Web Site Launched on Openness in Mexico

The National Security Archive's Mexico Project has published a collection of work produced during the first México Abierto. The publication was launched on the Mexico Project's Transparency and Freedom of Information Program's new Web page.

México Abierto is an open government initiative held during the same week in March as Sunshine Week in the U.S., and the two programs work closely together. The Consejo Ciudadano del Premio Nacional de Periodismo is a México Abierto partner.

In addition to the México Abierto book, the new transparency Web site includes photos, video clips and other news of open government forums and delegations in Mexico, and additional resources and reports.

The Archive's Mexico Project has been actively involved in the movement for freedom of information rights in Mexico since 2001. Its first success came with the enactment of a landmark freedom of information law in June 2002.