Download or read book Freedom of Information Law in Ireland written by Maeve McDonagh and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to provide a clear and detailed explanation of the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1997. It begins with a discussion of the development of freedom of information laws internationally, both at domestic and international levels. The history of the Act in Ireland is then explored. Many of the Act's provisions are based on those of corresponding Australian and Canadian legislation. The book, therefore, draws extensively from the interpretation of such provisions in those jurisdictions. The relationship of the Act with existing Irish legislation relating to access to government information is also explained. The main focus of the book is upon the substance of the Act itself. It concentrates on the four main elements of the Act: * The right of access to government records * The duty of public bodies to publish information relating to their activities * The right to have incorrect personal records amended * The right to be given reasons for administrative decisions.
Download or read book Freedom of Information Law written by Maeve McDonagh and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of Freedom of Information Law provides the user with a clear and comprehensive analysis of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, referring to decisions of the Information Commissioner and of the courts as well as to overseas FOI decisions. It also covers the separate legislative regime for access to environmental information. New to this edition * Deals with the Freedom of Information Act 2014 which replaces the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 - 2003 * Features numerous new decisions of the Information Commissioner * New High Court and Supreme Court decisions on FOI appeals are considered, including The Governors and Guardians Rotunda Hospital v Information Commissioner [2011] IESC 26, July 19, 2011. Key Features * An easy-to-understand reference that provides you with invaluable analysis and interpretation * A systematic and thorough explanation of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 * Up to date and including all important decisions of the Information Commissioner and case law * Each exemption provision is the subject of a full chapter * The system of review and appeal is thoroughly examined * Separate chapter on Access to Environmental Information * Explores in details the interplay between FOI and privacy/data protection Contents Background; The Freedom of Information Act 2014; Publication of Government Information, Records Management and Reasons for Administrative Decisions; Access; The Exemptions: General Issues; Meetings of the government; Deliberations of FOI bodies; Functions and Negotiations of FOI bodies; Parliamentary, Court and Certain Other Matters; Law Enforcement and Public Safety; Defence, Security and International Relations; Confidentiality; Commercially Sensitive Information Personal Information; Research and Natural Resources; Financial and Economic Interests of the State ; Enactments Relating to Non-Disclosure of Records; Access to and Amendment of Personal Records; Review and Enforcement;Access to Environmental Information; Freedom of Information and Data Protection; Freedom of Information and Archives About the author Professor Maeve McDonagh is an academic lawyer specialising in information law who has published widely in the field of information law. She has advised on the drafting and implementation of FOI legislation in various countries and she has been engaged as an expert on information law matters by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Professor McDonagh was Deputy Chair of the Press Council of Ireland from 2007 - 2013. In 2013, she was appointed by the Irish government to the FOI Implementation Review Group.
Download or read book Ireland and the Freedom of Information Act written by Maura Adshead and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces Ireland's introduction of FOI legislation and considers its use and operation from a series of perspectives, looking at the Irish experience in a truly international context
Download or read book Freedom of Information Law written by Maeve McDonagh and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives you a comprehensive explanation and analysis of the Freedom of Information Act. This book examines the background to the development of freedom of information legislation both in Ireland and internationally, and explores its interaction with other legislation relating to access to government information.
Download or read book Keeping Us in the Dark written by Brendan Ryan and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World s First Freedom of Information Act written by Juha Mustonen and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saving the Freedom of Information Act written by Margaret B. Kwoka and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Freedom of Information Act is vital for democratic accountability. Understanding who uses it is key to re-centering its oversight purposes.
Download or read book The politics of freedom of information written by Ben Worthy and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do governments pass freedom of information laws? The symbolic power and force surrounding FOI makes it appealing as an electoral promise but hard to disengage from once in power. However, behind closed doors compromises and manoeuvres ensure that bold policies are seriously weakened before they reach the statute book. The politics of freedom of information examines how Tony Blair's government proposed a radical FOI law only to back down in fear of what it would do. But FOI survived, in part due to the government's reluctance to be seen to reject a law that spoke of 'freedom', 'information' and 'rights'. After comparing the British experience with the difficult development of FOI in Australia, India and the United States – and the rather different cases of Ireland and New Zealand – the book concludes by looking at how the disruptive, dynamic and democratic effects of FOI laws continue to cause controversy once in operation.
Download or read book Troubling Transparency written by David E. Pozen and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, transparency is a widely heralded value, and the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is often held up as one of the transparency movement’s canonical achievements. Yet while many view the law as a powerful tool for journalists, activists, and ordinary citizens to pursue the public good, FOIA is beset by massive backlogs, and corporations and the powerful have become adept at using it for their own interests. Close observers of laws like FOIA have begun to question whether these laws interfere with good governance, display a deleterious anti-public-sector bias, or are otherwise inadequate for the twenty-first century’s challenges. Troubling Transparency brings together leading scholars from different disciplines to analyze freedom of information policies in the United States and abroad—how they are working, how they are failing, and how they might be improved. Contributors investigate the creation of FOIA; its day-to-day uses and limitations for the news media and for corporate and citizen requesters; its impact on government agencies; its global influence; recent alternatives to the FOIA model raised by the emergence of “open data” and other approaches to transparency; and the theoretical underpinnings of FOIA and the right to know. In addition to examining the mixed legacy and effectiveness of FOIA, contributors debate how best to move forward to improve access to information and government functioning. Neither romanticizing FOIA nor downplaying its real and symbolic achievements, Troubling Transparency is a timely and comprehensive consideration of laws such as FOIA and the larger project of open government, with wide-ranging lessons for journalism, law, government, and civil society.
