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Resources Year '2008'

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal law that gives the public the right to make requests for United States federal agency records. All federal agencies, including the U.S.…
Terms of Use are rules set up by the owner of a given type of intellectual property, such as the content appearing on a website, to govern how the content may be legally used. They let the viewer…
The White House CEQ Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Center provides basic instructions on obtaining information through FOIA requests for CEQ documents. Pursuant to the FOIA and Executive Order…
W3C has launched a forum for governments, citizens, researchers, and other stakeholders to investigate how best to use Web technology for good governance and citizen participation. eGovernment refers…
The City of Chicago's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request form (7/31/03) provides one model of the type of information needed by a municipal agency to process a FOIA request.
The Latvian national webpage of the Aarhus Clearinghouse contains a calendar, documents, links, press information, projects, contacts and Your Question, a feature inviting readers to post questions…
WRI’s new book Voice and Choice: Opening the Door to Environmental Democracy looks at the progress governments have made in providing access to environmental decision-making. In the hope of…
On 27-29 May 2008 Aarhus Centre Georgia in cooperation with the Marneuli Public Environmental Information Centre held seminars for the local teachers and schoolchildren. The aim of the seminars was…
Georgian Center for the Conservation of Wildlife (GCCW) is a not-for-profit, non-political, non-governmental organization to encourage biodiversity conservation activities in Georgia. Is mission is…
The United States federal government makes an overwhelming amount of data publicly available each year. Laws require these disclosures in the name of transparency and accountability, however, the…