Woo (Wet open overheid)

The Wet open overheid is the Dutch Open Government Act, the Netherlands' freedom of information law. It gives members of the public the right to request documents held by government bodies and requires those bodies to answer within set time limits, with some exceptions such as personal data and state secrets. It also obliges public bodies to publish certain documents on their own initiative, which is why it shapes how much information government makes available and how much work that takes for civil servants.