The Economist has published a special report on managing information that contains an article titled: The open society – Governments are letting in the light.
The article reviews the actions Governments across the world are taking with respect to public sector information. The article uses examples from the United States and compares with other parts of the world including Europe. The article refers to the European Union Public Sector Information re-use Directive 2003/98/EC and states:
Other parts of the world are also beginning to move to greater openness. A European Commission directive in 2005 called for making public-sector information more accessible (but it has no bite). Europe’s digital activists use the web to track politicians and to try to improve public services. In Britain FixMyStreet.com gives citizens the opportunity to flag up local problems. That allows local authorities to find out about people’s concerns; and once the problem has been publicly aired it becomes more difficult to ignore.
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