While the applicable legal framework is often identified as one of the key factors in the
success or failure of open government data (OGD), the concrete impact of 'OGD law'on …

This Element argues that to understand why transparency “works” in one context, but fails in
another, we have to take into account how institutional (macro), organizational (meso) …

In public administration today, many new reform ideas mingle, offering new diagnoses of
governmental problems and courses of action. But scholars have highlighted reasons why …

Calls for greater transparency in fisheries are becoming increasingly common. They promise
better evaluation of management interventions, more participatory decision-making, effective …

The article examines changes in the meaning and practice of government openness around
the world and identifies three trends. First, the technological meaning of openness is …

Let's begin with two short stories of secrets held by federal regulatory agencies. In each, a
regulator obtains and holds secret technical information about a product sold by a company …

Although transparency is recognized as an important public value, few studies examine how
citizens see the relationship between transparency and other public values. To empirically …

Transparency is expected to reduce corruption by enabling the public to uncover it and thus
hold officials accountable. This assumes citizens care about corruption and have …

What the Open Government Partnership tells us about how international initiatives can and
do shape domestic public sector reform. At the 2011 meeting of the UN General Assembly …

Digital technologies are becoming increasingly important for promoting public authorities'
transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption activities. The aim of the research is to …