February 2nd, 2009

Sunlight sought for shady trade agreement

By Angela Gunn, Betanews

An agreement negotiated in secrecy among governments and industry representatives and known to the public only through leaked documents and the efforts of privacy activists may sound so 2008...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge have issued a call for some of that fabled new-administration transparency for the notorious Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), asking that background documents on the agreement be released as per the Freedom of Information Act.

Related Issues: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade AgreementFOIA Litigation for Accountable GovernmentInternational

Related Cases: FOIA: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

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