France Becomes First Government to Endorse UN Open Source Principles, Joined by 19 Organizations
https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@codegouvfr/114529954373492878

France Endorses UN Open Source Principles
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024759

#France #OpenSource #UN #OpenGovernment

"John L. Young, who died March 28 at age 89 in New York City, was among the first people to see the need for an online library of official secrets, a place where the public could find out things that governments and corporations didn’t want them to know. He made real the idea – revolutionary in its time – that the internet could make more information available to more people than ever before.

John and architect Deborah Natsios, his wife, in 1996 founded Cryptome, an online library which collects and publishes data about freedom of expression, privacy, cryptography, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and government secrecy. Its slogan: “The greatest threat to democracy is official secrecy which favors a few over the many.” And its invitation: “We welcome documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide.”"

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/memoriam-john-l-young-cryptome-co-founder

#Cryptome #CivilLiberties #OpenGovernment #Surveillance #Privacy #NationalSecurity #FreedomOfExpression #Cryptography #GovernmentSecrecy #Intelligence

EU:s domstol: Kommissionen gjorde fel i Pfizergate. Sms mellan von der Leyen och Pfizer-chefen måste omfattas av insynsregler. En vinst för demokratin, journalistiken och ansvarsutkrävandet.
https://magasinetkonkret.se/fel-av-ursula-von-der-leyen-att-hemlighalla-sms/
#Pfizergate #EU #OpenGovernment #Accountability

🌐 How can we promote political integrity in Europe effectively?

WP11 of #RESPOND explores innovative solutions to enhance political integrity, focusing on policy labs, anti-corruption training and open data initiatives.

🔍 Discover more 👉 https://www.eu-respond.eu/work-package/wp11/

#RESPOND #PoliticalIntegrity #EUProjects #Governance #Transparency #OpenData #HorizonEurope #DigitalDemocracy #AntiCorruptiont #SocialResearch #SocialInnovation #AI #OpenGovernment #Democracy

@rakyat And #Poland and #Denmark are tied for 4th place (as stated in the news article; #Singapore 2nd, #Finland 3rd):

https://odin.opendatawatch.com/Report/rankings

But I guess these do not include openness about government decision-making processes. I can't believe that Hong Kong, Oman and the UAE have highly open data about how proposals are generated and decided on at all levels of government and state administration, or open data on #HumanRights laws and their implementation.

#OpenGovernment #OpenScience

"A DSIT spokesperson told New Scientist: “No one should be spending time on something AI can do better and more quickly. Built in Whitehall, Redbox is helping us harness the power of AI in a safe, secure, and practical way – making it easier for officials to summarise documents, draft agendas and more. This ultimately speeds up our work and frees up officials to focus on shaping policy and improving services – driving the change this country needs.”

But the use of generative AI tools concerns some experts. Large language models have well-documented issues around bias and accuracy that are difficult to mitigate, so we have no way of knowing if Redbox is providing good-quality information. DSIT declined to answer specific questions about how users of Redbox avoid inaccuracies or bias.

“My issue here is that government is supposed to serve the public, and part of that service is that we – as taxpayers, as voters, as the electorate – should have a certain amount of access to understanding how decisions are made and what the processes are in terms of decision-making,” says Catherine Flick at the University of Staffordshire, UK.

Because generative AI tools are black boxes, Flick is concerned that it isn’t easy to test or understand how it reaches a particular output, such as highlighting certain aspects of a document over others. The government’s unwillingness to share that information further reduces transparency, she says.

That lack of transparency extends to a third government department, the Treasury."

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478180-is-keir-starmer-being-advised-by-ai-the-uk-government-wont-tell-us/

#UK #AI #GenerativeAI #Chatbots #LLMs #Redbox #OpenGovernment

Das ist die Open Source Strategie von Schleswig-Holstein. Ziel: Abhängigkeiten abbauen, IT-Kosten senken, heimische Digitalwirtschaft stärken & Vertrauen schaffen.
#OpenSource #DigitaleSouveränität #SchleswigHolstein #ZenDiS #PublicTech #LibreOffice #Linux #Nextcloud #OpenGovernment
https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/Presse/PI/2024/CdS/241125_cds_open-source-strategie

"Attorneys suing the United States government over its use of vanishing Signal messages to coordinate military strikes last month in Yemen allege that new court filings by the government reveal a “calculated strategy” by Trump administration officials to evade transparency laws through the illegal destruction of government records.

US defense and intelligence agencies on Monday submitted supplemental declarations in court outlining their individual efforts to preserve the messages at the center of the “SignalGate” scandal. American Oversight, a watchdog organization whose attorneys are suing the government, claim the declarations reveal “troubling inconsistencies” in efforts by US officials to archive the material, with the Central Intelligence Agency in particular alleging that it had archived no messages of any substance.

