This is what most freedom of information laws in other countries have attempted to do.
Freedom of information laws should be amended so that minutes of Cabinet meetings are kept private, the out-going cabinet secretary has said.
Sir Muir was asked by MPs why he didn't ask specifically if e-mails had been deleted, something that could contravene Freedom of Information laws.
But, also as with those laws and indeed, with government freedom of information laws in general individuals will have to be determined and persistent to exercise their rights.
The publication of millions of potentially contentious expenses claims in July, under Freedom of Information laws, has prompted speculation that some MPs will be forced to stand down.
Most established democracies passed freedom of information laws years ago.
Ministers have been ordered to publish the confidential Whitehall document, which outlines the potential risks of government proposals to reshape the NHS in England, under Freedom of Information laws.
The GYLA report said papers requested under the country's freedom of information laws only resulted in the partial release of some documents, while other documents on the public record were not released at all.
The Times had asked the New York Police Department for the information in 2010 under freedom of information laws and been denied but a state court in November 2011 decided in favor of the paper seeing those databases.
Matching a row over MPs' expenses in Britain, Greenland has been agog at revelations about politicians' extravagant lifestyles produced by journalists using freedom-of-information laws.
Labour would apply freedom of information (FoI) laws to private firms working for the government, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan has said.
In the Freedom of Information Act, data protection laws, Scottish and Welsh devolution, and even the attempt to invest citizens with fundamental human rights we can see concrete evidence of good intent.
Mr. Reagan, however, ensured that Interpol was subject to constitutional protections (notably, the Fourth Amendment's prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures) and U.S. laws (including the Freedom of Information Act).
Those representing public employees (and inquisitive journalists) have been helped by state laws on the freedom of information.
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