Talk:Freedom of information laws by country

Israel

The article on Israel's FOIA seems to be a rambling piece about some individual's experience, with no sources cited. Also, using it as an advertisement for some organization at the end. Should probably be largely truncated. --12.47.208.58 (talk) 11:13, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Though the article seems to be based on some individual's experience it is probably indicative of the reality on the ground.Such articles should only be rephrased rather than truncated.

Jacki Moon (talk) 10:21, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

If you look below you will see my post on the NPOV of this section, honestly Jacki it very well MAY be the situation "on the ground", however, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. We should only include information that is verifiable. ☠  Travis "TeamColtra" McCrea ☠ - (T)(C) 05:11, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

as an israeli lawyer, i think this content is not exact, and is also contrary to the hebrew version. i am trying to edit this to a more balanced version. 77.127.248.219 (talk) 08:05, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Israel POV

You can all check my edit history I am not someone who is out to defend Israel every chance I get, I am not anti-Israel or anti-Palistine or any of that, honestly I just want people to love and not kill each other. That being said, I edited out some weasel and POV words from the section (and left a couple to show what I mean). The entire thing lists only one source and that one source isn't actually a source to a neutral article. This isn't encylopedic it's editorialized.

I suggest that sources be found, or that we remove all the NNPOV stuff (which would leave mainly the first couple of sentences. ☠  Travis "TeamColtra" McCrea ☠ - (T)(C) 04:26, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

I agree with this assessment. Some stuff came up on a Google search. To be honest, I'm not sure I have time to parse through it all.--RealZero (talk) 23:37, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Ambiguous phrasing.

Consider the pronoun "it" in the following sentence. There is an unclear antecedent for this pronoun.

"The purpose of the Privacy Act is to extend the present laws of Canada that protect the privacy of individuals with respect to personal information about themselves held by a federal government institution and that provide individuals with a right of access to that information. It is a Crown copyright." — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Lincoln (talk • contribs) 00:20, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Purpose Section?

Can we add a purpose section or modify the introduction? I made some edits to the open government page that might be ported here. One of the main reasons freedom of information legislation is advanced is to improve transparency in government. To that end this may be useful:

Transparency in government is often credited with generating government accountability. Transparency often allows citizens of a democracy to control their government while reducing government corruption, bribery, and other malfeasance. Some commentators contend that an open, transparent government allows for the dissemination information, which in turn helps produce greater knowledge and societal progress.--RealZero (talk) 23:20, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

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Self Link in Unites States section

In section 2.71 "United States," there is a link that redirects to the top of the page:

"Some states expand government transparency through open meeting laws, which require government meetings to be announced in advance and held publicly." 75.129.99.34 (talk) 00:32, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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Brazil

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Legislation Brazil Transparente / Law of access to informationː

• Legislation Brazil with transparent information = http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2011/lei/l12527.htm
• Brazil access to information = http://www.acessoainformacao.gov.br/assuntos/conheca-seu-direito/a-lei-de-acessoa-a-informacao
• Brazil Transparency Public / Transparent Brazil = http://www.cgu.gov.br/assuntos/transparencia-publica/brasil-transparente/o-programa
• Brazil Transparent Legislation exists since the 90's, there are approximately 20 or 30 laws that are in force in Brazil.

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Translation of Brazil Transparency Public / Transparent Brazil = http://www.cgu.gov.br/assuntos/transparencia-publica/brasil-transparente/o-programa Ana Gauna (talk) 23:33, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

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Transparency and access to information are foreseen as citizens' rights and the duty of the State in our Federal Constitution and in various regulations, such as the Fiscal Responsibility Law - LRF (Complementary Law no. 101/00), the Transparency Law Complementary Law No. 131/09), and, more recently, the Law on Access to Information - LAI (Law 12.527/11).

With the approval of the Access to Information Law, Brazil guaranteed the citizen the broad right to any document or information produced or guarded by the State that is not personal and is not protected by secrecy.

Mandatory compliance for all governmental entities, this Law has great impacts on public management and requires, for its effective implementation, the adoption of a series of measures that can be aided by the CGU, through the Brazil Transparente program.

In this sense, the CGU issued Decree No. 277, of February 7, 2013, which established the Brasil Transparente program.

Goals

The Brasil Transparente Program has as main objectives:

I - promote a more transparent public administration open to social participation;

II - to support the adoption of measures for the implementation of the Law on Access to Information and other legal acts on transparency;

III - to educate and empower public servants to act as agents of change in the implementation of a culture of access to information;

IV - to contribute to the improvement of public management through the enhancement of transparency, access to information and citizen participation;

V - to promote the use of new technologies and creative and innovative solutions to open governments and increase transparency and social participation;

VI - disseminate the Law on Access to Information and encourage its use by citizens;

VII - encourage the publication of data in an open format on the Internet;

VIII - to promote the exchange of information and experiences relevant to the development and promotion of public transparency and access to information.

Services

From the Brasil Transparente Program, support for the implementation of the Access to Information Law and the increase of public transparency will be achieved through the following actions:

I - Seminars, courses and training on transparency and access to information, both face-to-face and virtual, aimed at public agents;

II - Assignment by the CGU of the source code of the electronic system of the Citizen Information Service (e-SIC) and technical support in the implementation of the system;

III - Preparation and distribution of technical and guidance material on the Law on Access to Information and other legal acts on transparency;

IV - Promotion of campaigns and actions to disseminate the Access to Information Law to society;

V - Support for the development of Transparency Portals on the Internet;

VI - Other related activities.

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SEO link spam

I noticed that the link in the section on US referring to the movie An Unreasonable Man seems to be SEO spam because the domain has been acquired by another business. I don't know what the best policy is because I'm not experienced editing wikipedia so just flagging it up.

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Aeticle issues and classification

This article has had several source issues since 2010, including section "need to be updated", 2017 "article factual accuracy", inline "citation needed" and "neutrality is disputed", and "external links cleanup" (2013) tags.

The criteria #1 states; The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited., and #4, The article is reasonably well-written. Reassess the article to C-class.

External links

There are thirty-six entries, in nine subsections, in the "External links". Three seems to be an acceptable number and of course, everyone has their favorite to add for four. The problem is that none is needed for article promotion.

• ELpoints #3) states: Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum. A lack of external links or a small number of external links is not a reason to add external links.
• LINKFARM states: There is nothing wrong with adding one or more useful content-relevant links to the external links section of an article; however, excessive lists can dwarf articles and detract from the purpose of Wikipedia. On articles about topics with many fansites, for example, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate.
• WP:ELMIN: Minimize the number of links.
• WP:ELCITE: ...access dates are not appropriate in the external links section. Do not use {{cite web}} or other citation templates in the External links section. Citation templates are permitted in the Further reading section.
• WP:ELBURDEN: Disputed links should be excluded by default unless and until there is a consensus to include them. -- Otr500 (talk) 12:02, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

freedom

is you them & I 174.250.209.240 (talk) 00:38, 19 October 2023 (UTC)