Freedom of Information requests

[Bengalai]

(a bit of OOC info to start). in the UK, we have a Freedom of Information Act, which allows anyone to submit a request to a Government ministry requesting certain information.

IC: In our nation, we have Freedom of Information Act legislation, which allows a person to request information from teh Government. They need to write to their local Information Officer for a FOI21X form to request information. the form is like this:

Freedom of Information Act 2006
حرية المعلومات لعام 2006
Informationsfreiheitsgesetz aus dem Jahr 2006
তথ্য স্বাধীনতা আইন 2006

Request of Information Form
نموذج طلب معلومات

You may complete this form in Bengali, English, French, German or Arabic
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Name:....................اسم
Address....................................................عنوان
Please describe the information you require. Please continue on a separate sheet if you need to:..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................يرجى وصف المعلومات التي تحتاج إليها. الرجاء الاستمرار على ورقة منفصلة إذا كنت بحاجة إلى
Please note the following exceptions. These may effect the status of your request/
يرجى ملاحظة الاستثناءات التالية. قد تكون هذه تؤثر على حالة طلبك
National security/الأمن القومي
Under section 27 of the Freedom of and Access to Information Act 2006, all documents or other information that, in the reasonable and justified opinion of the authority to whom the request was submitted, may harm or have other adverse effects on national security will be excluded from the requirements in this Act, and therefore does not have to be issued to members of the public under the normal requirements of the Freedom of and Access to Information Act 2006
موجب المادة 27 من قانون حرية الحصول على المعلومات وقانون عام 2006، سيتم استبعاد كافة الوثائق أو المعلومات الأخرى التي، في رأي معقول ومبرر من السلطة لمن قدم الطلب ، قد تلحق الضرر أو يكون لها آثار سلبية أخرى على الأمن القومي من المتطلبات المنصوص عليها في هذا القانون ، وبالتالي ليس من الضروري أن يصدر لأفراد الجمهور في ظل المتطلبات العادية للحرية وقانون الوصول إلى المعلومات لعام 2006
अधिनियम, 2006 की स्वतंत्रता और सूचना तक पहुंच की धारा 27 के तहत सभी दस्तावेज़ों या अन्य जानकारी प्राधिकरण के उचित और न्यायोचित राय में जिसे अनुरोध प्रस्तुत की गई थी कि, हानि, या राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा पर हो सकता है अन्य प्रतिकूल प्रभाव को बाहर किया जाएगाइस अधिनियम में आवश्यकताओं से, और इसलिए नहीं की स्वतंत्रता की सामान्य आवश्यकताओं के तहत जनता के सदस्यों को जारी किया है और सूचना अधिनियम 2006 के लिए पहुंच
information held by the Courts or the National Assembly that would prejudice the operation of the National Assembly/المعلومات التي تحتفظ بها المحاكم أو الجمعية الوطنية التي من شأنها أن تخل العملية من الجمعية الوطنية
Under Section 55 of the Freedom of and Access to Information Act 2006, any records held by the Courts are exempt from the requirements of this Act. Also, under Section 32 of the Act, any information held by the National Assembly which would prejudice its operation is also exempt from the Act.
بموجب المادة 55 من حرية وقانون الوصول إلى المعلومات لعام 2006، أي السجلات التي تحتفظ بها المحاكم تعفى من متطلبات هذا القانون. أيضا ، بموجب المادة 32 من القانون، الذي عقد أية معلومات من قبل الجمعية الوطنية التي من شأنها أن تخل عملها كما تعفى من هذا القانون./की स्वतंत्रता और सूचना अधिनियम 2006 के लिए प्रवेश की धारा 55 के तहत, किसी भी रिकॉर्ड न्यायालयों द्वारा आयोजित इस अधिनियम की आवश्यकताओं से मुक्त हैं.इसके अलावा, अधिनियम की धारा 32 के तहत किसी भी जानकारी जो पूर्वाग्रह अपने ऑपरेशन भी अधिनियम से मुक्त नेशनल असेंबली द्वारा आयोजित की.
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Official use only/استخدام الرسمي فقط
Request accepted []قبول الطلب
Request denied[]رفض طلب
Reason for Denial:
[]Section 55 reason
[]Section 32 reason
[]Section 27 reason
[] Other reason - please state

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Signature of receiving officer
توقيع موظف استقبال

Team Leader accepts reasons given above/قائد فريق يقبل أسباب المذكورة أعلاه []
Team Leader does not accept reasons given above/قائد فريق لا يقبل أسباب المذكورة أعلاه []
Team Leader's Comments (please continue on a separate sheet if necessary)/قائد الفريق تعليقات (يرجى تستمر على ورقة منفصلة إذا لزم الأمر)
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Team Leader's signature
توقيع قائد الفريق

Most of the requests received are denied, and the Officers' favourite reason for denial is either Section 27 or some other reason. For the few requests that are approved, the applicant is issued with some worthless propaganda, regardless of what they actually asked for.

What about in your nation????

[Sovereign Spirits]

There's no national government to request information from. Naturally, however, everyone has their secrets. If you want to find out, you'll have to work for it.

[NKL-CAF]

We are Anarchist, the closest thing we have to resemble "government" is the Worker's Committees and all records of the committees are available to all.

[Valcluse]

There is a similar act in Valcluse which allows citizens to access non-sensitive information which was not revealled to the public. Information which can be accessed include government reports, press statements (under the Official Information Act 1995, these are only released to official press journalists) and certain court records. Archive information, such as government documents, records of people serving in the government and film can also be access provided said information has been declassified. Certain court documents can also be accessed.

Military and sensitive information, like personal details are strictly forbidden. However, in recent weeks, the Minister of State is considering making minister's expenses declassified.

[Dagnia]

Yes, we have laws allowing people to request information from the government, and most requests are granted.

[Cameroi]

there are no proprietary secrets in cameroi, and the only military ones are the locations of certain defensive installations, which become quickly relocated should they become too common knowledge.
yes, we have defensive installations, without a standing military. there is no investment of authority in individuals and thus no incentive to conceal government deliberations after the fact of them.
council sessions are not normally open to the general public, but everything that takes place at them is recorded and publicly available within a day or two later. individuals not members of councils, are sometimes invited to participate in their session on matters which concern them personally and directly. so there is no information not already free, with that one exception, to request.

[KludgeMUSH]

While there is no actual such act, the government has traditionally been very open and free with its non-critical information. At very least, if you ask, you'll be told why you can't have it.

[Bulgharia]

Citizens do have the option to make such requests, but they are rarely approved. We could grant only limited information, like road condition map, map of schools / universities, number of government employees, but we never grant military statistics or maps, or war plans.

[Xanthal]

Under Xanthalian law, any government records that aren't classified are published for the public anyway, so there really isn't a need to request the release of specific documents. There is, however, a procedure for submitting petitions to declassify records, which are then ruled on by the nation's court system.