Essays on Freedom Of Information

Statistics is an essential element of comparison in the public service delivery. It creates the avenue to pit one service against the other in a bid to understand the effectiveness of different services within a particular work environment or department. As a result, one can know the details about provision of services to the public and the level of efficiency. Accessing data from the federal government about the operation and services of government departments is important in helping concerned citizens understand the speed with which services are rendered. The report focuses on the Department of Justice to examine various ...

Freedom of Speech: The Right to Free Expression – Thailand versus Australia

Introduction The freedom of speech is one of the major branches or rather an indication of the level in which a nation has attained so far when it comes to democratic progress. Freedom of speech is a human right to freely express their thoughts, one of the most important civil liberties. A person's ability to act in accordance with their own interests and objectives, based on knowledge of objective independence, there is freedom. Freedom of expression is closely linked to issues of truth-seeking, self-management, flexibility of the political system, self-realization of the individual, natural rights and their protection. Freedom ...

Introduction

Every fiscal quarter, automated writing algorithms produce thousands of corporate earning articles using little more than structured data. Companies such as Automated Insights and Narrative Science can write articles on almost any domain with clean and well-structured data. The machine-written articles have variability, tone, and style, and at times are difficult to differentiate them from human-written articles. The automated writing algorithms offer scale, speed, and labor-saving cost. However, the effects of the compromise on media organizations are nuance and accuracy. Thousands of machine-written and published articles had to be corrected for some kind of error (Diakopoulos). The errors range ...

Federal, State, and Local Governments Communication

Communication among the different levels of government is important for the running of a country. In the United States of America, communication flows from the federal government to the state and the local governments. Information from the federal government follows regulations given under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Enacted in 1966, the law provides that any level of government or person has the right to accessing information from federal agencies. The federal government is therefore required to provide records to the state and local governments upon receiving information in written form. However, the federal government reserves the rights to ...

Methods used to exempt classified, terrorism-related information from disclosure In Criminal prosecutions

Owing to the sensitive nature of terror related information the disclosure thereof is highly restricted. In determining which information to disclose or the extent of such disclosure, a balance is struck between the constitutional right to access to information and the need to restrict the access to information that may compromise national security. This is especially so with terror related information the disclosure of which might have far reaching consequences to the state. The government thus relies on several mechanisms to avoid disclosing such information.

One approach has been the trial of terror suspects through a specialized system. This system comprises ...

The wide expansion and growth of the internet has resulted in unlimited capabilities to pass information, download and store music, video, and real time chatting and social networking, this can be seen as the advantages brought about by the world wide web ( Roger & Marc 2004). However if these positive attributes are misplaced and used in the wrong place and for the wrong reasons it creates ethical issues especially in the work place.

Privacy law justifies and supports employees privacy in the work place, every employee expects to be accorded his or her privacy in the work place (Lisa ...

The Constitution was written for the purpose of granting the people of the United States their inalienable rights. The constitutional rights were established in the Bill of Rights and the First Ten Amendments that include some of the rights that people and the courts still used every day. This paper is tasked with providing an analysis of the case, Korb v. Raytheon, 707 F. Supp 63 (D. Mass. 1989). This paper will discuss the challenges that were discussed in regards to the Constitutional rights. This paper will provide supporting cases that touch on the same themes in order to ...

Introduction

Every government, business and society in the country has to follow the rules and regulations imposed on them by the federal administrative agencies. If they violate these rules and regulations in any way then they are held accountable for their actions and will get punishment by law. The federal administrative agency design laws such as civil rights, public health and safety laws, consumer protection laws and many others to restrict individuals from committing actions that could harm others or the whole country. These laws are important for a thriving development of the country. However, laws do not always remain ...

Preliminary investigations

Preliminary investigations are investigations carried out before any matter is prosecuted in court. Evidence has to be produced to establish whether the suspect has committed the crime, they are accused of, as well as determine whether there is sufficient evidence to merit a full investigation. In legal terms, preliminary investigations are inquiries conducted by law enforcement officers in order to gather information about an allegation that has been made on the accused person. Inquires are in two fold where preliminary investigations are designed to establish whether a crime was committed and to establish and identify the suspect. In other cases, it ...

Thomas Friedman’s “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” book explains the future of the global society with the end of Cold War, and the emergence of globalization. He said that for the future to be sustainable, the “Lexus” and the “Olive Tree” should be balance. The Lexus represents the fast changing international trade, and the Olive Tree represents the socio-cultural aspect of the society. He pressed that international trade should not erode social and cultural values of communities and countries. He mentioned his three points in balancing the Lexus and the Olive Tree which are the power balance ...

Question One

The labor laws outlaw employee discrimination of any nature. It is illegal to practice any form of workplace discrimination. The action by the employer would be deemed unlawful. It can be explained by the theory of affirmative action. The Act outlawed any form of discrimination against any employees and job applicants because of sex. The employers should therefore not make any employment decisions on stereotypical and assumptive attitude. Presuming the ability, personalities, or the productivity of potential employees, on account of their sex is illegal. The employer can be sued for violating the law. The principle of equality ...

Korb v. Raytheon, 707 Supp.63 (D.Mass. 1989) is a case where Lawrence Korb, is the plaintiff against Raytheon Company, the defendant. The plaintiff was a former employee of the Raytheon Company which was a defense contractor company. The case was brought by the plaintiff on grounds of wrongful termination of employment by the company. This case brought about a lot of issues concerning freedom of speech, freedom of information and employment laws. The case also helped to lay precedence on issues regarding freedom of speech, freedom of information and employment laws. The case involved the plaintiff Korb who was an employee of ...

With Focus on the Privacy Act 1988, the Freedom of Information Act 1989 and the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977

In Australia, other than the laws passed by the parliament of Australia which apply to all states and mainland territories, the laws in individual states and mainland territories are applicable only within those states and territories while influencing the jurisdiction of other states. In this paper, three important laws in Australia – The Privacy Act of 1988, the Freedom of Information Act of 1989 and the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1977 are discussed.

Privacy Act 1988

Privacy Act 1988 is Australian act dealing with the regulation of information privacy. The act covers information privacy principles which list down the privacy rights of the citizens.The ...