Info dept gets MISA's most secretive dept award

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The Department of Information Services has been awarded the 2012 Golden Lock Award, for being the most secretive government department.

The department is among eight state departments surveyed by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)-Botswana between June 19-27 to assess how accessible and transparent local government institutions are.

The other departments surveyed are Department of Roads Transport and Safety (DRTS),  Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), Ministry of Lands and Housing (MLH), Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MEWT), Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs (MLHA) and Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology (MIST).

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