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When Gerson Martínez became head of El Salvador’s Ministry of Public Works in 2009, the organization was notorious for corruption that contributed to poor-quality construction, unfinished projects, and frequent lawsuits. Working with a prominent nongovernmental organization (NGO) and industry representatives,…

In Uruguay, innovative practices of consultation and dialogue between government and civil society have enlarged the scope of open government reforms. All the actors involved agree on the priority of access to information commitments as part of the action plans.…

Chile is a successful open government reformer. The implementing agencies have achieved the targets set in the national action plans for transparency and access to information commitments. These reforms are changing administrative practices and attitudes about transparency and access to…

In this section of the OGP newsletter, we feature individuals from government and civil society, and ask them about their experiences. Here is what Jessica Klein (Special Advisor, Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources, and ForeignAssistance.gov Project Lead, U.S. Department…

El Gobierno Abierto busca que la administración pública trabaje en estrecha relación con la sociedad civil para impulsar la participación ciudadana, incrementar la transparencia y combatir de mejor forma a la corrupción usando a la tecnología como habilitador de esta…

Over the past year, political and social challenges have tested the relationship between civil society and government in Mexico. Not only has the government lost legitimacy in the eyes of many due to corruption and security scandals, but the most…

Want to read this blog in English? A mediados del mes de febrero, el Ejecutivo Federal de México propuso una serie de cambios de última hora a la Ley General de Transparencia que pusieron en riesgo los recientes avances en…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? In mid-February, the Mexican Federal Executive Branch proposed a series of last minute changes to the General Transparency Law that put recent constitutional transparency reforms at risk, at odds with the open legislative process…

Open government has been in the news lately — just in time for the 10th annual Sunshine Week, the nationwide week-long celebration of access to public information. Critics sometimes contrast President Obama’s soaring rhetoric with the realities of making government functionally transparent.…