Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including expedited firing processes at the VA, press censorship in India, and the latest developments in the federal investigation into the operation of New York's Moreland Commission.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/30/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including Sen. Wyden and Sen. Udall amending for a more robust senate version of the USA Freedom Act, China's corruption investigation against the most prominent government figure yet, and the indictment of a Kentucky state representative for campaign finance corruption.
Continue readingWhat can we learn from the G8 Open Data Charter Action Plan?
Although the G7 countries need to work harder to improve their national action plans on open data, the efforts made so far may be able to provide a useful lesson for the international community to learn from or to avoid.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/29/14
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including an announcement of Mayday PAC's targeted races, judicial appointment reform in India, and (potential) new municipal broadband policy at the FCC.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/28/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the Office of Congressional Ethics calling out illegal lobbying for the first time, Guyana's controversy over presidents-as-lobbyists, and a former Virginia Governor's upcoming corruption trial.
Continue readingG8 Open Data Charter Action Plan: Open data by default, but you may have to pay
Although the G7 is moving towards "open data by default," they show hesitations and difficulties to guarantee their data will be free of charge. Here are our detailed analysis on the G8 Open Data Charter Action Plan.
Continue readingA lesson learned from the beleaguered NTIS
The National Technology Information Service once endeavored to provide a centralized and organized location for government documents. Now, its potential demise is a call for more effective information disclosure among government agencies.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/25/14
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including recently released guidelines for placing individuals on the No-Fly List, difficulties in building Ireland's open data portal, and ethics commission interference from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's office.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: Politicians weighing in against expanded wetlands protection
Hundreds of members of Congress are blasting an Obama administration plan to expand the definition of wetlands, an analysis of public comments by Sunlight's Docket Wrench shows.
Continue readingHow accessible are executive orders in each of the 50 states?
We analyzed how accessible governors' executive orders are in all 50 States. Here's how they stack up.
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