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The Regulatory Resource Center is designed to educate citizens on how they can become involved in the American regulatory process ("Advocacy Center") and to inform the public about the…
Subtitlted "Twenty Things You Can Do to Help Environmental Stakeholder Groups Talk More Effectively About Science, Culture, Professional Knowledge, and Community Wisdom, this online pamphlet is…
The Open Government Guide is a complete compendium of information on every American state's open records and open meetings laws. Each state's section is arranged according to a standard…
This review of the third conference of Living Knowledge: The International Science Shop Network, held in Paris, in September 2007, finds practioners of community-based research (CBR) engaging the…
Internet Governance explores new areas of economic activity, political debate and diplomatic negotiations, as well as constituting a new area scientific research and academic education. The goal of…
This report reviews the benefits and history of openness in the United States, as well as the classification of Government secrets, their oversight and impact on freedom of information. Chapter 3…
This database of information and resources on legal aid collects information on: international standards of legal aid, organization and management of a legal aid system, legal aid legislation, and…
The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform.…
The Sunlight Foundation promotes the goal of using the power of the Internet and new information technology to enable citizens to learn more about what their elected representatives are doing, and…
This news article reports on the U.S. delegation's announcement that it would not formally join the negotiations of a working group to the Aarhus Convention on the PRTR protocol. A source…