Wob-deskundige Roger Vleugels beschrijft in onderstaand Engelstalig artikel de problemen rond gemeenschappen die rond openbaarheid van bestuur zijn ontstaan.

Freedom of information is a very young right. Young in every perspective: legal, political, cultural. This goes for the FOIAs of the nineties or younger but also for the older and oldest FOIAs. A law in power for only three or four decades is a very young law.

Being young means that there will be growing pains on the road to maturity. From a legal perspective the FOIAs are not even a juvenile. As a consequence the FOIA communities are also in maturing processes. Together this causes pains but more important challenges and opportunities for all those committed to freedom of information. Read the rest of this entry »