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One of the major goals of the Government of Canada’s open government work has been to support a more seamless end-user experience. We have found that users want government information, especially data, but do not want to have to deal…

“For us, open government is a government that is closer to its citizens”, says rafael Ariztía, head of the state modernization Unit, when asked about the Chilean government’s vision of OGP. He means this both in a conceptual and a…

One of the most meaningful ways the public can interact with the government is through public consultations on laws. Croatia made improving the quality of their public consultations a key tenet of their OGP Action Plan; ensuring citizens are given…

A strong focus of the first Estonian OGP action plan is developing public e-services. The ultimate goal is to make government easy and accessible to everybody. The first step in doing this has been to improve the functionality and user-friendliness…

Access to information at all levels of public life is a crucial component of a true information society. This was the position the Greek government took when it came to reforming how they publish their data. It’s not just that…