On June 17th, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a significant judgement
on access to government information.
As an avid writer and researcher, Susan's interests center
on access to government information, both as a matter of policy and as a matter of human / computer interaction.
Not exact matches
The Globe's Bill Curry used the
Access to Information Act
to obtain material
on focus groups the
government hosted in nine Canadian cities in November.
«The risk that the Russian
government, whether acting
on its own or in collaboration with Kaspersky, could capitalize
on access provided by Kaspersky products
to compromise federal
information and
information systems directly implicates U.S. national security.»
State and Local
Government on the Net Access a directory of state, county and city government websites to find information about state income taxes and state and local sa
Government on the Net
Access a directory of state, county and city
government websites to find information about state income taxes and state and local sa
government websites
to find
information about state income taxes and state and local sales taxes.
When confronted with encryption
on a phone or programs designed
to make it difficult for
governments to access information, intelligence agencies designed tools
to get around the new obstacles.
His positions, which involved work
on highly classified projects involving
government computer systems, gave him various security clearances that routinely provided him
access to top - secret
information, it said.
It bars staff from discussing «all nonpublic
information I learn of or gain
access to in the course of my official duties in the service of the United States
Government on White House staff,» including «communications. . .
Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements
to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability
to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related
to new product introductions; risks related
to BlackBerry's ability
to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure
access fees
on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance
on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related
to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating
to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related
to BlackBerry's ability
to implement and
to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability
to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability
to attract and retain key personnel; risks related
to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability
to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related
to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal
information; BlackBerry's ability
to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance
on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating
to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability
to obtain rights
to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability
to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related
to government regulations, including regulations relating
to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability
to continue
to adapt
to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance
on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance
on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related
to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating
to the impairment of intangible assets recorded
on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders;
government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related
to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.
On access to information requests by me, they uncovered a truth from the secretive Conservative
government: a plan written by DND called for a competitive process that would run in 2010.
While the Canadian
government has yet
to respond publicly
to the recommendations, my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) reports that according
to documents recently obtained under the
Access to Information Act, earlier this year Industry Minister James Moore launched a series of private consultations with Canadian business
on intellectual property issues.
The original consultation document from the Welsh
Government, which sets out the proposals and contains
information on how
to respond, can be
accessed here: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/education/registeringandmonitoring/
«I hope that we have that debate so that the safeguards are built and so people do not opt — and this will be country by country --» [
to say] it is better that the
government does not have
access to any
information,» he continues, believing that there must be rules
on when the
government is able
to access such data.
While the
government in some limited cases can legitimately place restrictions
on the public's right
to access certain
information, attempts of the Nigerian authorities
to justify the total closure of
information related
to the names of public officials from whom funds were recovered
on the basis of «ongoing criminal investigation» and «presumption of innocence goes far beyond the limitations allowed under international law, and would promote secret recoveries.»
Periodic
government shutdowns of cell phones and the internet received a great deal of international attention during the recent post-election protests, but apparently Iranian authorities have long imposed limits
on networked
information, for instance throttling
access to video sites
to the extent that YouTube is often unusable in the country.
«For your
information,» wrote Sherry Hwang, the governor's records
access officer, «none of these exempt documents reflect any official
government events that are not otherwise listed
on the Governor's public schedule available
to you
on the CitizenConnects website.
The prime minister hired Sir Tim
on Wednesday, telling MPs he» «would help us drive the opening up of
access to government data in the web over the coming month,» in order for
government information to be accessible and useful for the widest possible group of people.
Sen. Charles Schumer and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that the federal
government does not currently give states
access to classified background
information about suspects
on its terror watch list.
For
access to state and local
government spending, public authority financial data and
information on 50,000 state contracts, visit Open Book New York.
Some nations restrict
access to digital content, and authoritarian
governments spy
on intellectuals through the Web, gathering
information to intimidate and imprison academics.
In 2002, the Pentagon took heat over the Total
Information Awareness program, which New York Times columnist William Safire called a «supersnoop's dream» that would create a «computerized dossier on your private life» based traffic and has access to most of the major email, chat and on commercial and government i
Information Awareness program, which New York Times columnist William Safire called a «supersnoop's dream» that would create a «computerized dossier
on your private life» based traffic and has
access to most of the major email, chat and
on commercial and
government informationinformation.
In a joint statement
to the OSTP, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Washington D.C. Principles Coalition for Free
Access to Science — which represents society publishers — slammed NIH - style mandates as «a means for facilitating international piracy,» saying that they would «damage the very institutions that researchers, the public and
government itself rely
on to peer review, publish, disseminate and preserve scientific
information.»
A new group of
government research funders from around the world announced today that it will try
to find common ground
on two big issues in its inaugural year: defining research integrity and promoting open
access to scientific
information.
AFP — May 27 — A Japanese
government panel called
on parents and schools
to help limit the use of mobile phones by children
to prevent them from
accessing «harmful»
information on websites.
The report also calls
on the
Government to make it easier for all parents
to access information about schools admissions and applications, including ensuring that they have a full understanding of Progress 8 and further changes
to GCSEs due this year.
CCSSI emphasizes that state participation remains voluntary, that local educators will retain control over instructional materials, and that the federal
government will not gain
access to information on individual students.
