle-blower protection.
Bermuda Democratic Alliance said it supported in principle the ...
DATE: Dec 01, 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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Sam Strangeways
Today is the deadline for public comment on the draft Public Access to Information (PATI) bill but MP John Barritt hopes there will be flexibility in the deadline due to glitches with the Government website.
Premier Ewart Brown unveiled the draft bil...
DATE: Nov 30, 2009
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