
Internet can add power to the right to information. How well this happens depends on how government websites are designed. Digital technologies can add power to the right to information movement by making information easily, quickly and cheaply accessible. But for online data to be effective, government websites have to be suitably designed. The 8 principles A good starting point for the design principles is a set of eight far-reaching principles developed by Sunlight Foundation. These are: Complete: All public data are made available. Public data are data that are not subject to valid privacy, security or privilege limitations. Primary: Data […]