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Thu 16 Apr 2015 6:31AM

D1 To improve the transparency and accountability of government to effectively implement the above ICT strategy?

JB James bushell Public Seen by 194

The aims of this initiative are: increase economic and social value through government data re-use more efficient government through appropriate sharing and alignment of data increase transparency in government, and increase participation in policy development.

The OGP specifies an ICT strategy to:
create effective and efficient integrated service delivery models
realise new value from government information assets
optimise the use of scarce resources and capabilities
strengthen assurance systems to manage risk and quality
deliver a migration path for aging legacy systems
leverage scale and efficiencies
partner with the private sector and non-governmental organisations, and
increase the pace of change.

RG

Robert Guthrie Fri 17 Apr 2015 5:15AM

We felt very confused about this question and had a hard time identifying what we were supposed to come up with.

Notes from the etherpad copied below:

  • A standard for transparency and accountability from elected representatives as a Human Right to be included in legislation. An official information act equivalent for political transparency and transparency?
  • Who is the person in our government who is the face of our ICT strategy? Someone who can talk tech.
  • What happens when government changes. How to maintain continuity from one government to the next.
  • Transparency of government decision-making would be improved if decisions happened and were documented out in the open, eg on github. Especially important to know the context, the why and how decisions were made. What were the reasons and what weight was given to each reason.