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NewsTransparency groups demand more from National Action Plan for open government
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...
Lawmakers consider televising Supreme Court proceedings
All corners of government are feeling pressure to increase transparency, and lawmakers at a Dec. 6 Senate subcommittee hearing said the Supreme Court should no longer be isolated from the citizens Read more...
Study offers tips on government data analytics
Government agencies should start small and build an "analytics culture" to ensure success when using data to enhance performance, according to a Nov. 30 study (.pdf) from the IBM Center for the Read more...
U.K. government unveils 'midata' initiative
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is one of 26 companies participating in an U.K. government initiative to give British consumers access to the personal data companies collect on them electronic format. The U.K. Read more...
U.K. Liberal Democrats urge open source
The British government should ensure it owns all software code it pays for and should share that code for free within the public sector, says a policy paper adopted Sept. 20 by the Liberal Democrats Read more...
Vast disparities in agency FOIA processing times
Federal agencies react with wide disparity in the amount of time it takes to process complex Freedom of Information Act requests, compared to simple ones, according to a Sept. 6 report from Read more...
DOJ grades agency FOIA performance
An assessment by the Justice Department's office of information policy on cabinet department self-reported enactment of Obama administration Freedom of Information Act policy during the last fiscal Read more...
Agency politics can reduce opening data to a communications exercise
Opening data for public use is as much a political issue as a technological issue, said panelists on June 14 at OpenGovDC in Washington. The idea of openness is encouraged government-wide, and Read more...
Openness is 5% IT, 95% promotion, says Park
When the Health and Human Services Department launched the Health Data Initiative, HHS Chief Technology Officer Todd Park expected half the work to be publishing the data and half the work to be Read more...
Devaney: Recipient reporting yields better data than agency reporting in transparency initiatives
Data reporting from federal-fund recipients is more accurate and less costly to report than if the data were gleaned from agencies, according to Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability Read more...
| Press ReleasesIMA Urges Passage of the DATA Act to Move XBRL Across Government--Supports Use of XBRL to Implement the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act-- MONTVALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IMA®, the association for accountants and financial professionals Read more >> NASA Launches New Open Government BlogWASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has launched the new http://open.nasa.gov blog to highlight the agency's Open Government success stories. The site is part of the White Read more >> Time Running Out for Employers to Respond to DoD SurveyOne week remains for employers to share impact of Guard and Reserve service on workforce ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Defense is encouraging employers in receipt of the 2011 Read more >> CAGW Unimpressed by President’s Wasteful Anti-Waste BoardWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the nation’s premier taxpayer watchdog group, issued a statement criticizing President Obama’s executive order to Read more >> Business Roundtable Statement on Whistleblower VoteWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- “Business Roundtable is disappointed the final SEC whistleblower rules do not protect and reinforce existing internal reporting mechanisms that provide companies the Read more >> |
