The Government, Mad Cows and the Public: Access to Information and the BSE Crisis

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-35
Author(s):  
Michael Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Public Access ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government

scholarly journals Performance of e-Governance in Indian Economy

2010 ◽  
pp. 46-50
Author(s):  
N. Swapna
Keyword(s):  
Time Delays ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Technology Policies

E-Governance or “electronic governance” is defined as the delivery of Government services and information to the public, using the electronic means including the dissemination of information to the people and the agencies. In India the concept ‘e-governance’ began with National Informatics Center’s efforts to connect all district headquarters though computers in 1980s. In 2002 it further proposed the setting up an Indian portal for public access to information on various aspects of government functioning. e-governance promotes the efficiency, enforces accountability, brings transparency in the working of the government system and reduces time delays; All important government policies are useful to people, e-governance also beneficial to the citizens. It involves technology, policies and infrastructure. This paper reveals the performance of e-governance in India in the context of its role in Agriculture sector, rural development and promoting social welfare.

Achieving Useful Government Accountability and Transparency Websites

2015 ◽  
pp. 26-48
Author(s):  
Deborah S. Carstens ◽  
Stephen Kies ◽  
Randy Stockman
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Government Spending ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Performance

With the transition from government to e-government, greater transparency in government accountability has occurred. However, state government budgets and performance reports are voluminous and difficult to understand by the average citizen. There is a need for government Websites to promote public trust while providing understandable, meaningful, and usable government accountability information. The public needs to have access to information that links the outcome of government spending so that government can be accountable for their spending. There are three fundamental functions for government: accountability, budgeting, and policy-making. The chapter discusses literature specifically relating to government accountability resulting in a checklist being developed to provide a mechanism for evaluation of government Websites from a technical and usability perspective. Therefore, it is not only important for a Website to have the government accountability information but to also display it in a useful and meaningful format understandable by citizens accessing the Website.

Accessing Democracy: The Critical Relationship between Academics and the Access to Information Act

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 613-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Kazmierski
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S

Parliament recognized the fundamental importance of protecting access to government information when it enacted the federal Access to Information Act. When the Act came into force on Canada Day 1983, Canada was just one of a handful of countries to have legislative protection of access to government information. Now, 27 years later, over 80 countries across the globe have enacted some form of access to information legislation.Although the world has followed Canada's lead in recognizing the importance of protecting access to government information, Canada has “fallen behind” (to borrow the descriptor used by journalist and author Stanley Tromp) and may even be “backsliding” (in the words of Laura Neuman of the Carter Center). What has gone wrong with the federal access regime? Why should legal studies scholars care? I address these questions in this article. I start by outlining the symbiotic role between academics and access to government information. I then identify three key factors that have contributed to the decline of the federal access regime: administrative resistance, legislative degeneration, and political indifference. Finally, I close by briefly discussing three ways in which scholars can continue to work to protect and promote access to information in Canada.Academics and AccessAcademics took the lead in advocating for access to government information in the 1960s and 1970s in Canada. One of the earliest advocates was Donald C. Rowat, a professor of Political Science at Carleton University. In a 1965 article entitled “How Much Administrative Secrecy?”, he summarized the key arguments in favour of protecting access to government information, writing Parliament and the public cannot hope to call the government to account without an adequate knowledge of what is going on; nor can they hope to participate in the decision-making process and contribute their talents to the formation of policy and legislation if that process is hidden from view.

scholarly journals Implementation of E-Government as a Public Service Innovation in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-79
Author(s):  
Ida Farida ◽  
Annisa Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

E-Government implementation is the use of technology, information, and communication to realize more efficient and effective government practices in the process of implementing public services in order to facilitate public access to information and create principles of accountability, transparency and good public participation in the Indonesian government. This study aims to explain the implementation of E-Government in Indonesia which encourages the development of information and data systems and is adapted to existing bureaucratic processes. The method used in this research is qualitative research methods. The results showed that public service innovation organized by the government of the Republic of Indonesia was able to create relationships between elements in a country online, not inline, so that efficiency and speed in public services was not only a symbol but a reality.

