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.
Opening Up Government: Birmingham Workshop | 20 April 2015 | Meeting note
The UK Civil Society Open Government Network is working with civil society organisations across the UK to deliver a series of workshops to discuss and develop commitments for the next National Action Plan, and build the community of transparency, participation and accountability reformers in the UK. For more details on this workshop series and where we’re holding them, click here. Details…
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Faces of the UK Open Government Network – Jennifer Tankard, Community Investment Coalition
Open government can be an abstract idea. We want to give people a better idea of what it is, and who is in the UK Open Government Civil Society Network. We’ve asked some existing members of the network to give us their thoughts on what open government means to them, why it’s important, where they have…
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Opening Up Government: Manchester Workshop | 15 April 2015 | Meeting note
The UK Civil Society Open Government Network is working with civil society organisations across the UK to deliver a series of workshops to discuss and develop commitments for the next National Action Plan, and build the community of transparency, participation and accountability reformers in the UK. For more details on this workshop series and where we’re holding them, click here. Details…
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Labour states its commitment to open government
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…
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Open Government in the Plaid Cymru Manifesto
We’ve been scanning through the party manifestos for policies relevant to open government. This is what we’ve found in the Plaid Cymru Manifesto. Have we missed anything? Plaid Cymru Manifesto Briefing on commitments of interest to open government reformers Read the Plaid Cymru Manifesto here. Topline messages Quote from the manifesto Page number Citizen-led Constitution Written constitution for…
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Open government in the SNP Manifesto
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…
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Open government in the UKIP Manifesto
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…
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Open government in the Liberal Democrat Manifesto
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…
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Open government in the Green Manifesto
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…
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Open Government in the Conservative Manifesto
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…
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