\u00deann 7. jan\u00faar sl. birti d\u00f3msm\u00e1lar\u00e1\u00f0uneyti Bretlands fr\u00e9ttatilkynningu um \u00feau \u00e1form a\u00f0 auka vi\u00f0 gildissvi\u00f0 uppl\u00fdsingalaga Breta (FOI e\u00f0a Freedom of Information Act) \u00a0til a\u00f0 gefa almenningi kost \u00e1 a\u00f0 fylgjast betur me\u00f0 stj\u00f3rnv\u00f6ldum og fleiri opinberum a\u00f0ilum.<\/p>\n
Breytingarnar munu au\u00f0velda f\u00f3lki a\u00f0 nota uppl\u00fdsingal\u00f6gin til a\u00f0 finna og nota uppl\u00fdsingar um opinbera a\u00f0ila og hvernig skattar \u00feeirra eru n\u00fdttir. Uppl\u00fdsingal\u00f6gin munu einnig gilda um fleiri a\u00f0ila, \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al um fyrirt\u00e6ki \u00ed opinberri eigu, hafnaryfirv\u00f6ld, samt\u00f6k sveitarf\u00e9laga o.s.frv.<\/p>\n
Jafnframt ver\u00f0ur megin\u00feorri opinberra skjala sem var\u00f0veitt eru \u00ed \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0skjalasafni Bretlands og \u00f6\u00f0rum opinberum skjalas\u00f6fnum, a\u00f0gengilegur almenningi \u00feegar \u00feau eru 20 \u00e1ra \u00ed sta\u00f0 30 \u00e1ra eins og n\u00fa er og sama \u00e1 vi\u00f0 um skj\u00f6l \u00ed r\u00e1\u00f0uneytum og hj\u00e1 fleiri opinberum a\u00f0ilum.<\/p>\n
D\u00f3msm\u00e1lar\u00e1\u00f0herra Breta, McNally l\u00e1var\u00f0ur seg\u00f0i af \u00fev\u00ed tilefni a\u00f0 \u201ealmenningur \u00e6tti r\u00e9tt \u00e1 stj\u00f3rn sem v\u00e6ri opin og \u00e1byrg fyrir ger\u00f0um s\u00ednum. M\u00e9r er \u00e1n\u00e6gja a\u00f0 tilkynna um \u00feessar r\u00e1\u00f0stafanir til a\u00f0 auka vi\u00f0 gildissvi\u00f0 uppl\u00fdsingalaganna, sem munu l\u00e1ta upp \u00ed hendurnar \u00e1 f\u00f3lki fleiri verkf\u00e6ri til \u00feess a\u00f0 komast a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed hvort \u00fe\u00fasundir breskra stofnana starfi \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1gu almenning og skapi ver\u00f0m\u00e6ti sem svari fj\u00e1rveitingum. En verkinu er ekki loki\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00feessu \u00a0\u2013 vi\u00f0 munum endursko\u00f0a uppl\u00fdsingal\u00f6gin \u00ed heild til a\u00f0 tryggja a\u00f0 \u00e1hrif \u00feeirra ver\u00f0i sem \u00e1rangursr\u00edkust.\u201c Hann sag\u00f0i ennfremur a\u00f0 endursko\u00f0un laganna v\u00e6ri hluti af lofor\u00f0um r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rninnar um gagns\u00e6i. Stefnt v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 b\u00e6ta vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r uppl\u00fdsingar sem almenningur hef\u00f0i a\u00f0gang a\u00f0 og a\u00f0 r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rnin hef\u00f0i \u00feegar n\u00e1\u00f0 verulegum \u00e1rangri vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0.<\/p>\n