23rd November 2016
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Commitment 5.2 Enhance public participation in government decision-making People want government to commit to lifting its game- more participatory democracy. From the PM&C round up: Angus King Switched on Solar! Yes. Daniel Marsh Sociometry (consultancy) Should be amended to clarify the…
23rd November 2016
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan 4.3 Open Contracting Submissions suggest more ambition needed- it more than ‘reviewing’ whether we comply with the standard. From the PM&C round up: Stephen Gates Individual The adoption of the Open Contracting Data Standard is a good first step in publishing…
16th November 2016
Submission to Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet from the Steering Committee of the Australian Open Government Partnership Network. The submission may be published online. The Steering Committee welcomes the publication of the draft National Action Plan and the opportunity to suggest areas for improvement.Network members were encouraged to make their views known and a…
15th November 2016
There is no shortage of ideas and suggestions for inclusion in Australia’s first national action plan. News now that the OGP Steering Committee and Support Unit are encouraging governments and civil society organisations to sign up to collective actions that will further the open government agenda in their countries and around the world. The Global…
21st October 2016
From State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes “This National Action Plan builds on our first plan and takes into account the feedback we received from civil society and the OGP independent review mechanism. It represents a real step forward for transparency and openness and challenges government to keep doing more. We will continue to learn and…
18th October 2016
Deputy Secretary of Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), Dr Steven Kennedy has written to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Support Unit advising that Australia will submit its national action plan before the end of 2016. A previously published timeline indicated a draft plan would be available for public discussion and comment in late September/early October…
11th October 2016
The Open Government Partnership, now 70 strong, has commissioned an independent organization to conduct an evaluation of its performance to date. This evaluation will reflect on the OGP experience of the past five years, help to understand its successes and failures, and refresh OGP’s strategy going forward. DPMG, a unit of the University of Southern…
10th June 2016
Network member TI Australia has written to the parties and independent candidates seeking a pre-election response to questions about five urgent transparency and anti-corruption priorities: Political Financing. Federal Integrity System. Private Sector Transparency, Integrity and Accountability. Whistleblower Legislation. Open Government Partnership. We’ll keep you posted on the results. Feel free to raise these and related …
7th June 2016
A copy of David Solomon’s message to the Prime Minister about next steps regarding the National Action Plan was sent to the Department as well, prompting this reply from Deputy Secretary Steven Kennedy. Dear Mr Timmins, Thank you for your email, dated 17 May 2016, requesting that Mr David Solomon’s letter to the Prime…
30th May 2016
There has been no response to date to the message to the Prime Minister from Network Chair Dr David Solomon urging the government to take extra time beyond the 1 July target date to formulate and submit a national action plan. And no announcement or communication from the government since early April regarding possible commitments to…