scholarly journals Lietuvos bibliotekų, archyvų ir muziejų prievolė teikti informaciją visuomenei: informavimas, informacijos teikimo įtvirtinimas Lietuvoje

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
Marija Stonkienė
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Public Access ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legal Obligation ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Protection Of Right ◽  
The Eu

Straipsnyje analizuojamas informacines paslaugas teikiančių institucijų – bibliotekų, archyvų ir muziejų – informacinės veiklos teisinis reguliavimas, aptariama savita teisės į informaciją užtikrinimo galimybė. Apžvelgus informacinių bibliotekų, archyvų ir muziejų veiklos aspektų teisinio ir politinio reguliavimo tendencijas Europos Sąjungoje, pastebima, kad šių institucijų veikla nereguliuojama privalomaisiais teisės aktais, joms nedeleguojamos teisiškai privalomos informacijos teikimo visuomenei prievolės. Informacinė bibliotekų, archyvų ir muziejų veikla Europos Sąjungoje orientuojama veiksmų programomis, šitaip siekiama bibliotekų, muziejų ir archyvų informacinės veiklos kooperavimo, efektyvaus informacijos visuomenės paslaugų teikimo. Lietuvoje bibliotekų, archyvų ir muziejų veiklą reglamentuojančiuose įstatymuose informacijos teikimo visuomenei prievolė nėra pabrėžiama, ji tik nurodoma, minima. Šių institucijų informacijos teikimo visuomenei veiklos reikšmingumo suvokimas Lietuvoje deklaruojamas politiniuose dokumentuose, pastebimas praktinėje veikloje, atitinkančioje Europos Sąjungos iniciatyvas ir planus.Straipsnyje atkreipiamas dėmesys į tai, kad tik archyvams netiesiogiai numatoma informacijos teikimo visuomenei prievolė. Ši archyvų prievolė grindžiama teisės į valstybės oficialią dokumentuotą informaciją ir archyvų informacijos laisvos, viešos prieigos teisės įtvirtinimu.Institutions of memory and culture in the public advising: Lithuanian legal regulation of the obligation of access to informationMarija Stonkienė SummaryThe article gives an analysis of the legal regulation of information activities of institutions that provide the access to information: libraries, museums, archives and discusses peculiarities of realization rights to access to information.Under reviewing trend of legal and political regulations in the EU author of the article gives on regulation of information activities of these institutions. According to analysis of documents author states that libraries, museums and archives haven’t any legal obligation to provide access to information to the public, because there are no compulsory rules to regulate their information activities.Special action programs are used to stimulate cooperation in information activities and to encourage of information society services.Lithuanian legal regulation of information activities of libraries, museums, archives does not provide for any obligation of access to information. In the special legal regulation this obligation is only indicated and mentioned.Importance of access to information, that memory and culture institutions affords for the public, is declared in the political documents and asserted in the practice, that correspond to EU initiatives and plans.The article reveals that the obligation of access to information only for archives fixed in legal protection of right to access to governance information and right to free, public access to archives’ information.

scholarly journals Kinerja Dinas Perindustrian Dan Perdagangan (DISPERINDAG) Dalam Video Informasi Untuk Memberdayakan Industri Kecil Dan Menengah Di Kabupaten Tangerang

CICES ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Ari Eviawan ◽  
Falday Kurniawan ◽  
Akhirul Agustian
Keyword(s):  
Service Industry ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Design ◽  
Effective Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Industry And Commerce ◽  
Adobe Premiere

The current openness allows access to information information can be easily retrieved whenever and wherever. The information is important, because with information people will get all it wants. Dissemination of information is spread through the media print shaped electronic media atupun multimedia, from the media that the public can obtain information. Department of industry and trade (Disperindag) is one of the Government agencies fields of industry and commerce, Service industry and trade (Disperindag) which is new and still use the spoken and written media, education and exhibition website but the less effective media to inform and introduce the Department of industry and trade (Disperindag), the Department of industry and trade (Disperindag) in need of video media information to support a variety of activities such as informing the public at large to medium size businesses that intend to show the efforts of medium or home industry. On the concept of there stages of preproduction, production and postproduction. In order for video-based media design producing good information and good quality used applications supporting adobe photoshop CS3, Adobe Premiere CS3 and afterb effek CS3.

