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The Evolution of Open Government in Canada
Open government is about greater openness, transparency and accountability, strengthening democracy through meaningful engagement, as well as driving innovation and economic opportunities. Meaningful progress on open government requires providing the public, the media, and the business community greater access to…
Peer Exchanges as a core element for pushing OGP reforms
Version en español » “Civil servants really do an amazing job, they have difficult tasks to do. This agenda, open government, transparency, often meets a lot of resistance and it is difficult to overcome obstacles within administration. So bringing people together…
Five reasons to have an OGP Week
From November 6th - 11th, the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for the Development of Civil Society (the Office of the Plenipotentiary) as the national authority responsible for coordinating OGP initiatives in Slovakia, hosted the second Open Government…
The collaborative wikification of public service procedures
“Using low cost open technologies to achieve high impact.” This motto has been inspiring the work of my organisation, GFOSS – the Open Technologies Alliance in Greece. Our view on Open Government derives from the need to have access to…
Open Government and Public Feedback
In this day and age, there are a variety of different platforms available for people to express themselves. Outlets like social media give us the power to publicly express our opinions. Just about anyone can make a Twitter profile and…
OGP Global Summit 2018: Tbilisi
As lead co-chair of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), Georgia hosted the 5th OGP Global Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia, from July 17-19, 2018. More than 2,200 attendees from 115 countries attended including government officials, civil society members, and representatives from multilateral institutions, private sector, academia,…
Novel Data Privacy Regulations by the European Union
Overview Open government action plans have had long-standing initiatives in place which ensure the transparency and accountability of government through technological means. Instances of these kinds of technological adaptations are: the prerequisite that data be released in a machine-readable…
Is Net Neutrality Preserving the Openness of Government in the North American Context?
Net neutrality, the principle that all online content should be equally accessible without Internet Service Provider (ISP) interference, has become rather contentious and is currently at risk in the United States. Rules and policies involving net neutrality are designed to…