Open Government: The Digital Citizen Pulse Survey summary reports that more than 70 percent of respondents are interacting with governments through websites and 53 percent want more public services accessible online. Some 82 percent of citizens in Singapore use websites to access government services, the highest in the survey.
United Kingdom: A new official report says that in 2011 “the monitored central government bodies received a total of 47,141 non-routine information requests a 7 per cent increase on the number received in 2010.”
United Kingdom: Resources are collected in a new Wiki on the FOI laws of the United Kingdom and Scotland by JISC infoNet, a UK’s advisory service for managers in the post-compulsory education sector.
United States: The Department of Justice’s Office of Information Policy issues its 2011 FOIA Litigation and Compliance Report.
Open Data: The Open Knowledge Foundation announces plans for an open data census. To take part visit: http://opengovernmentdata.org/census/submit/. The census will look only at ten specific datasets, including “election results” and “environmental data.” For each dataset, the OKF will explore whether it is: available in a digital form; machine-readable; publicly available, free of charge; openly licensed.
Commentary: Former World Bank official and transparency advocate David Shaman has written three blog posts for aidinfo.org, an NGO focused on aid transparency for international development organizations.
The Meaning of Transparency – A Perspective
Energy and Focus: Where Transparency and International Development Have Merged in the 21st Century
The Transparency of Process
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