FINJUS and freedom of information

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The executive vice-president of the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (FINJUS) Servio Tulio Castanos has told reporters that at three years and counting since the government launched its Freedom of Information project under Law 200-04, free access to government information is seriously limited. Castanos told El Caribe reporters that progress has been slow regarding the application of Law 200-04, especially with regards to the information the people want to know about. He added that the organization of the Offices of Public Access (OAI) and the positioning of the Managers of Access to Information (RAI) have been practically null. Castanos said, "one of the greatest challenges is in the wide range of state activity, going from completely opaque operations transitioning all the way to transparent operations, and then putting this information at the public's disposal." Castanos made these comments at a seminar-workshop organized by the civic group Participacion Ciudadana (Citizen Participation).

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