19th August 2016 – News, United Kingdom
Dear Open Government community, The civil society coordinators for UK, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are working together to strengthen and connect the Open Government civil society movements in the UK home nations. This project is being led by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Northern Ireland Environment Link, Wales Council for Voluntary Action and…
17th August 2016 – Meeting notes, News, United Kingdom
On 27th July, government commitment leads and members of the UK Open Government Network steering group met for the first time to discuss implementation of the recently published 2016-18 Open Government Action Plan. This note sets out the main points of the discussion. Updates were presented by the commitment leads on all the commitments in third…
16th August 2016 – News, United Kingdom
Last week (10 August 2016), the UK Open Government Network steering group wrote to Ben Gummer, the new Minister for the Cabinet Office, to welcome him to post and set out how the OGN wishes to work with him to progress the open government agenda. Read and download the text of the letter below. Dear Rt…
15th August 2016 – News, Northern Ireland
(via The Democratic Society) The Democratic Society were invited by the Open Government Network NI to speak at the Festival of Economics in Northern Ireland, on the topic of participatory budgeting. The conference was framed around Big Ideas looking at innovative, challenging and disruptive ideas to transform the economy. Our Niamh Webster joined economists, experts…
5th August 2016 – News, United Kingdom
One of the commitments included in the 2016-18 Open Government Action Plan was to develop, in consultation with civil society, a new Anti-Corruption Strategy. The government has started the process of developing that strategy. The Open Government Network is preparing a submission to inform the strategy. Contribute via the GoogleDoc below. Available for comment until 19th August at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SPFFy_h1mahn2-EtMPL_H3I4CLiL20cNUXMplhT_Zwk/edit?usp=sharing
2nd August 2016 – Meeting notes, News, United Kingdom
On 21st July, members of the Open Government Network met to discuss what Brexit means for open government. Notes taken during the event can be found in the Google Doc below: Available at: bit.ly/BrexitOpenGov
21st July 2016 – News, Northern Ireland
14th July 2016 – Points of View, United Kingdom
Brexit, as we now know, means Brexit. But what does it mean for open government in the UK? On the surface, nothing changes. Almost all the legislation, from Freedom of Information to Data Protection, is bound up in UK law. The Open Data agenda will also continue to move along. Even the EU initiated laws…
17th June 2016 – News, Northern Ireland
26th May 2016 – News, Points of View, United Kingdom
The Open Government Network has responded to the government’s consultation on moving Land Registry operations to the private sector urging it to reconsider its proposals, expressing concerns that privatisation would have a detrimental impact on transparency, civic participation and accountability on an issue of national importance. In summary: We consider that the economy would be best served through the…