The new sub-legal act developed by the RA Ministry of Justice enables citizens, journalists, and other requestors to submit electronic requests to the state bodies and get responses according to the procedures set by the Armenian FOI law.

The sub-legal act was developed with the cooperation of the “Freedom of Information Centre of Armenia (FOICA). The new legal regulation recognizes that information requests sent by e-mail or via the official website of information holders (state bodies, self-governmental bodies, state institutions, etc.) are considered official requests and must be proceeded as the FOI Law defines. This will make positive progress in the field of freedom of information, saving time and resources of the state bodies and citizens, and making interactions with government agencies most effective and simple.

The sub-legal act has already been adopted by the RA Government. To note, we have been waiting for this act since 2003 when the Armenian FOI Law was adopted.

Information about the new regulations of the sub-legal act is available here.