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The year 2013 has become known as the year of Open Government. The continuing progress of the Open Government Partnership represents the consolidation of a process that, in less than two years, has strengthened the promotion and implemention of public…

In September and October of 2013, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published eight Progress Reports for public comment.  These eight countries joined OGP in September 2011, and the IRM progress reports cover the first full year of action plan implementation.  …

The government draws its revenues from multiple sources including domestic taxes and fees, natural resource extraction, foreign aid and loans, which it then spends on delivering services to the public. These revenues and expenditures make up the national budget, which…