Download or read book Freedom of Information written by Patrick Birkinshaw and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enacted in 2000 and in operation in the UK since 2005, the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has revealed information which has generated calls for constitutional reform. A massive 'information jurisprudence' has developed through the decisions of the Information Commissioner, the Information Tribunal and the courts. Governments' responses to the war on terror have involved increased resort to claims of national security and accompanying secrecy, but these developments have to exist alongside demands for FOI and transparency. FOI has to balance access to and protection of personal information, and major amendments have been made to the Data Protection Act in order to balance the competing demands of transparency and privacy. This detailed discussion of FOI laws and personal data laws examines the historical development of secrecy, national security and government, and their modern context.
Download or read book Freedom of Information written by Robert G. Vaughn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains articles examining freedom of information statutes, including those protecting government employees who expose official misconduct. Using United States laws as examples, the articles explore the relationship of these laws to administrative and constitutional theory in the United States. In addition, they demonstrate how varying conceptions of information illuminate the controversies in the application of these laws to the revolution in the electronic storage and retrieval of information. The articles allow the reader to speculate how the connection of these laws to liberal democratic theory explains their recent adoption in several countries and their international application.
Download or read book Information Law written by Charles Oppenheim and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Library, information and knowledge professionals are often at the front line of managing and monitoring their organisation’s legal compliance and have roles and responsibilities in both complying with the law and taking advantage of its provisions. To do their jobs effectively, they need not only to understand the law, but also to develop the skills, confidence and organisational policy frameworks to apply the law’s principles to their context of use. They need the knowledge and skills to help them decide what is acceptable and to develop appropriate risk aware approaches when things are not clear-cut. Information Law: Compliance for librarians, information professionals and knowledge managers provides an overview of important information law issues along with tools and guidance to help readers establish a framework so that their organisation can both comply with its legal responsibilities and support a suitably risk aware environment which optimises access and use. Based on the authors’ many years in professional practice and on their proven ‘Compliance Methodology’, it will help readers understand the legal issues that are central to the information they hold or that they wish to access.
Download or read book Freedom of Information written by Kelvin Smith and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes its title very seriously. It is a practical guide to the implementation of Freedom of Information Act 2000. Its combination of descriptions, checklists, models and practical examples will enable all those involved in the discharge of this important enactment to do so without fear or worry. Written by an expert at the National Archives, it avoids describing freedom of information in legal terms and instead focuses on implementation of the Freedom of Information Act from a user's point of view; pointing the reader to those parts of the Act which will affect implementation procedures. Time is running out in the countdown to full implementation of the Act by January 2005 so this practical guide provides the reader with all of the necessary information to make sure they are compliant in the most efficient manner possible covering both preparing for implementation (staffing infrastructure, action planning, records management and training) and actual implementation (use of IT, logging systems and handling requests). The book also includes an examination of how FOI links with other legislation such as Data Protection and Human Rights. Full of checklists and toolkits, the book also comes with free downloadable training materials. Key areas covered include: background to the act; the legislation; exemptions; publication schemes; enforcement and appeal; records management; data protection, human rights and other legislation; staffing and training; getting ready for Freedom of Information. (EDITOR).
Download or read book Freedom of Information written by Mr Michael Hunt and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the UK's Freedom of Information Act of 2005, which allows public right of access to information held by public authorities, considerable evidence has accumulated about the ways in which the Act has been applied in the interests of democracy and accountability. Until now, there has been little research into these findings at the local level of government. In this detailed review, leading experts in the field consider best practice regarding the operation of the Act, and examine how the Act has enabled the public to contribute to local decision making and debate local issues. The work of the Campaign to Protect Rural England is used as a case study to demonstrate how the work of interest groups may be affected. This timely work addresses the challenges of democracy and efficiency facing local services, and considers how the accountability of local authorities can best be ensured.
Download or read book Ireland and the Freedom of Information Act written by Maura Adshead and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces Ireland’s introduction of FOI legislation and considers its use and operation from a series of perspectives, looking at the Irish experience in a truly international context
Download or read book The Freedom of Information Officer s Handbook written by Paul Gibbons and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive guide to the practical management of freedom of information compliance, including interpretation of the Act as well as the Environmental Information Regulations.
Download or read book Freedom of Information written by Patrick Birkinshaw and published by Lexis Law Publishing (Va). This book was released on 1996 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous edition, 1st, published in 1988.
