After an impressive turnout in Monday’s presidential elections, one thing is clear about Kenya: citizens are energized and ready to participate in shaping the future of their country. Despite concerns of violence, voters in Kenya were undeterred and turned out…
In 2012, the City of Palo Alto designed and deployed a platform for making it easy for departments to publicly post raw data and for a wide variety of community stakeholders to access that data. In addition, this open data technology enabled…
The Open Government Partnership Networking Mechanism is pleased to announce a Webinar on E-Petitions - Giving Voice to Citizens taking place on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 10:00 - 11:00 AM Washington DC (EST) | 2:00 - 3:00 PM London (GMT). Please see the details below. REGISTER for…
Bucharest, Romania – 26 high school students, 14 hours of programming in 2 days, 5 ambitious online platforms aimed at improving government transparency and accountability. This describes the event that took place this past weekend (23/24 February 2013) at the…
In February 12 and 13 Costa Rica’s Digital Government Secretariat conducted outreach activities aimed at disseminating the Open Government Partnership’s (OGP) mission among civil society and government officials. The Secretariat also presented its draft action plan to the public. Costa…
Susan Crawford and Beth Noveck in conversation at Social Media Week New York 2013 about open government, social media and technology. Towards the end, Councillor Gail Brewer of NYC talks about the implementation of the city's Open Data Bill, coming into force March 7, 2013.…
On February 15 2013, the Croatian Parliament adopted a new Freedom of Information Act (FoIA), following a decade of advocacy, public campaigns, research, law amendments and public discussions. During its long-term monitoring of implementation and research on FoIA implementation in…
In the Spring 2013 edition, the Stanford Social Innovation Review features a supplement on the Open Government Partnership, with articles from OGP experts from across the globe addressing just some of the challenges facing the future of the Open movement.…
This blog was originally posted via the Huffington Post website. Let's be honest. Burma isn't the first country that comes to mind when one talks about open government. Yet despite its ongoing challenges, Burma has made huge strides towards reform…
Jakarta, Indonesia – 18 February 2013 This Storify is posting key tweets and other content from the meeting (most recent at the bottom). https://storify.com/opengovpart/open-government-partnership-governance-a...
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