“Using encrypted, disappearing messages on Signal for official government business violates the Federal Records Act and represents a calculated strategy to undermine transparency and accountability,” claims the group’s interim executive director, Chioma Chukwu."

https://www.wired.com/story/heres-what-happened-to-those-signalgate-messages/

#USA #Trump #Transparency #OpenGovernment #Signal

#OpenGovernment steht für einen kulturellen Wandel im Verhältnis von Bürger und Staat, der zu mehr #Transparenz, mehr Teilhabe und einer intensiveren Zusammenarbeit führen kann. Offene Daten sind Teil und notwendige Voraussetzung für diesen Prozess der Öffnung. Das kann zu mehr #Rechenschaft und #Pflichtbewusstsein der Amtsträger gegenüber der Allgemeinheit führen. Transparentes Verwaltunghandeln ist außerdem das beste Mittel gegen #Korruption. https://www.bpb.de/themen/daten/opendata/64055/was-sind-offene-daten

#Reutlingen #Transparenz

Was bedeutet eigentlich #OpenGovernment?🏛️
Was ist bei der Bereitstellung von #OpenData 📂zu beachten?
Die #OpenGovernmentAcademy 🎓von #OpenNRW bietet
Kurse & Seminare ✏️rund um die #digitaleVerwaltung 💻an.
Die Kurse behandeln Grundlagen & Methoden.
Schaut doch mal vorbei:👇
https://open.nrw/unterstuetzung/open-government-academy

Koalitionsvertrag hinsichtlich #OpenGovernment-Aspekten durchgehen … Jörn von Lucke hat mal wieder fleißigst vorgearbeitet 👍 #OGP #OGov #OGPDE

Reduzierung der Abhängigkeit von Softwareanbietern: Die Marktanalyse des Bundes zeigt Strategien für mehr digitale Souveränität in der Verwaltung. Fokus auf Open Source, offene Standards und Diversifizierung von IT-Lösungen.
https://www.cio.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/Webs/CIO/DE/digitale-loesungen/marktanalyse-reduzierung-abhaengigkeit-software-anbieter.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
#DigitaleSouveränität #OpenSource #ITStrategie #DigitaleVerwaltung #PublicSector #OpenGovernment #CIOBund #unplugtrump

"The Trump administration has begun its purge at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by dismissing 10,000 employees, with agency Freedom of Information Act offices being among the casualties.

This comes after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a FOIA requester himself, promised “radical transparency” at the agency.

The entire FOIA office at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was placed on administrative leave, and emails sent to CDC’s FOIA office received the response, “Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.” Most FOIA staff at the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health were also let go.

Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold noted that CDC’s FOIA website was briefly taken entirely offline, but was restored after public outcry.

It’s important to note that even if CDC or other agency FOIA office websites are taken offline, requesters can visit FOIA.gov to find contact information for agencies and continue to submit requests. Agencies are still obligated to respond to requests even if their entire FOIA office has been sacked."

https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/rfk-jr-promises-radical-transparency-then-closes-foia-shops/

#USA #Trump #FOIA #HHS #OpenGovernment

#SunshineWeek has been every week for us for over 30 years! 🌞 Read our timeline to learn about key open government events and some of EPIC’s #OpenGovernment milestones.

The Trump administration’s systemic gutting of the federal workforce casts a shadow over #OpenGovernment. States have a chance to preserve and enhance democracy if they stop creating greater barriers to access information. #SunshineWeek ➡️ Read more from EPIC's Kabbas Azhar: epic.org/as-above-doe...

As Above Doesn’t Have to Be Be...

It’s #SunshineWeek! ☀️ At EPIC, we utilize #OpenGovernment laws, like FOIA, to expose secretive government surveillance programs and prevent the exploitation of people's data. Stay tuned this all this week to see how we leverage these laws for public good: epic.org/rays-ing-the...

Rays-ing the Bar for Sunshine ...

Government transparency is critical to living your best life https://freepressokc.com/government-transparency-is-critical-to-living-your-best-life/ #governmenttransparency #governmentbythepeople #honestgovernment #opengovernment #SunshineWeek #Opinion

Happy Sunshine Week, now more than ever!

#government #opengovernment #transparency #publicrecords #righttoknow #foi #foia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Week

🏢🔓 We're helping to shape the agenda for the next Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit. Check out our suggestions in the thread, upvote them (please 😉!) and also read the suggestions from the community. It's hard to choose what's most urgent!

#OpenGovernment
#Transparency

Neue #openGovernment Anwendung:

"Transparente Gemeinde Krems" - Verwaltung der Stadt Krems auf einem Blick transparent dargestellt

Basierend auf dem österreichischen Kriterienkatalog von Transparency International - Austrian Chapter
https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/application/a5dbd865-86b1-49be-8262-726f94c36df9

#EGovernment #OpenData #IFG