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Showing 1 to 20 of 369 for “"Access to Information"”.
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Improving Access to Information through Conceptual Classification
Overwhelming the users with large amount of information on the Web has resulted in users' inability to find the information and their dissatisfaction with available information searching and filtering systems. On the other hand, the information is distributed over many websites and a large part of …
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Privatisation and public access to information in the united Kingdom
… relationship between privatisation and public access to official information in the United Kingdom. Through a combination of theoretical and empirical analysis, it addresses two main questions: (1) How does privatisation, broadly defined to include outsourcing, affect information access under …
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Right of access to information and its limitation by national security in Nigeria: mutually inclusive or exclusive?
… freedom of expression, including the right to receive and impart information. Also, the domestication of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights' makes the Charter's protections for access to information part of Nigerian law. Indeed, sections 39(3) and 45(1) of the Constitution …
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Equity of Access to Information: A Comparative Exploration of Library Accessibility and Information Access From Differently-Able Patrons' Perspectives
<p>The government and information agencies designed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and statements of Intellectual Freedom to help ensure the inalienable right to access information. While these documents were not designed with physical access in mind, they establish the principle of equity …
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Exploring corporate communications gaps in public institutions necessitating access to information law in Zambia : the case of Zambia revenue authority
… Zambia, whether public or private, are expected to effectively communicate with their various stakeholders. It is ideally expected that these organisations will keep their stakeholders well informed about what is happening in their respective organisations more especially that most of them have …
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Exploring corporate communications gaps in public institutions necessitating access to information law in Zambia : the case of Zambia revenue authority
… Zambia, whether public or private, are expected to effectively communicate with their various stakeholders. It is ideally expected that these organisations will keep their stakeholders well informed about what is happening in their respective organisations more especially that most of them have …
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Effects of access to information on farmer's market channel choice: The Case of Potato in Tiraque Sub-watershed (Cochabamba - Bolivia)
In Bolivia, potato production and marketing is important for farmers' livelihoods and anecdotal information shows that cell phones and women are extremely important in the potato marketing chain. Efforts to improve incomes of poor highland potato producers should recognize roles of different actors …
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Contemporary copyright fair dealing management issues and their impact on access to information sources and services : South African academic libraries in the transition to the digital environment
… whether licensing agreements effectively inhibit access to digital content and whether there is a need to establish an equivalent to the fair dealing exemption in the digital environment. The protection that is accorded to digital content is complex. An empirical survey based on qualitative method …
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The Applicability of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 and Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 to the South African Legal Practice Council
Section 33 of the Constitution guarantees to everyone the right to just administrative action that is lawful, reasonable and procedurally fair. The Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 (“PAJA”) was promulgated to give effect to give effect to this fundamental right as envisaged in s …
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Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga.
That there is power in information is not disputable. Information empowers marginalised and impoverished citizens to engage with the state thus ensuring their inclusion in the governance and policy processes culminating in the realisation of their socio economic rights. Conversely, in spite of the …
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The use of social media sites to obtain information on job applicants in the recruitment process
… Republic of South Africa provides for the right to privacy. This constitutional right includes the right not to have one’s person or home searched; one’s property searched, and one’s possessions seized. In addition, the right to privacy includes the right not to have the privacy of communications …
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The First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights to access equal information in America's public schools
… both domestic and world affairs call upon us to rethink the way we develop and prepare our country’s citizens. Unfortunately, countless students in school districts across the Nation daily receive unequal access to information in school, resulting from the inequitable distribution of resources …
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Seeking access to environmental information in South Africa : a critical review of the relevant legal framework and jurisprudence
… Africa's natural environment has been linked to the exponential growth in anthropogenic pressures associated with urban life. In the wake of dire water shortages and the onslaught of climate change, reports have shown increased environmental degradation and evidence of decreasing water, soil …
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MOCI : Museum of contemporary information
As the internet is becoming the primary point of access to information, we are confronted with new issues related to information retrieval. These include who has access to information, credibility of sources, and most importantly, how to sift through the massive quantities of available information. …
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A lei de acesso à informação na perpectiva dos concluintes do curso de Arquivologia da Universidade Federal da Paraíba do período 2014.1
The research analyzes the knowledge about Access to Information Law from Archivology's final period's students of Universidade Federal da Paraíba, the goals are: outline student’s profile; what they understand about the Law; check how they use what they know about it. The research is descriptive …
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