Prying Open Government - An Introduction to Freedom of Information
Channel: Linux.conf.au 2016 -- Geelong, Australia
Date: 2016-02-06

Dan Hawke
https://linux.conf.au/schedule/30353/view_talk
The Freedom of Information Act (Australia) and Official Information Act (New Zealand) are tools that allow members of the public and organisations extract documents and information - unless there is a good reason for it to stay secret. You'll learn what sorts of information you can and cannot request, how to do this, and the process requests go through. I'll also cover Alaveteli, an open-source software for making and managing FOI requests, and public implementations available in Australia and New Zealand.