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freedom of information

This is the first post about freedom of information. Here are some important links to different reports about freedom of information. The next phase would be reading and analyzing these reports. So stay tuned:

· Privacy International – Report about freedom of information around the world 2006 - http://www.privacyinternational.org/foi/foisurvey2006.pdf

· UN - http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/26159/12054862803freedom_information_en.pdf/freedom_information_en.pdf

· US government - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07441.pdf

· UNESCO – Freedom of Information around the world 2006 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/26159/12054862803freedom_information_en.pdf/freedom_information_en.pdf

· Council of Europe - http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Reports/Html/164.htm

· UK – FOI act - http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/freedomofinformationquarterly.htm

· UK – Annual Report 2007 in the UK about freedom of information - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/foi-report-2007-final-web.pdf

· US Department of Justice - Reading Rooms - http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/04_2.html