by jmsthornton | Mar 20, 2017 | Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
It’s good news that the Federal Government and civil society completed and lodged, with the (International) Open Government Partnership, Australia’s first National Action Plan (NAP) on 8th of December last year to improve and strengthen transparency and...
by jmsthornton | Nov 20, 2016 | Federal Government, Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Public Trust, Reforms, Submissions
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION Open Government Australia in its Draft National Action Plan includes Commitment 3.1 – Information management and access laws for the 21st century. At present the draft commitment reads; “We will ensure our information access laws are...
by jmsthornton | Nov 20, 2016 | ACLEI, Corruption, National Integrity Commission, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Public Trust, Submissions
AN AMBITIOUS NATIONAL INTEGRITY FRAMEWORK Open Government Partnership Australia is developing a National Action Plan. The current Draft Plan (as a subset of the commitment in theme 4, to Integrity in the public sector) now includes a commitment to a National...
by jmsthornton | Nov 18, 2016 | Election 2016, Federal Government, News, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Political Funding, Reforms, Submissions
OGP – NATIONAL ACTION PLAN – POLITICAL DONATIONS This second submission from Accountability Round Table suggesting changes to the Open Government Partnership Draft National Action Plan addresses Commitment 4.1, the commitment to examine the ‘framework of...
by jmsthornton | Nov 18, 2016 | Federal Government, News, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
OGP – NATIONAL ACTION PLAN – RECOGNISING THE ROLE OF THE OAIC This first submission from Accountability Round Table suggesting changes to the Open Government Partnership Draft National Action Plan addresses the role, overlooked in the National Action Plan,...
