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A coalition of transparency groups published Dec. 1 a report (.pdf) suggesting improvements to and methods for implementing Obama administration-led transparency efforts. The OpenTheGovernment.org Read more...

The Irish government plans to embrace open government by increasing public access to government information, creating an open-data portal and improving data sharing across government agencies, it Read more...

The White House spent about $5 million in developing a social network for federal employees before canceling the project in May 2011 due to lack of funding, according to data from a Government Read more...

The federal government has dramatically picked up the pace of innovation within the past 24 months, says Forrester Research in a May 31 report for sale for $500. The report references the emergence Read more...

Lower than expected congressional appropriations require the Office of Management and Budget to cancel two collaborative websites it had under development, says Vivek Kundra, the OMB administrator Read more...

The Office of Management and Budget has released the open source software code behind the IT Dashboard. According to a March 31 OMB blog post from Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, the Read more...

Criticisms about data inaccuracy in government transparency initiative websites could stem from inaccurate data interpretation, government officials told a House panel March 11. In particular, an Read more...

The federal government wants to spend $79.5 billion on information technology in fiscal 2012, says the Office of Management and Budget. The amount would add up to a 1.9 percent increase over the Read more...

A new report from independent watchdog OMB Watch criticizes the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for not following its own dictates of openness and transparency. OIRA, located Read more...

A government website meant to track federal spending is off by more than $1.3 trillion, says the Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit watchdog. When the watchdog compared data posted online at Read more...