Sentences with phrase «for open government»

If you're an advocate for open government and open data, you definitely should.

Good - government groups are always in the forefront of calls for open government.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government members recently graded Western New York government websites, and while 90 percent is typically a pretty good score for a report card, this time it represented the amount of governments who got an F.

The plan also addresses the July 14, 2016, memorandum from the U.S. Chief Information Officer and the U.S. Chief Technology Officer, which provided additional guidance for Open Government Plan updates.

In a statement jointly released from Citizens Union, NYPIRG, Reinvent Albany, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, and New Jersey Foundation for Open Government, the groups said, in part:

From 2011 to 2014, Romain was the head of innovation of data.gouv.fr, the French Prime Minister's task force for open government data, which he helped initiate after authoring a report on the policy's potential for sustainable development and civic innovation.

Other priorities for a second term, Berky said, include pushing for open government policies that would give citizens easy access to information on the county's finances, contracts and other public records.

On Tuesday, a set of candidates were selected who have proven support for open government and open data.

Reinvent Albany applauds Governor Cuomo for launching Open Budget NY, which is an important step for open government in New York, and a smart first step in his newly announced Open NY initiative.

The anti pay - to - play ordinance that POG (aka People for Open Government) fought for in 2004 seems to say Roberts and state Senator Bernard Kenny should fess up.

It might seem like piling on, but the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government said it had started working on its report about public authority websites long before the recent reports of a so - called Golden Parachute for the executive director of the Erie County Water Authority.

«For the First Minister - a former Minister for Open Government himself — to defend his decision to scrap these reports is absolutely unacceptable.

The end result was a victory for open government and helped shed light on the school choice investigation.»

As part of its support function for Open Government, OCIO issued policies (DOT Order 1351.24 «Departmental Web Policy» and DOT Order 1351.33 «Departmental Web - Based Interactive Technologies Policy») regarding use of third - party web sites and applications.

«I write in support of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the extraordinary contribution Joe Davis and the WatchDog Project make in the fight for open government.»

Rather than a tool for open government, Vitter's Billionaire's Club report seems more like a distraction from the real billionaires in politics, major corporations and industrialists, with whose agenda David Vitter is strongly aligned.

Now here is another: Massachusetts Campaign for Open Government, a blog by lawyer Karla J. de Steuben that is part of a larger site devoted to open government in the state.

The Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government has released a somewhat eye - opening report regarding executive sessions in Western New York.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Advocates for open government in Albany continue to press for changes that could prevent further corruption, with just six weeks left in the legislative session.

Legislation and initiatives for open government have yielded greater expectations for data availability.

'' [T] he Governors missed a big opportunity to put the Port Authority on the right track by vetoing the bill reforming governance,» said five good government groups — Citizens Union, New Jersey Foundation for Open Government, NYPIRG, Reinvent Albany, & Tri-State Transportation Campaign — in a joint statement.

The plan also addresses the February 24, 2014, Memorandum from the Chief Technology Officer of the United States, providing additional guidance for Open Government Plan updates.

But a 2008 study by the Coalition of Journalists for Open Government (CJOG) revealed that, in 2007, FOIA spending at the 25 agencies it examined fell by $ 7 million to $ 233.8 million and the agencies put 209 fewer people to work processing FOIA requests.

The Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government has released its annual report card that grades government websites based on what public information they upload.

True, such secrecy has spawned the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government, which is doing good work.

«I would agree with that,» said Megan Rhyne, executive director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government.

On his Sunlight Foundation blog, John Wonderlich, who is Policy Director for the Sunlight Foundation and an advocate for open government, wrote that while Ethics.gov fulfilled the president's pledge, «neither money and politics research nor executive branch oversight are going to be revolutionized by this search page — at least not yet.»

Although the intention of this note is to guide and facilitate the development of linked open data for open government initiatives Hanson considers this W3C paper to be, ``... one of the best and most concise guides available on the subject of publishing linked data, and though it focuses on publishing government linked data, the project phases described could be applied to any type of linked data project.»

The Volokh Conspiracy has post up about Strine v. Delaware Coalition for Open Government, Inc., a case the tests whether a Delaware statute that provides that judges may act as arbitrators in civil cases is constitutional under the First Amendment where the arbitration sessions are closed to the public.