Information Policy

IDN ccTLD Request from the Republic of Belarus Successfully Passes String Evaluation

ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLD string for the Republic of Belarus.

Details of the successful evaluation are provided here: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion

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Most countries at least pay lip service to the principles of free exchange of information and freedom of speech in their constitutions, but who’s actually applying that to the internet in Africa right now?

While we’re always excited about the potential for the internet to improve lives and shift economies on the continent, it’s always worth stepping back and remembering that in a lot of places it’s yet another tool for oppression.

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The article reviews a new public administration paradigm - Open Government in the governance reform context. The authors provide a definition of the term Open Government and analyze international practices in implementing and evaluating the openness. The article suggests a new conceptual vision of the public administration reform based on the openness values and principles in Russia. The articles structure is determined by the authors goal to justify the necessity to move to a new public administration paradigm in times of information society.

His Excellency Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General of the United Nations
United Nations Headquarters
New York, NY 10017

CC: Amina J. Mohammed, Assistant Secretary General

Dear Mr. Secretary General,

We write to you as a coalition of civil society organisations committed to sustainable development, to urge you to highlight the importance of the right to information, free media, and the protection of civil society organisations’ ability to organise and engage in your upcoming stocktaking report on the Sustainable Development Goals to the General Assembly.

We welcome your recent announcement on the creation of an Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development. However, as experts and practitioners in the field, we feel strongly that the data revolution cannot succeed without substantial improvement in the openness of governments to their people and an improved and enabling environment for civic space that allow individuals, civil society and communities to know, speak, engage and operate freely. To achieve this, the rights to freedom of information, free media, freedom of association, and freedom of peaceful assembly must be fully recognised and enabled.

By Emma Clark

The inventor of the world wide web said he is fighting a growing battle to keep the internet out of the hands of powerful people who threaten its freedom.

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Who’s censoring the internet in Africa?

Most countries at least pay lip service to the principles of free exchange of information and freedom of speech in their constitutions, but who’s actually applying that to the internet in Africa right now?

While we’re always excited about the potential for the internet to improve lives and shift economies on the continent, it’s always worth stepping back and remembering that in a lot of places it’s yet another tool for oppression.

Continue reading "Who’s censoring the internet in Africa?" »

The article reviews a new public administration paradigm - Open Government in the governance reform context. The authors provide a definition of the term Open Government and analyze international practices in implementing and evaluating the openness. The article suggests a new conceptual vision of the public administration reform based on the openness values and principles in Russia. The articles structure is determined by the authors goal to justify the necessity to move to a new public administration paradigm in times of information society.

His Excellency Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General of the United Nations
United Nations Headquarters
New York, NY 10017

CC: Amina J. Mohammed, Assistant Secretary General

Dear Mr. Secretary General,

We write to you as a coalition of civil society organisations committed to sustainable development, to urge you to highlight the importance of the right to information, free media, and the protection of civil society organisations’ ability to organise and engage in your upcoming stocktaking report on the Sustainable Development Goals to the General Assembly.

We welcome your recent announcement on the creation of an Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development. However, as experts and practitioners in the field, we feel strongly that the data revolution cannot succeed without substantial improvement in the openness of governments to their people and an improved and enabling environment for civic space that allow individuals, civil society and communities to know, speak, engage and operate freely. To achieve this, the rights to freedom of information, free media, freedom of association, and freedom of peaceful assembly must be fully recognised and enabled.

By Emma Clark

The inventor of the world wide web said he is fighting a growing battle to keep the internet out of the hands of powerful people who threaten its freedom.

Continue reading "Freedom of the internet ‘under threat’" »

Open governance: problems and prospects for Russia

The article reviews a new public administration paradigm - Open Government in the governance reform context. The authors provide a definition of the term Open Government and analyze international practices in implementing and evaluating the openness. The article suggests a new conceptual vision of the public administration reform based on the openness values and principles in Russia. The articles structure is determined by the authors goal to justify the necessity to move to a new public administration paradigm in times of information society.

UN Secretary General must recognise the 'Right to Know' in his Post-2015 report

His Excellency Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General of the United Nations
United Nations Headquarters
New York, NY 10017

CC: Amina J. Mohammed, Assistant Secretary General

Dear Mr. Secretary General,

We write to you as a coalition of civil society organisations committed to sustainable development, to urge you to highlight the importance of the right to information, free media, and the protection of civil society organisations’ ability to organise and engage in your upcoming stocktaking report on the Sustainable Development Goals to the General Assembly.

We welcome your recent announcement on the creation of an Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development. However, as experts and practitioners in the field, we feel strongly that the data revolution cannot succeed without substantial improvement in the openness of governments to their people and an improved and enabling environment for civic space that allow individuals, civil society and communities to know, speak, engage and operate freely. To achieve this, the rights to freedom of information, free media, freedom of association, and freedom of peaceful assembly must be fully recognised and enabled.

Freedom of the internet ‘under threat’

By Emma Clark

The inventor of the world wide web said he is fighting a growing battle to keep the internet out of the hands of powerful people who threaten its freedom.

Continue reading "Freedom of the internet ‘under threat’" »