Towards Open Data for Political Accountability: Examining the US and UK models

Peled, Alon; Nahon, Karine

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Towards Open Data for Political Accountability: Examining the US and UK models

Author(s)

• Peled, Alon
• Nahon, Karine

Issue Date

2015-03-15

Keyword(s)

information policy and open access

Abstract

Since 2009 governments worldwide have been developing Open Government Data (OGD) programs. Our paper examines the ways in which public agencies in the two leading OGD countries, the US and the UK, have released information assets to promote public sector accountability. Theoretically and empirically, we discuss the vision and execution of the OGD policy in these countries since 2009 and demonstrate that the movement took a different path than the one chartered by the original policy makers. We then propose a new path for the OGD movement to better support the democratic ideal of improved accountability of public sector agencies.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2015 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

English

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