To say that the past several months have been an interesting period in open government, in particular OGP, is an understatement. I’ve been intending to put pen to paper to share updates with the OGP civil society community but every…

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a voluntary international initiative that aims to secure commitments from governments to their citizenry to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. In 2016, OGP opened to subnational…

In 2018, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published its assessment report for Austin's first action plan, prepared by the independent researcher, Raymond Weyandt. It covers the full action plan implementation period of January 2017 through December 2017. The IRM findings…