EUObserver.com reports that the EU is set to tightly restrict its freedom-of-information rules just seven years after they were introduced, says an alliance of some 180 human rights organisations, transparency pressure groups and journalist unions, which have called on the European Parliament to apply the breaks to proposed legislation.
On the weekend a public letter signed by 56 investigative journalists and 131 groups including transparency and access-to-information campaigners and environmental NGOs warned that European Commission proposals that are set to be approved in the coming weeks will "substantially reduce the number of public documents" available upon request.
Under the new rules, originally proposed in 2008 and as of Tuesday (1 February) at committee stage before the parliament, only documents that are formally transmitted would be made available upon request to a member of the public.
Read more here: http://euobserver.com/9/31736
AIIM Opens Call for Speakers for AI+IM Global Summit 2026
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AIIM has opened its call for speakers for the AI+IM Global Summit 2026,
scheduled for April 28-30, 2026 in Baltimore, MD. There are no restrictions
on who ...
6 days ago
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