Citizens are pressing governments to be more transparent. They want to freely access the information and data created about them, and for public agencies to protect their personal information. Read More
The New South Wales Department of Finance, Services and Innovation has lured enthusiastic government IT expert Pia Andrews back to Australia from New Zealand, where… Read More
New South Wales information commissioner Elizabeth Tydd has given public service leaders a comprehensive new guide to open government that positions public participation at the centre… Read More
Establishing greater openness and transparency into the activities of government will build public trust, create economic opportunities, and support better decision-making. Intermedium’s white paper discusses the challenges agencies face and examines how technology can reduce the costs and complexity associated with open government. Read More
Open Government is a growing global movement. It's global Open Gov Week (May 7-11 ), and we think this is cause for celebration and the perfect time to ramp up the discussion. Read More
"Each and every one of us in public service has a fundamental responsibility: to operate in the public interest". Read More
Despite open government’s best intentions to prioritise collaboration, government bodies consistently duplicate each other’s effort. Collaborating as effectively as open communities is much harder than you’d think. Read More
Not all freedom of information laws are created equal, which makes comparing the transparency of different systems across Australia rather difficult. States that proactively publish more information might look more secretive on paper. Read More
The Northern Territory's public servants don't receive that many applications for the release of government information, but when they do, they reject more than their counterparts in any other government. Queensland and Tasmania are not far behind in terms of blocking access, according to new national statistics on the use of Freedom of Information schemes (or Right to Information in Qld and Tasmania) for each government except the ACT. Read More
With the kind of evaluation that the public sector applies to its own endeavours, the annual hackathon that creates new uses for government open datasets could become much more impactful. Read More
The Commonwealth has met a pledge from Australia's Open Government National Action Plan by simply publishing a review of its procurement portal AusTender against the top global standard. Actually meeting it might cost too much. Read More
Nominations are now being sought from individuals to fill up to eight civil society positions on Australia's first Open Government Forum. Read More
Australia leads the world in providing government datasets that are useful and easy to find, according to the 2016 Global Open Data Index provisional rankings. Areas for improvement include land ownership and government spending. Read More
Following publication of a set of commitments towards more open government in December, part of Australia's new membership of the international Open Government Partnership, a permanent multi-stakeholder body is now required to monitor their implementation. Read More
Suppression of a key KPMG analysis paper by the NSW government has ended badly in court, with a forced council merger thrown out on appeal with costs. Read More
