Sentences with phrase «of open government»

Like the first event this year, the week will be devoted to raising public understanding of the importance of open government.

The previous design had been criticized for being out of date with regard to look and content, and was therefore said to go against the emerging principle of open government.

To advocates of open government, these words were pure music.

The strategies outlined in our first three Open Government Plans align with the requirements of the Open Government Directive as well as the Open Data Policy and have been at the core of our open data efforts over the last six years.

Since the inception of DOT's open government efforts, the Department has approached the development of its Open Government Plan in creative ways.

We believe the updated 2014 Open Government plan reflects the evolution of open government at DOT.

This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated.

This photo is a perfect (though minor) illustration of open government in action, showing what happens when citizens get an unvarnished look at public servants at work.

DOT is pursuing a number of Open Government initiatives in the next two years.

We believe that the 2016 Open Government plan reflects the evolution of open Government at DOT.

At the Department of Transportation, we have a long - standing commitment to using plain language, and we see plain writing as an integral part of achieving the goals of our Open Government Plan.

DOT is utilizing the Chief Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Project Managers for key mission areas, and Public Affairs, Human Relations, and Policy Development staff as subject matter experts in the leadership and planning of Open Government efforts.

The DOT began preparing for the OMB Open Government Directive by designing an Open Government framework to guide the development of our Open Government Plan.

I make no bones about my ferocity in support of open government.

In recognition of Sunshine Week, here are some websites and blogs that can help in the pursuit of open government:

From the viewpoint of open government, 2002's Bill 66 is one of the most praiseworthy — if unheralded — of all measures implemented by the Liberal government.

Last week was Sunshine Week; an annual celebration of the benefits of open government and how to safeguard and expand upon current transparency laws.

The system, tentatively titled «Checkbook,» is the next step in New York's slow but steady embrace of open government and open data.

A lot of their open government portals and follow - money websites are very weak,» he said of other state's open data platforms.

The goal of the Open Government Partnership is to get governments to make (and carry out) concrete commitments that promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.

Would the next mayor of New York be as supportive of open government and civic tech?

Our conference could be a wonderful example of open government, especially if every Focus team in the country conducted a resident's survey not just on local issues but on the question of what a New Deal for Britain should contain and brought these to Conference.

While the NY SAFE Act of 2013 gives gun control advocates and opponents much to celebrate and sulk over respectively, it also serves a bitter pill to supporters of open government, providing registered gun owners with a mechanism to remain anonymous in the face of freedom of information requests.

The New York State Committee of Open Government has issued an advisory opinion finding for Talk of the Sound and against the City of New Rochelle in an ongoing dispute over claims by City officials that the City is not required to comply with recent changes to the New York State Freedom of Information Law concerning electronic records requests.

Bartels is also a proponent of open government and co-authored the resolution that ended what she considered to be «closed - door meetings on county property.»

Moore pointed to a list of open government data principles crafted by open government advocates in 2008 which emphasize that government data should be «complete,» available from the primacy source, timely, widely accessible without registration, machine processable, non-proprietary and license free.

The party pointed out that in utter violation of open government in the management of public accounts; the Mimiko's administration had failed to produce annual financial statements audited public accounts since its assumption of office in February 24, 2009.

«I want to follow the policies and procedures of open government at Town Board meetings,» he says.

«The notion of open government and open access has taken a firm hold,» says John Hawley, executive director of the American Society for Clinical Investigation in Ann Arbor, Mich. «If that means public - access mandates, so be it.»

Launched online in early 2007, Wikileaks is run by an informal group of open government and anti-secrecy advocates who want to allow people living under oppressive regimes, or with something to say in...

DOJ's Office of Open Government has issued an advisory to public school applicants related to Wisconsin's Public Records Law.

To ensure maximum citizen collaboration in the formulation of the Open Government Plan, the DOT is providing opportunities for public comment via the GSA Citizen Engagement Tool and the DOT Open Government email address.

The DOT Open Government Framework, shown below, includes the program lifecycle phases, crucial areas of assessment, and the key players involved in the planning and executing of Open Government efforts.

The process we used to develop the 2012 Plan was focused on looking at the public value of our Open Government related activities.

Through this annual awards process, which is open and not limited to journalists, SPJ's board of directors and Freedom of Information Committee recognize individuals and groups for making important contributions in the area of open government.

In fact, his most - recent TED talk veered into legal territory, and I suspect his keynote at the LVI conference will be similar to his TED talk on the coming of open government at the beginning of this article.

Federal Register 2.0 is organized like a daily newspaper and is part of the open government initiatives under the Obama administration.

Beth Noveck, former Deputy CTO of the US and leader of the Open Government Initiative, now director of The Governance Lab at New York University.

This is Sunshine Week, the annual national celebration of open government, or «sunshine» laws — and the threats to them.

From information architecture to the composition and order in which elements load on the pages, Sara is an unsung hero of the open government movement, and a model for how Legal Information Institutes around the world can have a global impact with a small team of smart and dedicated people.

Prior to joining EFF, Marcia was staff counsel and director of the Open Government Project at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 64 more local governments across the state have signed up to share their data on open.ny.gov, a new and comprehensive data transparency website — just three days after its launch at the start of Sunshine Week, a national initiative designed to raise awareness about the importance of open government.

DOT is committed to meeting the requirements of the Open Government Directive and providing the public with transparent updates about our progress against the common, government - wide criteria as well as progress against the commitments in our Open Government Plans (v1.0, v2.0) and commitments that DOT may implement under the US National Action Plan.