E-raamat: Open Government in a Theoretical and Practical Context [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

Drawn largely from those delivered at the Public Information Administration Committee Research Workshop on Freedom of Information of April 2005 at Durham University, these papers analyze the meaning of secrecy and is purpose in government and the related issue of privacy. Topics include a report on the first three months of the Freedom of Information Act, the potential benefits of freedom of information, local government and access to information, public accountability and whistle-blowing, the effects of the Hutton Report on the death of Dr. David Kelly, who informed the BBC the government may have been misinformed about Iraq, the role of special advisers in British central government, a perspective from the Committee on Standards in Public Life, the impact of freedom of information on archives, Electronic government and information intensity and their challenges to citizenship, and in a concluding essay, the theoretical and practical contexts of open government. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)