The federal Conservatives have quietly killed an access to information registry used by journalists, experts and the public that users say helped hold the government accountable.
The Coordination of Access to Information Requests System, or CAIRS, is an electronic list of nearly every access to information request filed to federal departments and agencies.
Originally created in 1989, [...]

Syracuse, NY - The business of information “changes absolutely constantly,” and that’s all to the good, says Elizabeth Liddy, dean of Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies.
Founded in 1896 - 10 years after the typewriter ribbon was patented - the school offers programs in computer science, information management, information science and related areas. And if [...]

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Open the door and a deafening drone emanates from 780 gleaming metallic computers and the fans tirelessly cooling them, and the air conditioners keeping the whole room from cooking like a hundred space heaters. Blue lights blink like distant stars from one group of computers; green lights blink from another. The machines [...]