scholarly journals Sunshine, Scrutiny, and Spending Review in Canada, Trudeau to Trudeau: From Program Evaluation and Policy to Commitment and Results

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rod Dobell ◽  
David Zussman
Keyword(s):  
Policy Formation ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Privy Council ◽  
Evaluation Practices ◽  
Liberal Government ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Ongoing Evaluation ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making

AbstractThis review surveys experience with evaluation practices in the Government of Canada since the mid-1960s, particularly with respect to spending reviews, concluding that there is little reason to expect any direct link from ongoing evaluation practices to Cabinet decisions.  The renewed commitment to evidence-based decision-making announced by the new Liberal government is unlikely to change this conclusion.  The introduction of Deliverology as a support function centered in the Privy Council Office shifts attention from policy formation to implementation and program delivery, with important emphasis on innovation and adaptation.  But the crucial challenge still rests in achieving greater public access to information, and greater inclusiveness in decision processes.   Résumé:Cet article fait état du rôle de l’évaluation au niveau du Gouvernement du Canada depuis le milieu des années 1960. En particulier, il analyse le lien entre l’évaluation et les exercices de révision budgétaire, concluant qu’il a peu de raison d’attendre de l’évaluation qu’elle ait une influence directe sur les décisions du Cabinet. L’engagement renouvelé du nouveau gouvernement libéral à ce que les décisions soient fondées sur les connaissances ne changera probablement cette conclusion. L’introduction de la résultologie, comme une fonction en support au Bureau du Conseil Privé, détourne l’attention de la conception des politiques vers l’implantation et l’exécution des programmes, en mettant l’accent sur l’innovation et l’adaptation. L’enjeu principal reste toutefois le même, de réussir à améliorer l’accès public à l’information, et à être plus inclusif dans les processus décisionnels.  

Achieving Useful Government Accountability and Transparency Websites

2014 ◽  
pp. 19-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah S. Carstens ◽  
Stephen Kies ◽  
Randy Stockman
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Government Spending ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Performance

With the transition from government to e-government, greater transparency in government accountability has occurred. However, state government budgets and performance reports are voluminous and difficult to understand by the average citizen. There is a need for government Websites to promote public trust while providing understandable, meaningful, and usable government accountability information. The public needs to have access to information that links the outcome of government spending so that government can be accountable for their spending. There are three fundamental functions for government: accountability, budgeting, and policy-making. The chapter discusses literature specifically relating to government accountability resulting in a checklist being developed to provide a mechanism for evaluation of government Websites from a technical and usability perspective. Therefore, it is not only important for a Website to have the government accountability information but to also display it in a useful and meaningful format understandable by citizens accessing the Website.

Company records in Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Pui King Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Company Record ◽  
Journalism Students ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of company record for journalist when investigating projects relating to conflict of interest that occurs in Hong Kong and in and connected with China. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes what company records are available, and how they are accessible for the public in Hong Kong. It then compares with the company record accessibility in China. The paper uses investigative projects done by the author and other journalists to illustrate how the records are significant. Some of the investigative projects that are related to China are used to illuminate the importance for the company record in Hong Kong for investigating issues in China. Findings Hong Kong maintains an efficient access to the company record that benefits the journalists for probing into the issues of conflict of interest. This efficient system has faced threats when the government proposed to withdraw some of the important records from the general public access. Originality/value This paper will be of interest to journalists and journalism students and scholars who are interested to know the practical uses of company records. Policymakers will also learn from this paper that a restriction in the public access to the company record will make a huge impact to the justice-seeking journalist work.

scholarly journals Public Access to Primary Legal Information in China: Challenges and Opportunities

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaomeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The Public ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Chinese Official ◽  
The Government

AbstractDespite a lack of a national legislation that mandates open government information in the People's Republic of China, each major government branch has taken proactive efforts to make primary legal information issued within their power available to the public. A close examination of Chinese official legal information portals on the national level reveal issues such as a lack of uniformity and a lack of access to authenticated primary legal information. This article, by Xiaomeng Zhang1, proposes a solution that would not only offer more consistent guidelines for the government but would empower the public to assert their right to primary legal information more powerfully and effectively.

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