Collaborative Governance and Collaborating Online: The Open Government Initiative in the United States

2014 ◽  
pp. 189-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Blomgren Amsler ◽  
Susanna Foxworthy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Government Initiative

scholarly journals Successful Earthquake Mitigation in Qinglong County during the Great Tangshan Earthquake: Lessons for Hurricane Katrina in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Jeanne-Marie Col
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Tangshan Earthquake ◽  
Earthquake Mitigation ◽  
Government Initiative

More than 246,000 people were killed in the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake. In Qinglong County, despite the collapse of 180,000 buildings, no deaths were attributable to the earthquake and its aftershocks. The case of Qinglong County illustrates excellent coordination among public administrators, scientists and citizens and features pro-active policies, local government initiative, thorough implementation, delegation, information sharing, and citizen participation. These lessons are applied to the response to Hurricane Katrina in the United States in 2005.

Advancing open government data portals: a comparative usability evaluation study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Wang ◽  
Deborah Richards ◽  
Ayse Aysin Bilgin ◽  
Chuanfu Chen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Heuristic Evaluation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Usability Problems ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Chinese Province ◽  
Government Data

PurposeTo address the key problem of lack of use in the advancement of open government data (OGD) portals from the aspect of good usability, which is an essential prerequisite to the acceptance and usage of a portal, this paper aims to develop a usability framework including design principles and criteria for OGD portals and to discover problems in the present usability design.Design/methodology/approachThis study builds the usability framework by extending usability principles for general websites to address the specific needs of OGD portals. Criteria for each principle are developed accordingly based on the literature. A comparative heuristic evaluation involving five expert evaluators and 13 Chinese province-level OGD portals has been carried out to test the capability of the usability framework.FindingsA usability framework with 24 principles and 63 criteria has been built. The heuristic evaluation shows OGD portals performed better in meeting general principles than the OGD portals specific ones. Insufficient help functions weakened OGD portals' usability. Similarities and differences were found of Chinese OGD portals compared with similar studies in the United States.Originality/valueThis paper proposed a usability framework for OGD portals and proved its capability in recognizing usability problems and its causes by carrying out a comparative heuristic evaluation in China. By comparing the evaluation results with other studies in the United States, the findings and lessons learnt in this study can thus be shared across international borders.

scholarly journals Transparency and Open Government: Reporting on the Disclosure of Information

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria L Lemieux ◽  
Stephanie E. Trapnell ◽  
Jessie Worker ◽  
Carole Excell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Aggregated Data ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Disclosure Of Information

This paper provides a summary of data about requests, complaints and appeals published by central reporting bodies in eight countries. It examines available data from the most recent year of aggregated data—ranging between 2011 and 2013. It assessed these statistics for Brazil, India, Jordan, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, The United Kingdom, and the United States. Through this assessment it provides trends in how countries are collecting and publishing these data and finds that practices are far from standardized and data are often unavailable or incomplete.

Asset declarations may boost transparency in Paraguay

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
The United States ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Significant Advance ◽  
Public Disclosure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Citizen Activism ◽  
Legal Consequences

Significance The decision to put asset declarations in the public domain, which had been bitterly opposed by many politicians, represents a major victory for campaigners in favour of open government and a significant advance in transparency and the fight against public sector corruption. The United States and EU both put out statements welcoming the decision. Impacts Citizen activism will continue to drive anti-corruption moves but progress will be slow. Congressional moves to circumvent transparency measures will compound distrust of politicians. Attention will now focus on whether public disclosure leads to legal consequences for influential officials.

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