Freedom of information legislation

through Right to Information Akashdeep Singh - Reseach Scholar, Department of Laws, Panjab University Chandigarh. Abstract e-Governance initiatives and Right to information (RTI) have been implemented for subtle change in global attitudes. Across the world, these two initiatives with information and communication technologies (ICTs) have ushered an era of information exchange; changing political, economic, and social structure forever. e-Governance and right to information (RTI) are being

Executive Summary The Indian Government, to promote transparency and accountability in the administration processes, brought into force the Right to Information Act on October 12th, 2005. As per the Parliament of India, the purpose of the RTI Act is ‘to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens’[i]. The Act applies to all the states and union territories of India, except Jammu and Kashmir. The Act is applicable to all constitutional authorities – any

The much talked about Right to Information Act came into force on October 12. The Union government says the Act is revolutionary, as it opens all official departments across the country to public scrutiny. The government also claims the new law will help it share power with the humblest, and empower the weakest The Right to Information (RTI) Act is a law enacted by the Parliament of India to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens. It was passed by Parliament

Brandeis wrote, in his 1932 article called “What Publicity Can Do” that, “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” (Brandeis, 1914) Government transparency means placing all financial and public information online in an easy to use, readily understandable system. A transparent system is important, because it allows taxpayers to see clearly how public servants are spending tax money, and it also gives citizens the ability to hold their elected officials

don’t generally want intimate information to be accessible to the public eye. In fact many people go to great lengths to hide everything about themselves. What exactly is the definition of privacy? Well, privacy is the expectation that confidential personal information disclosed in a private place will not be disclosed to third parties, when that disclosure would cause either embarassment or emotional distress to a person of reasonable sensitivities. This information includes facts, images (ex: photographs

are easily accessible to the public. But, not all documents should be housed in this accessible database. Some government knowledge should be kept secret and inaccessible, because it could fall into the wrong hands. Documents containing economic information, such as budgets and spending should be readily available on a database for the public to access. Without a transparent government, citizens can become unruly and no longer trust their government due to the high volume of secrets or hidden documentation

IMPORTANCE OF THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER TO THE EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LEGISLATION Introduction The freedom of information legislation Act of 1982 provides individuals and institutions with the right to access documents from the Australian Government ministers and agencies. The documents referred to include any electronically stored information, maps, drawings, photographs, written papers or any material with writings, signs or symbols on them. It also includes sounds

Understand the impact of National and Global legislation involved in computing and information systems development. Computers and their uses have become pervasive in today's society with new uses occurring on almost a daily basis. In general this use is beneficial; however, as with all technology, computers may be put to the wrong use. In order to safeguard computer users in the UK there are different types of legislation covering the many uses or misuses of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Background Due to the rapid advancement of the information technology, the World Wide Web (WWW) has now become a multifunctional tool. People can get lots of things done through the Internet, chatting with friends through MSN, shopping on Amarzon.com, settling the credit card bill, making new friends through the Facebook, reading newspaper on appledaily.com, etc. Besides, when we want to search for information, we can simply “Google” it, and we get what we want. It is no doubt that the Internet has

2.6 Explain how legislation affects the management and confidentiality of information Many pieces of information in the workplace are considered confidential, for example: • customers’ name, addresses, dates of birth and bank details • contact details for staff • wage records and tax information • job application forms • staff appraisal reports and notes • notes about disciplinary action • orders from customers • details of supplies bought by the organisation • DBS checks