1. Government Transparency: Six Strategies for More Open and Participatory Government
- Author:
- Jon Gant and Nicol Turner-Lee
- Publication Date:
- 03-2011
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- Over the last several decades, local, state and federal government entities in the United States have steadily moved toward more openness and transparency.By definition, openness and transparency allow stakeholders to gather information that may be critical to their interests and offer channels of communication between stakeholders and elected officials. Aided by legislative mandates and public policy decisions, most government entities are now required to make a minimum amount of information available to citizens, operate in the “sunlight” and not behind closed doors, and actively engage citizens in the policy-making process.
- Topic:
- Corruption, Education, Government, and Science and Technology
- Political Geography:
- United States and America