24th April 2012
Hillary Clinton spoke about the United States’ commitment to aid transparency at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Brazil this week. While we applaud that commitment, we are clear that is only the first step. Now, the issue of how and when the information is published becomes critical – and that means releasing information in…
18th April 2012
Tim Kelsey, Director of Transparency and Open Data from the UK Cabinet Office has just presented on the UK Action Plan at the OGP meeting in Brasilia. Hopefully a recording of the presentation and the slides used will be available shortly, but for now, below are some brief notes jotted down during the session: Tim…
16th April 2012
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations have produced a collaborative analysis of the UK National Action Plan and wider open government policy environment. All countries subscribing to the Open Government Partnership have to submit submit a National Action Plan (NAP) based on the principles of open government that are articulated in the OGP Declaration.
16th April 2012
New report finds serious deficiencies in access to information about companies in countries signatories to the Open Government Partnership. The report by Opencorporates presented at the OGP meeting in Brazil looks at government sources such as business registers in forty countries. Its main findings are listed below: OGP countries score badly for open access to company data, with an…
14th April 2012
On April 17th and 18th the first annual OGP meeting will be taking place in Brasilia. At this meeting, the membership of the OGP will formally grow from the eight founding countries, welcoming 46 new members, each of whom will share their own National Action Plans of open government commitments. The UK government will be…
14th April 2012
Last week UK civil society organisations wrote to the Cabinet Office Minister with responsibility for the UKs Open Government Partnership commitments, Francis Maude, to start building towards more civil society engagement in the UK. A number of these organisations have also been contributing to a more detailed initial analysis of the UKs National Action Plan.…
11th April 2012
This website will provide a space for UK Civil Society to network, connect and share updates regarding the Open Government Partnership. More to come soon…