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Implementation Oversight

EO issues guidelines for EU administrative bodies regarding text message transparency

Post author By Editor
Post date September 6, 2022

Concise overview of mobile phone transparency best practices presented in light-hearted text message format.

Detail from the European Ombudsman’s text transparency guidelines brochure, July 2022.

Tags 2022, alexander fanta, European Ombudsman, guide, guidelines, pfizergate, regulation 1049, sms, text messages, von der leyen

Implementation

Controversy over Von der Leyen’s secret text exchanges with Pfizer CEO

Post author By Editor
Post date January 25, 2022
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Text messages that apparently sealed a deal between Commission and Pfizer early 2021 are slowly becoming the centre of broader transparency questions.

Tags 2022, access to documents, alexander fanta, Commission, coronavirus, digital communication, European Ombudsman, in 't veld, investigative journalism, jourova, regulation 1049, von der leyen