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Offentlighedskommissionens betænkning – Kapitel 28
received or dispatched, as well as a brief thematic description of the document’s
content (Draft Bill, Section 15(3)).
3.7. Duty to Provide Active Information
It is proposed that ministerial departments, subordinate agencies and directorates,
independent councils and boards as well as the central administration
in municipalities and regions shall provide information on their Internet websites
to the general public about their activities, so-called active information
(Draft Bill, Section 17).
In particular with respect to the expenditures and activities of Ministers,
there is agreement in the Commission that this information should be published.
In this regard, a minority of the Commission (9 members) have proposed
that the duty of Ministers to provide active information be codified in law,
whereby the Access to Public Administration Files Act (Draft Bill, Section
17) stipulates partly that ministerial departments must on their Internet website
provide information to the general public about Ministers’ expenditures,
activities and gifts received, and partly that the Minister for Justice should lay
down specific guidelines concerning the above-mentioned information provision
requirement.
A majority of the Commission (12 members) find, however, that in light of
the political agreement behind the existing provision in Section 2(1), Point 2 regarding
the introduction of an openness scheme concerning the expenditures
and activities of Ministers, the agreement parties should have the possibility to
adjust it when necessary to meet the changing needs of the times.
3.8. Public Access Portal
In the draft Bill, it is proposed that the Danish Ministry of Justice should establish
and maintain a so-called public access portal on the Internet which contains
specific information about access to official documents kept by public
administration authorities. This portal should in this regard contain laws, administrative
provisions, parliamentary bills as well as the Folketing Omsbudman’s
statements regarding right of access to official documents kept by public
administration authorities (Draft Bill, Section 18).
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