"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to support a change to the law to make companies owned two thirds or more by public authorities subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000."
PLEASE SIGN: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/publiccompanies/
See also more details on the Number 10 Petition site.
Submitted by John Cross of Confirm or Deny – Deadline to sign up by: 23 January 2009
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Saturday, 11 October 2008
Access to Information Held by Public Companies
Petition Coming Soon... on Number 10 website - I hope!
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to support a change to the law to make companies owned two thirds or more by public authorities subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to support a change to the law to make companies owned two thirds or more by public authorities subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Friday, 10 October 2008
I Believe in Open
"I Believe In Open is a national movement to increase government transparency in Canada. We're organizing citizens to push politicians to make five commitments..."
http://ibelieveinopen.ca/about/
1. Support reforms that increase government transparency and accountability.
2. Make campaign promises specific and measurable, and report progress on promises and their metrics at least semi-annually.
3. Publish the content of his or her daily schedule, including meetings with lobbyists and special interest groups.
4. Support reforms allowing free access to scientific and survey data gathered by government institutions.
5. Support reforms that make it easier for Canadians to obtain government information they have a right to know.
http://ibelieveinopen.ca/about/
1. Support reforms that increase government transparency and accountability.
2. Make campaign promises specific and measurable, and report progress on promises and their metrics at least semi-annually.
3. Publish the content of his or her daily schedule, including meetings with lobbyists and special interest groups.
4. Support reforms allowing free access to scientific and survey data gathered by government institutions.
5. Support reforms that make it easier for Canadians to obtain government information they have a right to know.
Sunday, 5 October 2008
WhatDidTheyKnow?
We know most about human history for times and places where people wrote things down, what they wrote down was kept, and we can still read what they wrote. Paper is pretty fragile really but seemingly digital records are even more fragile.
"In one study published in the journal Science, 13% of Internet references in scholarly articles were inactive after only 27 months." 1
I have recently become interested in the UK Web Archiving Consortium. This is a publicly funded consortium whose members include the National Archives and the British Library. They archive "important" blogs and websites, not necessarily official ones, take for example the "Not the Alan Milburn" blog:
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/11864/20051003/alanmilburn.blogspot.com/index.html
Sometimes it's interesting to see what a politician said then compared to what they are saying now or you might want to record the terms and conditions page for an offer that seems to good to be true. If you just want to archive one page as it is now then why not check out http://www.webcitation.org.
"In one study published in the journal Science, 13% of Internet references in scholarly articles were inactive after only 27 months." 1
I have recently become interested in the UK Web Archiving Consortium. This is a publicly funded consortium whose members include the National Archives and the British Library. They archive "important" blogs and websites, not necessarily official ones, take for example the "Not the Alan Milburn" blog:
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/11864/20051003/alanmilburn.blogspot.com/index.html
Sometimes it's interesting to see what a politician said then compared to what they are saying now or you might want to record the terms and conditions page for an offer that seems to good to be true. If you just want to archive one page as it is now then why not check out http://www.webcitation.org.
Saturday, 9 August 2008
Wales Audit Inspection Dates are Published
The Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2005 require that accounts and other documents of local authorities in Wales must be available for public inspection (by electors of that authority) for 20 working days before the date appointed by the auditor. The Wales Audit Office have recently published a list of dates in response to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Response email from Wales Audit Office
Dates of Inspection for Public Authorities in Wales
The inspection period runs for twenty working days from the date listed in the document (15 for probation trusts and probation boards).
The list includes inspection dates for:
Response email from Wales Audit Office
Dates of Inspection for Public Authorities in Wales
The inspection period runs for twenty working days from the date listed in the document (15 for probation trusts and probation boards).
The list includes inspection dates for:
- fire authorities
- joint committees
- local authorities
- national park authorities
- pension funds
- police authorities
- probation boards
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Support transparent lobbying
Get your MP to sign this Early Day Motion: EDM 1637 - Transparency in Lobbying
"That this House notes the strong public cynicism about the influence of corporate lobbyists on British politics; further notes that individuals and organisations engaging in lobbying activities are able to do so effectively hidden from public scrutiny; remains concerned that lobbyists are not subject to levels of scrutiny similar to that which political parties and politicians have been subject since 2000; believes that greater transparency over the activities of lobbyists and their relations with hon. Members is needed to help restore trust in hon. Members and Parliament; and therefore calls for a mandatory register of individuals and organisations that are involved in lobbying hon. Members and civil servants and the introduction of an enforceable code of ethics for lobbying activities to ensure their transparency."
103 MPs have already signed up.
You can write to your MP using http://www.writetothem.com/
"That this House notes the strong public cynicism about the influence of corporate lobbyists on British politics; further notes that individuals and organisations engaging in lobbying activities are able to do so effectively hidden from public scrutiny; remains concerned that lobbyists are not subject to levels of scrutiny similar to that which political parties and politicians have been subject since 2000; believes that greater transparency over the activities of lobbyists and their relations with hon. Members is needed to help restore trust in hon. Members and Parliament; and therefore calls for a mandatory register of individuals and organisations that are involved in lobbying hon. Members and civil servants and the introduction of an enforceable code of ethics for lobbying activities to ensure their transparency."
103 MPs have already signed up.
You can write to your MP using http://www.writetothem.com/
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