UK Open Gov
The UK Open Government Network (OGN) is a coalition of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making government work better for people through increased transparency, participation and accountability. The OGN mobilises and coordinates civil society to effectively advocate for open government reforms, and works with government to identify, develop and implements the UK’s commitments under the global Open Government Partnership.
The impact of the UK restricting freedom of information would be international
One of the great things about the Open Government Partnership is the principle that member countries are all on an equal footing, all have something to learn from each other and all share the goal of working to achieve more open governments worldwide. In other words, OGP is a community. In the words of…
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NAP Meeting: Open Contracting
What? A collaborative workshop to explore opportunities to move forward open contracting policy, practice and technology in the UK. Why? To help the UK government meet its commitments to open government, nurturing small businesses, fiscal probity and its new anti-corruption action plan. How? We are meeting to draw up an action plan, split into two…
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NAP Meeting: Anti-corruption
Meeting to review government and civil society suggestions for anti-corruption commitments in the upcoming National Action Plan. To attend, contact Rachel Davies (Transparency International UK): [email protected]
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Briefing meeting on FOI Commission consultation | Campaign for Freedom of Information & Article 19
The Campaign for Freedom of Information and ARTICLE 19 are holding a briefing meeting for NGOs and media organisations on the consultation paper published by the Commission on Freedom of Information. The consultation suggests the Commission is considering sweeping changes to restrict the FOI Act, including: imposing charges for requests making it easier to refuse…
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New consultation document confirms that sweeping restrictions to FOI being considered | Campaign for Freedom of Information
The Campaign for Freedom of Information, an OGN member, published the following press release in response to the Commission on Freedom of Information’s call for evidence. Sweeping restrictions to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act are being considered by the body set up to consider the legislation, according to the Campaign for Freedom of Information.…
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Matthew Hancock responds to FoI letter
In August, members of the UK Open Government Network wrote to Matthew Hancock, Minister for the Cabinet Office, to express concern at recent developments that threaten the Freedom of Information Act. Last week we received the following response from the Minister:
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Commission on Freedom of Information announces its call for evidence
The Commission on Freedom of Information, established by the Government in July 2015, has launched its call for evidence. In August, the Open Government Network wrote to the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Matthew Hancock, expressing our concern with the Commission’s remit. The Commission states that it will be particularly focused on the following questions: Question 1:…
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UK’s Open Government Manifesto is built on collaboration – Dr Andy Williamson
Dr Andy Williamson, who sits on the UK OGN Steering Group, blogs on the third NAP, collaboration and the tricky business of culture change The UK is in the process of developing its third National Action Plan (NAP) as part of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which comes with a strong civil society commitment and…
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Open Government Manifesto launched for UK government – will it care?
Website Diginomica covers the launch of the Open Government Manifesto It’s hard pin down the UK’s progress and commitment to creating an open and accountable government. On the one hand it is somewhat of a trailblazer, having set the agenda by being one of the founding members of the Open Government Partnership – an international…
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How about an open local government partnership?
The UK government was a founding member of the Open Government Partnership back in 2011, and since then has worked with a growing Open Government Network of civil society activists towards becoming more transparent, accountable and participatory. When the government first joined the international initiative, only a few actors from civil society were involved in…
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