Scot Open Gov

On 13th July, the UK Open Government Network and Cabinet Office Transparency Team are jointly hosting an event to kick off the development of the UK’s third Open Government Partnership National Action Plan. See the full details and registration for the event >> The UK’s 2016-18 Open Government Action Plan – which will set out specific,…

This launch event for the Open Government Project – hosted jointly by the Cabinet Office Transparency Team and UK Open Government Civil Society Network – will kick off a series of events and conversations interrogating what it means to be an open and transparent government and ask how far we can stretch our collective ambition.…

The Scottish Government is consulting on extending Freedom of Information Act: “The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 provides a statutory right of access to information held by Scottish public authorities. The provisions of the Act can be extended to bodies that carry out functions of a public nature or which provide, under a contract with…

When: 4 June 2015, 1.30pm – 5pm Where: Impact Hub Westminster, 1st Floor New Zealand House, 80 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4TE What: Meeting of the UK Open Government Civil Society Network to discuss and agree our approach and priorities for engaging with the Government on the UK’s next Open Government Partnership National Action Plan. Register via:…

In January, the UK Open Government Network sent a letter to all UK political parties calling on them to state their commitment to open government. The Labour party has just sent the following response. [line] Dear Tim Thank you for your letter and giving me the opportunity to reiterate the Labour Party’s commitment to transparency…

We’ve been scanning through the party manifestos for policies relevant to open government. This is what we’ve found in the Scottish National Party Manifesto. Have we missed anything? SNP Manifesto Briefing on commitments of interest to open government reformers Read the Scottish National Party Manifesto here.   Topline messages Quote from the manifesto Page number Oppose scrapping the…

We’ve been scanning through the party manifestos for policies relevant to open government. This is what we’ve found in the UKIP Manifesto. Have we missed anything? UKIP Manifesto Briefing on commitments of interest to open government reformers Read the UKIP Manifesto here. Topline messages Quote from the manifesto Page number Political reform and accountability National referendum every 2…

We’ve been scanning through the party manifestos for policies relevant to open government. This is what we’ve found in the Liberal Democrat Manifesto. Have we missed anything? Updated on 17/04/15 to include commitments on Freedom of Information and the Digital Bill of Rights – thanks to Maurice Frankel at Campaign for Freedom of Information and Ellen Broad…

We’ve been scanning through the party manifestos for policies relevant to open government. This is what we’ve found in the Green Manifesto. Have we missed anything? Green Manifesto Green Manifesto Briefing on commitments of interest to open government reformers Read the Green Manifesto here.   Topline messages Quote from the manifesto Page number Constitutional Convention Citizen-led, bottom-up constitutional…

We’ve been scanning through the party manifestos for policies relevant to open government. This is what we’ve found in the Conservative Manifesto. Have we missed anything? We’ll be updating this post as suggestions come in. Conservative Manifesto Briefing on commitments of interest to open government reformers Read the Conservative Party Manifesto here.   Topline messages Quote from the…