open government
Accessible state records
Open government is a governing philosophy emphasizing transparency, public access to information, and citizen participation in decision-making.
The idea is that government documents, proceedings, and data should be available for scrutiny rather than conducted behind closed doors: Open government laws require agencies to publish their budgets online.
Related concepts include freedom of information requests and open meetings requirements.
Obligation for one's actions
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- public recordsOfficially filed, publicly accessible documents
- freedom of informationPublic access to state records
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
scrutiny · audits · sunshine laws · whistleblower · FOIA · right to know · public access · financial disclosure
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- representationDepiction or likeness
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
civic participation · public comment · town halls · deliberation · referendum · public hearings · petition · grassroots
Software communication protocols
- interoperabilityCross-platform functional harmony
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
- crowdsourcingGathering input from masses
hackathon · data visualization · digital services · metadata · accessibility · user experience · cloud computing · digital transformation
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- public recordsOfficially filed, publicly accessible documents
- freedom of informationPublic access to state records
oversight · scrutiny · audits · sunshine laws · whistleblower · FOIA · right to know · public access · financial disclosure · ethics
elections
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- representationDepiction or likeness
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
constitution · civic participation · public comment · town halls · deliberation · referendum · public hearings · petition · grassroots · suffrage
APIs
Software communication protocols
- interoperabilityCross-platform functional harmony
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
crowdsourcing · hackathon · data visualization · digital services · metadata · accessibility · user experience · cloud computing · digital transformation · real-time data
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
- political reformpolitical reform, electoral reform, campaign finance, term limits, redistricting
- transparencydisclosure, clarity, honesty, candor, visibility
- civic techcivic engagement, e-voting, citizen engagement, voter registration, e-petitions
- information policyFOIA, freedom of information, public records, public access, public disclosure
- Open Datadata access, data sharing, FOIA, freedom of information, public records
open governmentgovernment secrecy
Official information suppression
shadow government · deep state · black ops · information blackout · state secrets
open governmentautocracy
Rule by one
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · dictatorship · despotism · tyranny
open, opening, government, opened, governor, opens, openness, governing, governed