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Weekly Report - 19 April 2012 (WR-12-15)
BRAZIL: Rousseff celebrates open government
In the presence of the visiting US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, President Dilma Rousseff this week celebrated Brazil’s new freedom of information law, which will take effect on 16 May. Rousseff was opening the First Annual Open Government Partnership (OGP) Conference, in Brasília, attended by Clinton and representatives from 53 other countries that have signed up to the US-initiated scheme.
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