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Brazil's Freedom of Information Timeline
Presentation given to the Inter-American Dialogue, hosted by the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) in Rio de Janeiro, 17-19 December, 2011.

"Legislação é ampla, mas possui pontons insatisfatórios" (Law is broad, but possesses unsatisfactory features)
Analysis on Brazil's freedom of information law, commissioned by the Folha de São Paulo, 3 December, 2011

"Recebendo pelo que Pagamos" (Getting what we pay for)
Editorial on tax transparency written with Leonardo Mancini and published in the Jornal de Comercio, 31 October, 2011

"Sem cobrança, lei de acesso à informação brasileira pode demorar a sair do papel"
Interview with Natalia Mazotte, the Knight Center for Journalism on the Americas, on adoption and implementation
of Brazil's new freedom of information law, published 27 October, 2011

"Hacia una Teoría de Establecimento de Agenda en la Reforma de la Libertad de Información: El Caso de América Latina."
Article in Spanish published in the Mexican journal, Revista Tribuna Sonot: volume 3, issue 2 (October 2011-March 2012): 119-160. (first page only)

White Paper sobre os dilemas e soluções da implementação do acesso a informação pública, para Artigo XIX Brasil
White Paper for the NGO Article XIX, Brazil, on Dilemmas and Solutions Associated with Access to Information, printed September, 2011

A luz pra lá do fim do túnel (p.48-49) (The Light at the End of the Tunnel)
Interview for Magazine Democracia Viva (no.47, p.48-49) on freedom of information in
Brazil and Latin America, 9 August, 2011

Can a Transparency Shy Brazil Co-Chair the Open Government Partnership?
Article by The Access Initiative based on my research, 2 August, 2011

Em dois anos, 17 casos de censura judicial no País
(In 2 Years, 17 Cases of Judicial Censorship Across the Country)
Quoted and pictured in article for the Estado de São Paulo, 31 July, 2011

Is Brazil Fit to Lead the Open Government Partnership?
Secrecy vs. Transparency and the Ambivalence of Brazil’s Presidents
Article Written with Carlos Pereira and published by the Brookings Institute, Washington, 18 July, 2011

The Open Government Partnership – a new direction for US foreign policy?
Article published by the Christian Science Monitor, 13 July, 2011, and also republished on Brasil Aberto and
Fórum de Direito de Acesso de Acesso a Informações Públicas

O sigilo é o refúgio da ineficiência e da corrupção (Secrecy is the Refuge of Inefficiency and Corruption)
Article Written for the National Association of Newspapers, Brazil(ANJ), 30 June, 2011

Quando o passado atrapalha (When the Past Gets in the Way)
Quoted and data used (p.3) for article in Época (Editora Globo) weekly magazine, 20 June, 2011

Publicidade de documentos torna cidadãos mais ativos [heavy load time] (Making Documents Public Renders Citizens More Active)
Article published by the Folha de São Paulo, June 15, 2011

Brazilian taxes: huge, but where do they go?
Article published by the Christian Science Monitor, June 1, 2011, and also chosen in the Council of America's Weekly Roundup

Tax Reform and Transparency (image) or clipping
Article written with Fabiano Angélico for Globo Newspaper, Brazil, April 24, 2011

Impeached Ex-President Pockets Brazilian FOI Bill
Article published on the Washington based National Security Archive's Global
Freedom of Information Advocacy Website, freedominfo.org, 5 May, 2011

Brazil Needs a Tax Break
Article published on the news website, Brazil In Focus, 12 April, 2011

Freedom of Information in Latin America
Presentation to the World Bank, Brasilia, 5 April, 2011

Towards an Agenda-Setting Theory of Freedom of Information Reform: the Case of Latin America
Paper written with Katherine Schlosser Bersch, Presented at the 1st Global Conference on Transparency at Rutgers University (May 17-20) and later submitted to the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

FOI Laws Around the World
Article published in the Journal of Democracy, April, 2011 (22:2)

Evaluating the Prospective Accountability Function of the Press
Currently being revised to resubmit to the International Journal of Press/Politics

Surrendering Secrecy
Cambridge University Press Book Contract: "Transparency and Freedom of Information in Latin America,"
Accepted for publication by Cambridge University Press (editor: John Berger), to be submitted Oct. 2011, forthcoming early 2012

Surrendering Secrecy
Book Prospectus: "Transparency and Freedom of Information in Latin America,"
Accepted for publication by Cambridge University Press (editor: John Berger)

Business for Open Government
Pending Fellowship Application for Open Society Institute, Rejected, April 22, 2011

CEBRI Tese
Doctoral Work presented at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI),Rio de Janeiro, 22 February, 2011

Prospectus of Article 19 Report on Oversight Agencies-- Michener
Pending Report Being Researched and Written for Article XIX, Brazil,
On Freedom of Information Enforcement Mechanisms, March, 2011

Country is Behind on Freedom of Information, Says Specialist
Interview with the Newspaper, Folha de São Paulo, 2 December, 2010

Specialists Criticize Creation of Councils
Interview with the Newspaper, Folha de São Paulo, for an Article about Media Politics, 25 October, 2010

Resistance Seen to Pending Brazilian FOI Legislation
Article published on the Washington based National Security Archive's Global
Freedom of Information Advocacy Website, freedominfo.org, 4 October, 2010