RE: [hr-wsis] Free Our Data campaign

Hi Bill

I have just discovered with a great shock that in Angola one has to pay US$ 1,000.00 to consult the Government Gazette online for issues up to 2002.

For 2002-2004, you have to pay the US$ 1,000.00 plus a monthly fee of US$ 20.

The year 2005 is still not available!!

Could anyone share some thoughts on this in terms of access to information instruments and legislation?

Regards,

Rui

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill McIver [mailto:Bill.McIver@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca]
Sent: 16 March 2006 15:18
To: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
Subject: [hr-wsis] Free Our Data campaign

This is an Article 27 (1) issue...

What price information?

What price information? The launch of a campaign to stop government agencies charging for data collected with taxpayers' money has drawn a huge response. Charles Arthur and Michael Cross report

Thursday March 16, 2006
The Guardian

See http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1731386,00.html

WJM

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Bill McIver

People-Centred Technologies group

National Research Council Canada  Institute for Information Technology

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