The Supreme Court will erase personal data from decisions already placed at its official website. Is discontent of court case parties real or just formal reason for this?

On July 8, the Council for Informational Society Development was discussing a number of actual issues addressing online access to information and official websites. Meanwhile, Europe seems to begin considering reduction of state informational resources.

On July 1, 2010, a federal law amending the Criminal Procedure Code is approved.

One hardly can find any logic in informational policies of governmental bodies. It is not laws but interpretations, comments, and subordinate legal acts that define why to open some information volume but to close or to restrict access to another data category or segment.

It is a common opinion that requests for information to government bodies are quite useless since no reply will come. This is wrong. Laws support applicants’ rights, though official structures often unwillingly provide unpleasant information. For example, the IIFD’s request on food quality tests has lately been replied.

On June 11, the State Duma adopted, and on June 23, the Council of Federation approved amendments to the federal law on the procedure for reviewing citizens’ applications.