Failure to Disclose: What are the Consequences When Open Government Founders?
Bannister, Judith (2019) Failure to Disclose: What are the Consequences When Open Government Founders? IN Greg Weeks and Matthew Groves (eds) Administrative Redress In and Out of the Courts Essays in Honour of Robin Creyke and John McMillan, Federation Press, Australia p. 136-137
Posted: 3 Mar 2020
Date Written: February 25, 2020
Abstract
Government secrecy always makes a good headlines, especially if accompanied by photographs of heavily reduced documents. However, the recurring newspaper articles that tell familiar stories of bureaucratic obstruction and freedom of information system failures obscure a more positive story.
Keywords: Government, Governing, Government disclosures
JEL Classification: K10
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