Right to Information

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The legal right to request information from the government allows the public to follow government decision-making, participate in ensuring better decisions, and hold the government accountable.

Technical specifications: Institutions and activities related to the drafting, implementation, servicing, oversight, and enforcement of freedom of information/access to information/right to information laws. Note that general transparencyAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, transparency occurs when “government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the pub... More/information disclosure activities do not meet the requirements of this definition. Commitments are only tagged as Right to InformationThe legal right to request information from the government allows the public to follow government decision-making, participate in ensuring better decisions, and hold the government accountable. Techni... when there is an explicit reference to a freedom of information law.