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Welcome to the OpenGov Blog, Good ideas come from everywhere. This blog will emphasize open governance—with an OGP flavor—and hopefully become a meeting place for discussing open government challenges and achievement and sharing best practices and experiences. This blog will…

María Otero is the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.  On behalf of the United States, she serves as the founding co-chair of the Open Government Partnership. What was once the beginning of a…

There is no question regarding the fact that transparency policies, generally speaking, have captured the attention of a wide variety of stakeholders that from different grounds and interests have praised transparency to be one of the cornerstone initiatives of modern…

"The Power of Open" was one of several OGP launch events held at Google's New York Offices on September 20, 2011. The event kicked off with remarks from U.S. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero, General Comptroller Office;…

It is difficult to find a unique and 140-character-long definition of what open government means. In the end, it is all about transparency and civic participation with the final objective of creating more effective and accountable institutions. People are understanding…

The event was organized by the Mexican Secretaría de la Función Pública de México (SFP) and the Federal Institute for Access to Public Information (IFAI) in conjunction with OGP and the Organization of American States (OAS). Among participants were delegates…

Soros Foundation Romania has been involved in the drafting of the action plan for Romania since December 2011, organizing the first meeting on the subject. An informal coalition of NGOs active in the fields of transparency, good governance and free…

A few weeks ago we heard that Dr. Ko Woong-Joe, from Ministry of Public Security and Administration, will serve as the governmental lead for Korea and that several divisions within the government are working to produce sections of the country action…

50 public organizations asked the President to designate the body responsible for coordinating and implementing the Open Government Partnership initiative. These NGOs decided to appeal to President Viktor Yanukovych because of Ukraine’s poor implementation of its responsibilities under the OGP.…

According to a recent news article posted by Sita on February 22, openness and transparency of government institutions in Slovakia will be regularly evaluated as part of the OGP Action Plan. The first assessment based on an Openness Barometer will…