Furthermore, Google is already burdened with many other risks, for instance: (1) increased competition from general purpose search engines and
information services (page 7); (2) dependency
on remaining competitive and providing value
to advertisers (page 7); (3) being subject
to increased regulatory scrutiny which may negatively impact business (page 8); (4) being «regularly subject
to claims, suits,
government investigations, and other proceedings that may result in adverse outcomes» (page 8); (5) «Privacy concerns relating
to our technology could damage our reputation and deter current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 12); (6) «Web spam and content farms could decrease our search quality, which could damage our reputation and deter our current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 13); (7) «Internet
access providers may be able
to restrict, block, degrade, or charge for
access to certain of our products and services, which could lead
to additional expenses and the loss of users and advertisers» (page 16); (8) «New technologies could block online ads, which would harm our business» (page 16).
107; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; 29 C.F.R. Part 1614; Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal
Government; Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions
To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations; Executive Order 13087, Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 13160, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs; Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directive
To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations; Executive Order 13087, Further Amendment
to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 13160, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs; Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directive
to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal
Government; Executive Order 13160, Nondiscrimination
on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs; Executive Order 13166, Improving
Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directive
to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directives.
With
access to the Android ecosystem, members of the military will have
access to information on their PCs or desktops, command and control programs, and a number of different powerful solutions that enable members in the military
to operate with similar capabilities as those in controlled environments,» said Joe Ayers, an executive at Dell's
government business.
While animal shelters are doing their part
to make the pet adoption process easier and more streamlined than ever, Vision is proud
to contribute
to the cause through our work with local
government agencies
to make pet adoption
information easier
to find and
access on their websites.
Its purpose was
to facilitate
access to data and
information on the biological resources of the United States, utilizing
government agencies, academic institutions, non-
government organizations, and private industry.
In the aftermath of the Climategate scandal, in order
to ensure scientific integrity and regain the public's trust, scientific bodies called
on scientists
to allow
access to their raw data, assumptions, methodologies, and software and
to promptly and completely respond
to all Freedom of
Information Act and government requests for i
Information Act and
government requests for
informationinformation.
Sonangol collects billions of dollars a year in revenues
on behalf of the Angolan
government and controls other companies»
access to Angola's oil and gas reserves, but does not publish its accounts and discloses little detailed
information about its activities.
For example, in cases dealing with criminal procedure, civil rights, First Amendment, due process, privacy and attorneys, decisions would be considered liberal when they come down
on the side of a criminal defendant, a civil rights claimant, a person seeking
access to government information, or anyone identified as an underdog.
Counsel Molly Reynolds has contributed
to a House of Commons Standing Committee
Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics report of its recommendations
to the
government on revising the Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
The Declaration
on Free
Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other pa
Access to Law affirms: that public legal
information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing
access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other pa
access to this
information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal
information is «digital common property» and should be accessible
to all
on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal
information institutes) have the right
to publish public legal
information and the
government bodies that create or control that
information should provide
access to it so that it can be published by other pa
access to it so that it can be published by other parties.
So, if you, like me, oppose further restrictions
on public
access to government information, make your voice heard by filing a comment.
When I saw how quick
information related
to topics like climate change, civil rights, healthcare, disappeared from U.S.
government websites immediately after (or
on) Inauguration Day, I couldn't help thinking that we were lucky not
to have
to rely only
on government websites
to have
access to copies of the U.S. Code or key decisions (in relation
to a certain travel ban for instance).
Ms Jodhan sought a declaration under section 18.1 of the Federal Courts Act that the standards implemented by the federal
government for providing visually impaired Canadians with
access to government information and services
on the Internet, and the way in which those standards are implemented, denied her equal
access to government information and services, and thereby violated her rights under section 15 (1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms... [more]
thesis
on access to law - related
information in Canada in the digital age, I argue that the retention in Canada of Crown copyright and Crown prerogative over printing of statutes (and perhaps case law) and other
government law - related
information is anachronistic and a damper
on easy
access to law - related
information.
Another recent example relates
to disappearing Ontario
government press releases and backgrounder papers, rightly identified by the then President of the Toronto Association of Law Libraries in December 2003 as alarming due
to its negative impact
on legal research and the public's right
to access government information.
[3] The present appeal centers
on a limitation of the right of
access to government information in Ontario.
An open and democratic society requires public
access to government information to enable public debate
on the conduct of
government institutions.
The U.S. has challenged the data storage laws of British Columbia and Nova Scotia, saying they do not align with the United States in that they allow personal
information collected by
governments, such as health records,
to be stored
on domestic servers
to prevent it from being
accessed for reasons other than those for which it was collected.
«I have little difficulty in finding that establishing how the tension between privacy,
on the one hand, and
access to information,
on the other, is
to be resolved is important, even fundamental,
to the relationship of Canadian citizens and residents
to our
government institutions.
Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and
accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal
governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores
on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs
Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee -
to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant
to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal
governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate
to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed
to provide Indian Country valuable
information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.
• There must be a balance between the duty
to protect third - party
information on the one hand, and the general principle there should be
access to government records,
on the other.
In APEC member countries, including Australia and New Zealand, privacy regulation typically includes a set of privacy principles which map
to the «
information lifecycle» and impose obligations
on businesses and
government entities in relation
to their collection, uses and disclosures of personal
information as well as offshoring, data quality,
access and correction, security and destruction.
A Google + hangout
on the topic of The
Government Role in Free
Access to Legal
Information, will take place today, 16 April 2013, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern -LRB--4:00 p.m. UTC), and will be hosted by Tom Bruce of the... Continue reading →
The ACLCO provides
access here
to a number of documents of interest
to members, funder,
government and the general public
on a variety of topics including reports about the clinic system,
information on challenges and celebrations of member success.