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## XV the relevant papers should be made available to them (see the United Kingdom and French reports). Some countries have even moved towards indirect freedom of access through an Ombudsman as in the Scandinavian countries, a Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration as in the United Kingdom, or a mediator as in France. Compromises that are, of course, still open to improvement have thus been worked out in the countries still adhering to the traditional rule of secrecy. At the same time, however, public opinion has, during the last few years, been getting uneasy. Since the Administration is the data bank with the largest amount of stored or storable materials, information about a person's age, family, health, income, property, offences, convictions, etc., might be divulged. The campaign in favour of greater openness of public administration is thus accompanied and partly contradicted by a counter-movement. Nothing more clearly shows that there is no simple answer in any particular case. Still, I could not dispute that progress towards a greater openness of administrative work is required or that there is something attractive, at least intellectually, about the assertion of a r

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Author

Donald C. Rowat (eds.)

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9781349041244

Category

social science

Subjects

Science, Economics, Management

Updated

2026-03-25