Level of Government: National
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From hackathons to social media, open government is transforming the way that Mayor Bloomberg’s administration and New York City government serve the public. And there has been no greater testament to..
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MULTIPLE MEMBERS
UK Prime Minister David Cameron today kicked off his country's year-long presidency of the Group of Eight Industrialised Nations by writing a letter to his counterparts. The good news for the open gov..
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Canada
One of the major goals of the Government of Canada’s open government work has been to support a more seamless end-user experience. We have found that users want government information, especially data..
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Chile
“For us, open government is a government that is closer to its citizens”, says rafael Ariztía, head of the state modernization Unit, when asked about the Chilean government’s vision of OGP. He means t..
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Croatia
One of the most meaningful ways the public can interact with the government is through public consultations on laws. Croatia made improving the quality of their public consultations a key tenet of the..
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Estonia
A strong focus of the first Estonian OGP action plan is developing public e-services. The ultimate goal is to make government easy and accessible to everybody. The first step in doing this has been to..
January 1, 2013
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Greece
Access to information at all levels of public life is a crucial component of a true information society. This was the position the Greek government took when it came to reforming how they publish thei..
January 1, 2013
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Mexico
This is the second in a five part series of posts based on Q&As with selected countries and their experiences with the OGP process at the national level. This post is a Q&A with Emilene Morales Martin..
December 27, 2012
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Source: Chris Herwig, Mapbox In our conversations surrounding open government data, both domestically and internationally, we should be discussing best practices for making open data mo..
December 20, 2012
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Croatia
This is the first in a five part series of posts based on Q&As with selected countries and their experiences with the OGP process at the national level. This first post is a Q&A with Katarina Ott, Dir..
December 18, 2012
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United Kingdom
This blog first appeared on the Huffington Post website. The movement for transparency and openness in government took decisive steps forward last week. As lead co-chair of the Open Government Partner..
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