Designate Categories of Government Information for Active Access (NL0017)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Netherlands Action Plan 2013-2014
Action Plan Cycle: 2013
Status:
Institutions
Lead Institution: Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Support Institution(s): NA
Policy Areas
Access to Information, Anti Corruption and Integrity, Capacity Building, Open Data, Public ProcurementIRM Review
IRM Report: Netherlands Final Report 2013-2014, Netherlands Progress Report 2013-2014
Early Results: Marginal
Design i
Verifiable: No
Relevant to OGP Values: Yes
Ambition (see definition): High
Implementation i
Description
Information from the government should be actively made accessible.
Though this principle is enshrined in the Government Information (Public
Access) Act, it does not happen as a matter of course. The House of
Representatives has adopted a motion – the Voortman motion of 20
December 20123 – calling for a presumption in favour of openness to be
applied to government information. Actions 1a and 1b are designed to put
this motion into practice.
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- Finish comprehensive study of categories of government information that can be made actively accessible
- Make first category of government information (research reports,
feasibility tests, procurement information, grant information)
actively accessible as far as possible
- Identify potential for adapting ARVODI and prepare strategy
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