17th July 2014
It’s now eight months since the UK’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) 2013-15 National Action Plan was launched at the London OGP Summit. Over the 12 months before its launch, the action plan was developed collaboratively by the UK Government and members of the UK OGP civil society network. As well as securing a number of strong commitments, the process of…
17th April 2014
From the Building Change Trust blog: “In May, the Building Change Trust is hosting a seminar on the potential implementation of the Open Government Partnership in Northern Ireland. What would this mean for the local Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector? We answer your questions.” Visit the site
5th March 2014
On 26 February 2014, members of the UK OGP civil society network met with Cabinet Office officials to discuss the implementation phase of the National Action Plan. The purpose of the meeting was to: Update the network on progress to date Run through the proposed implementation plan Determine roles and responsibilities for the next phase…
13th December 2013
With the end of the pause to the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trades Union Administration Bill coming on Monday, members of the UK OGP civil society network have today written an open letter to ministers calling on the Government to redraft Part 1 of the Bill in order to enable proper public scrutiny of…
13th November 2013
Press Release from the Public Administration Select Committee: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SELECT COMMITTEE Select Committee Announcement For immediate Release: 13 November 2013 PASC CALLS FOR FURTHER EVIDENCE ON STATISTICS AND OPEN DATA The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) is conducting an inquiry into statistics and open data in Government, with a focus on the progress of…
5th November 2013
Here are some of the responses to the UK’s second Open Government Partnership National Action Plan:
5th November 2013
At last week’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit, the UK published its second OGP National Action Plan. This marked the culmination of a year’s worth of hard work by government officials and civil society network members to develop, scrutinise and reach compromise on the commitments to be included in the plan. The final result can be…
8th October 2013
Today (8 October 2013), civil society organisations from the UK OGP civil society network sent the following open letter to the Prime Minister calling on him to announce a series of ambitious commitments towards greater openness: Rt Hon David Cameron MP 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Cc: The Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP…
31st July 2013
The UK Government has just launched a BETA version of a new tool for interrogating government spending called GIST – Government Interrogating Spending Tool: http://www.gist.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ A press release by the Cabinet Office states that: A powerful new online tool which presents taxpayers with an unprecedented view of how their money is spent was launched today by Cabinet Office Minister…
31st July 2013
The Open Government Partnership has just launched a pre-registration page for the OGP Summit being held in London on 31 October and 1 November 2013. For more information and to register, follow this link: http://www.opengovpartnership.org/news/do-not-miss-2013-ogp-summit-pre-register-now