Whittemore Library: The OPEN Movements: Open Government

Open Government is...

...government leaders and civil society advocates came together to create a unique partnership—one that combines these powerful forces to promote transparent, participatory, inclusive and accountable governance.

- Open Government Partnership

What is Open Government? (Short Article)
Transparency International (NGO)
"We hold the powerful and corrupt to account, by exposing the systems and networks that enable corruption. We advocate for policies and build coalitions to change the status quo."
OpenSpending (Fiscal Data Statistics Search Site)
A free, open and global platform to search, visualise and analyse fiscal data in the public sphere. Meant to support a future of fiscal transparency from governments and other public bodies.
Data.Gov: Open Government (Gov. Website)
The federal government’s open data site.
Government of Canada: Open Data
"Search open data that is relevant to Canadians, learn how to work with datasets, and see what people have done with open data across the country."

Selected Books from the Whittemore Library about Open Gov't Data

Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability by Sanjeev Khagram (Editor); Archon Fung (Editor); Paolo de Renzio (Editor)
ISBN: 9780815723370
Publication Date: 2013
Open Budgets seeks to answer a few broad questions: How and why do improvements in fiscal transparency and participation come about? How are they sustained over time? When and how do increased fiscal transparency and participation lead to improved government responsiveness and accountability?
The Social Dynamics of Open Data by Francois van Schalkwyk; G Verhulst
ISBN: 9781928331568
Publication Date: 2017
Research is critical to developing a more rigorous and fine-combed analysis not only of why open data is valuable, but how it is valuable and under what specific conditions. The objective of the Open Data Research Symposium and the subsequent collection of chapters published here is to build such a stronger evidence base.
Open Data in Developing Economies : Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How by G. Verhulst
ISBN: 9781928331599
Publication Date: 2017
Features in-depth case studies on how open data is having an impact across the developing world - from an agriculture initiative in Colombia to data-driven healthcare projects in Uganda and South Africa to crisis response in Nepal.