It’s been going on five years that Bermuda has talked about introducing Public Access to Information (PATI), our local flavour of a freedom of information act. And it seems that we may be on the home stretch, as Dr. Brown tabled the draft bill in the House of Assembly last week. It will be voted [...]
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Invisible PATI
May 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Bermuda Politics
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Public Access to Information
October 15th, 2009 · Comments Off · Accountability, Transparency
Six years after it was first announced by then-Premier Alex Scott, the Bermuda Government has published its draft freedom of information access (FOIA) law for public consultation. A successful public access to information law (PATI) would represent a significant step ahead in Bermuda’s development, so I encourage all Bermudians to read through it and to [...]
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