Sentences with phrase «open government»

He agrees that the state committee on open government has ruled that sometimes confidential information can be revealed.

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

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

Companies involved in fields ranging from health care to climate modeling have already tapped into the potential from open government data.

According to him and other open government advocates, there are reasons to believe this sausage's recipe could use some fine - tuning.

It's tested now, though, in the contention of those agencies that they're private organizations exempt from open government laws.

They kept their pledge to promote open government by posting the budget and meeting agendas on the town website.

Sounds like open government, but they usually vote raises after the elections.

The belief that transparent, open government exists, allowing for full participation and debate by all citizens affected by helicopter noise abuse, is a fantasy.

Have we hit «peak» open government yet?

These are important bills for strengthening open government and this is a useful resource for understanding and tracking these bills.

The previous design had been criticized for being out of date with regard to look and content, and was therefore said to go against the emerging principle of open government.

I am sure there are librarians across the country rubbing their hands with excitement to get started on making sure that open government data will become information.

But that essentially poses a loophole in the state's open government laws, which require that meetings be publicly advertised and offer only a handful of exemptions.

Across the country, open government advocates are holding events and educating people about their right to know.

Since DOT published its first Open Government Plan in 2010, we have made significant strides in promoting increased transparency, participation, and collaboration, and we have institutionalized the Open DOT culture by creating new policies, releasing more data, and streamlining our Web sites.

Following this framework will allow the DOT to identify the key transformation planning steps, analyze and address the relevant technology, policy, and cultural elements, incorporate public feedback, and get the right people involved in Open Government efforts from the very beginning — helping to create a plan that will truly change the way the Department of Transportation interacts with citizens.

British Columbia launched DataBC (datasets) and Open Information (FOI requests) a few years ago, and has a similar Open Government Licence.

Regional findings presented at Open Government Partnership (OGP) Asia - Pacific Regional Conference

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

For more information about this program, contact the DOT Open Government Initiative at [email protected].

Note: This evaluation was originally completed based on Version 1.1 of the DOT Open Government Plan.

Today's Open Data Lab will be led by consultant and facilitator Mark Kuznicki, one of the leaders in Canada's Open Government movement and an instigator of the ChangeCamp concept, giving citizens the tools to come together and work on their local government - related projects.

A proponent of more open government, he feels that a broader cross-section of the town's human resources could be harnessed to craft solutions to local problems.

Take a walk down memory lane with open government Guru Bob Freeman, as we explore the founding of the state's freedom of information law and its implementation during the last 40 years.

The World Justice Project's WJP Rule of Law Index and WJP Open Government Index datasets are included in the GDA's governance data dashboard, available here.

Capital appealed this denial on October 6, and sought an advisory opinion from Committee on Open Government Executive Director Bob Freeman, an independent state body charged with promoting transparency and offering advisory opinions that carry weight in court.

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.

Since the publication of its first Open Government Plan in 2010, DOT has made significant strides in laying the groundwork for increased transparency, participation and collaboration.

This year Montreal will host the event where students, entrepreneurs and innovators are invited to come learn about Open Government in Canada, and how Canadians can use open data to build a better world.

A POLITICO records request in 2014 for details of Cuomo's schedule of fundraisers was initially denied by the administration, before the state's Committee on Open Government issued an advisory opinion that schedules of those fundraisers were a matter «of public interest and concern» and should be disclosed.

It's not huge or transformational, but the New York State Comptroller has joined the Governor in taking another step towards establishing a new open government convention for New York: machine - readable fiscal information.

These plans are the result of the Department's commitments in its third Open Government Plan in 2014 and were developed in accordance with DOT's March 2015 Memorandum on Developing a Systemic Approach for Increasing the Public Availability of Information about Agency Operations.

On March 26th, the World Justice Project (WJP) will launch the WJP Open Government Index ™ 2015, the first effort to measure government openness based on the general public's perspective.

We have met nearly all the commitments described in our previous Open Government Plans.

New York Open Government now allows users to search across multiple databases and display results on one screen.

Table 1: Composition of DOT Open Government Groups — Membership of select Working Groups and Steering Committees

The Department views the core open government principles of transparency, participation and collaboration as central to the conduct of its mission.

Alberta is not alone in moving to more open government information.

The move has sparked concern among good - government advocates as well as open government proponents who say the policy is further shrouding state government in secrecy.

The hearing will be webcast, and feature a star studded list of top technologists and govtech thinkers from in and outside of government, including international open government guru Beth Noveck, and NYC Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne.

ALBANY — Automatically deleting email after 90 days could lead to the accidental disposal of important records, the head of New York's Committee on Open Government told Capital, as the Cuomo administration presses ahead with its controversial new policy.

Announced on Tuesday, September 20th by President Obama, these measures form key elements of the U.S. Open Government Partnership National Action Plan.

The director of the state Committee on Open Government said in an advisory opinion that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and the state department of Housing and Community Renewal should not hold back from release otherwise public documents based merely on the contention that they might relate to an ongoing federal probe of upstate development deals.