Colombia, hacia un Estado Abierto

Desde 2010, los mensajes por parte del Gobierno de asentar bases institucionales que aseguren transparencia, acceso a la información pública y rendición de cuentas, han sido claros y concisos. Tanto en el ámbito interno –por medio de decretos, leyes y…

An Open Government Needs Access to Justice

Without effective access to justice and legal empowerment, no country can realize meaningful transparency, accountability and citizen participation.  Increasingly, Open Government Partnership (OGP) members are acknowledging the fundamental links between access to justice and open government, and are using OGP…

Information and Technology in Open Justice: SSCR Special Issue (Call for papers)

Originally posted to El blog de Estratic. CALL FOR PAPERS Social Science Computer Review (2015 Impact Factor: 1.525) Special Issue on “Information and Technology in Open Justice”. Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2017 Guest editors: Carlos E. Jimenez-Gomez, IEEE Computer…

What’s in the New National Action Plans? (Dec 2016)

What's in the New OGP National Action Plans? December 2016 The biennial development and implementation of NAPs is at the core of the OGP model. Since the start of 2015, 49 countries submitted new plans containing over 800 commitments. Given…

The Impact of Open Government: Assessing the Evidence

Open government has in recent years emerged as an area of intense activity and fervent hope for some of our largest societal aspirations. This paper asks the question, does open government work? That is to say, do open government interventions…