Scotland's freedom of information watchdog is to cap the number of appeals any individual can lodge simultaneously after an 83% surge in cases left it at breaking point. The Scottish Information ...

The Philippines is now within reach of a Freedom of Information (FOI) law, a measure that has languished in Congress for almost four decades. The House of Representatives has approved the bill on ...

MANILA, Philippines—The House of Representatives approved on final reading a bill guaranteeing the right to access information on Tuesday, putting the measure on track to becoming a law amid pressure ...

A council says AI is responsible for an increase in Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Lincolnshire County Council received a total of 1,992 FOI requests in the 2025/26 financial year – an ...

Ontario’s transparency watchdog is urgently asking the government to explain an apparent freeze on all freedom of information work, after senior civil servants were told to pause all transparency ...

Report finds culture of ‘resistance and delay’ in the Australian parliament with more than 60% of requests having longer response times than mandated 30-day deadline Follow our Australia news live ...

The Ontario government has fast-tracked its budget bill, which includes changes to the province’s freedom-of-information laws that will shield Premier Doug Ford’s cellphone records from the public.

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The National Tertiary Education Union says Victorian universities are "abusing" Freedom of Information (FOI) processes to avoid disclosing the amount of money they spend on executives. The union says ...

Proposed amendments to Ontario’s freedom of information law would make the province the most secretive in Canada, experts say, despite Premier Doug Ford’s assurances that they would be in line with ...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he believes the information and privacy commissioner, who is speaking out about changes he is making to freedom-of-information laws, is "politically driven." The ...

MANILA, Philippines — The House committee on public information on Monday approved the Right to Information Act or the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, mandating public access to all official ...