New law: Hiding political decisions in Denmark

december 31, 2009

Written the 16. November 2009 by Nils Mulvad
Easier access to databases, but a total step back on access to the political decision process, is the main content in a proposal for a new law on Freedom of Information in Denmark. The law was proposed Wednesday the 11th of November 2009 and today – Monday the [...]

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In-depth story on European farm subsidies in International Herald Tribune

december 31, 2009

Written 17. July 2009 by Nils Mulvad
The International Herald Tribune today have an in-depth story on the structure of European farm subsidies. Their story is based on the data published by the 27 member states of EU and extracted by Farmsubsidy.org. Kaas & Mulvad do the extraction and are responsible for data gathering and cleaning [...]

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Situation in Denmark for getting electronic data

december 31, 2009

Written 24. Nov 2009 by Nils Mulvad
1. After 7 year we this month got a proposal for a new law on FOI with good access to data and bad with new rules hiding the political process.
2. Organizing the work in Åbenhedstinget.
3. Good cooperation with local and regional authorities – hard fights with the central administration.
4. Especially hard [...]

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