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Originally posted on Bernard Sabiti's blog 'Ugandan English' on 7th March 2013. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a new international initiative aimed at securing concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, increase civic participation, fight corruption, and harness new…

The term “Open Government” (OG, hereafter) has been used since the 70s to refer to the effort to reduce bureaucratic opacity and open up governments to public scrutiny. Current notions of GA are thus the result of more than four…

First published in Ukrainska Pravda (Ukrainian Truth), Tuesday 19 February 2013 Ukraine and open government: the story so far February 24 marked the 10th anniversary from the day when the idea of an e-government was launched in Ukraine. The go-ahead…

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.…

[Español abajo] Dear OGP Stakeholders, The Independent Reporting Mechanism's (IRM) Research Guide is currently up for comment by all OGP stakeholders (governmental and non-governmental). We would like to offer you the opportunity to interact with members of the International Experts' Panel…