Welcome to the open forum on Sunshine Week: ICT and Open Government

The Open Forum is set to discuss how ICT standardization can contribute to increased government transparency.

-How can public databases best serve citizens’ needs and support research, and what is required for the full potential to be reached in terms of cross-authority cooperation etc?

-Can participatory government, such as Gov 2.0 solutions, increase public awareness of governments’ dealings and what is needed to implement such services?

-How can governments act to ensure data portability etc, what is the best approach to implementing document standards, and will we ever reach complete interoperability?

-How are governments handling freedom of information, what lessons can be learned from international experiences?

Discussion will take place in writing through the comment functions on the articles to the right.

With this said I declare the forum open!

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Mattias Ganslandt