27th March 2015
This Open Government Network has been going for about three years now. The 10th April will mark the third anniversary of the first open letter the network sent to Francis Maude on the Open Government Partnership. With Spring arrived and nine months until the UK’s next OGP Action Plan being due, now’s a good time…
5th March 2015
23rd February 2015 Introduction On 23rd February, six members of the UK Open Government Civil Society Network met Francis Maude (Minister for the Cabinet Office) and officials from the Cabinet Office Transparency Team to discuss progress and next steps on the Open Government Partnership in the UK. Attendees Civil Society Network Anthony Zacharzewski, Democratic Society…
23rd January 2015
This week, over seventy members of the UK Open Government Network sent a letter to UK political parties calling on them to commit to open government and the Open Government Partnership. Read the letter below. The letter was sent to: Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Conservative Party Democratic Unionist Party Green Party Labour Labour Liberal…
19th November 2014
Introduction On 4th November 2014, seven members of the UK Open Government Civil Society Network met Francis Maude (Minister for the Cabinet Office) and officials from the Cabinet Office Transparency Team to discuss progress and next steps on the Open Government Partnership in the UK. Attendees Civil Society Network Andy Williamson, Democratise Anthony Zacharzewski, Democratic…
18th November 2014
The Institute for Government has just published the findings of it’s Whitehall Monitor, which reviews the size, shape and performance of Whitehall: http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/IFG%20-%20Whitehall%20Monitor%202014.pdf Among the findings are indicators of how transparent government is. Headline findings on this are: “Government has improved the way it publishes and uses some of its data over the past year, including…
18th November 2014
Open government is the simple yet powerful idea that institutions work better for citizens when they are transparent, engaging and accountable. If you’re interested in opening up government budgets, contracts, datasets, decisionmaking, information, policymaking or public services, we invite you to join the UK Open Government Forum. At the centre of open government are three…
5th November 2014
Attendees Tim Hughes, Involve Josephine Suherman, Involve Miles Litvinoff, Publish What You Pay UK Nehal Depani, Compact Voice Rachel Davies, Transparency International UK Claire Schouten, International Budget Partnership Thomas McGarvey, Transparency International UK Andrew Parsons, Public Concern at Work Beck Wallace, Cafod Discussion notes First Hour (OGP civil society network) Update from Tim Hughes, Involve:…
23rd October 2014
Would you call on government to bring contractors under the Freedom of Information Act? Support and develop the UK Anti-Corruption Action Plan? Give the public a say in the future of the UK through a citizen-led Constitutional Convention? Develop an open and comprehensive register of lobbyists? Today the UK Open Government Civil Society Network is launching a…
17th October 2014
The following response from Francis Maude (Minister for the Cabinet Office) to the UK OGP civil society network’s letter on charities, politics and civic space was received earlier this week: [line] Mr Tim Hughes UK OGP Civil Society Coordinator Involve 33 Corsham Street London, N1 6DR 1 October 2014 Dear Tim, Thank you for…
7th October 2014
Venue: Malone House, Barnett Demesne Date: Wednesday 5th November 2014 Time: 10am – 1pm Register Here: https://opengovnilaunch.eventbrite.co.uk The Building Change Trust will be hosting a seminar and discussion event on 5th November for all those organisations and individuals interested in progressing an open government agenda and getting involved in a campaign for the implementation of the Open Government…