knowledge, new information and its application hold the key of intense impact on overall productivity gains. Almost every society has made endeavors for democratizing knowledge resources by way of putting in place the mechanisms for free flow of information and ideas so that people can access them without asking for it. People are thus empowered to make proper choices for participation in development process. Every individual or section of society requires wide range of information to be able to
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The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI) is an Act of the Parliament of India "to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens." The Act applies to all States and Union Territories of India except the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir has its own act called Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009. Under the provisions of the Act, any citizen may request information from a "public authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State")
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TRANPARENCY IN GOVERNANCE IS THE ULTIMATE KEY TO REFORMS INTRODUCTION India is a developing country. There have been innumerable barriers addressed so far which require the expansion of reforms in India. The barriers are corruption, illiteracy, unemployment, poverty, culture, religion, caste, etc. In such diverse environments, it is vital to have an effective and tolerant government and sustain development. Indians are well aware of good governance but are curtailed by these innumerable barriers
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for Information Your address [Insert date] The Central / State Public Information Officer Name of the relevant public authority Address (You can submit this request to the Manager(Customer care centre) of a designated post-office-in respect of Central Government departments having no offices in your place of stay.)* Request under the Right to Information Act
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for Information Your address [Insert date] The Central / State Public Information Officer Name of the relevant public authority Address (You can submit this request to the Manager(Customer care centre) of a designated post-office-in respect of Central Government departments having no offices in your place of stay.)* Request under the Right to Information Act
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Why there’s a need to pass into law the Freedom of Information Bill? For me, the Freedom of Information Bill should be pass into law, because this bill is the most significant and very important law to our country, because it promotes good governance, accountability and to have transparency so we can prevent corruption and also every citizen has a legal right of access to information, records and documents held by the government and other public functions and authorities
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Part 1 (Preferably 250 words) (may be able to refer to freedom act as FOI) Further information regarding the decision made by the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) to remove ‘Healthwart’ may be available for Gonzo to review and potentially utilise. The Freedom of Information Act 1982 provides the basis for the right to access information. The right to access is provided in section 11 of the aforementioned act with subsection (1)(a) providing a right to access a document of an agency
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reasons why organisations collect different types of information. One of them is meeting legal requirements. In order to satisfy legal obligations we collect such as information as hours worked to prove how many hours employees have worked (Working Times Regulations), pay rates to show pay details of the employee (Minimum Wage Act). Eligibility to work in UK is also a legal requirement and organisation need to have evidence of this. All this information enable employer to monitor legislation compliance
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CASE STUDY 2 AN INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY BREACH AT FIRST FREEDOM CREDIT UNION Introduction The case is about an information system security breach at First Freedom Credit Union, a financial institution in the Southern part of the United States. First Choice Credit Union (FFCU has seven branches located throughout the metropolitan area. One branch is located at the FFFCU headquarters. Most employees at the FFCU has at least 5 years of service. The credit card information of 200,000 members
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Name Instructor: Course Date: Pros and Cons of Freedom of Speech The freedom of speech is a political right of every human being to communicate their own ideas or opinions, using their body, or property to any other person who is ready and willing to receive them. This right is also synonymously used with the freedom of expression. Under the freedom of rights, the right to seek or receive information or impart any information regardless of medium of transformation is limited. This right as
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