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100	1		_aRoberts, Alasdair _919336
245	1	0	_aAdministrative discretion and the access to information act : _ban "internal law" on open government?
260			_c2002
520	3		_aCanada's access to information act establishes a qualified right to government information for all canadians. However, critics complain that some politically sensitive requests - often filed by journalists or political parties - are given differential treatment, with longer delays and tougher decisions on disclosure. An econometric analysis of 2, 120 requests handled by human resources development Canada in 1999-2001 suggests that the complaints have some merit. Requests that were identified as sensitive, or that came from the media or political parties, were found to have longer processing time, even after other considerations were accounted for. The probability that such requests would exceed statutory response times was also signifficantly higher. The analysis illustrates a broader point: that internal bureaucratic procedures play an important role in defining what the right to information means in practice. The analysis also highlights the need to give the federal information commissioner better tools to deal with problems of delay
773	0	8	_tCanadian public administration _g45, 2, p. 175-194 _d, 2002 _w
942			_cS
998			_a20030115 _bChris _cChris
998			_a20060605 _b1736^b _cQuiteria
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c10217 _d10217
041			_aeng