📣 TODAY! Join attorney Matthew B. Byrne at Gravel & Shea PC | Attorneys at Law for an update on Vermont's open meeting law. Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #opengov #journalism #vermont

The growing case to protect FOI www.mysociety.org/2026/04/08/t... from @mysociety.org with a round-up of posts pushing back against a recent FT report that the UK Government is considering lowering the cost limit for FOI (which means more requests can be rejected)

#accesstoinfo #opengov #opendata

Join OGP & @NatureFinance for a webinar on data centers and #opengov.

🗓️ April 21 | 3-4:30 PM CET

Register to learn how data center governance can better serve the public interest from government officials, civil society leaders, & international experts.

bit.ly/data-center-21-apr

Submit a paper to the 1st AI & #OpenGov workshop at #ICAIL2026. I know we will!

One more week left. Details below 👇

Deadline for our #AI & #OpenGov workshop (@aiog.net) is extended by 1 week. Details below 👇🏻

Nandi County won an Open Gov Challenge Award in 2025 for strengthening access to information and making governance more inclusive.

#OpenGovChallenge #OpenGov #AccessToInformation #Inclusion #CitizenEngagement

⚠️ Announcement: we have decided to extend the submission deadline by 1 week. New deadline: April 16 (AoE)!

Looking forward to receiving your AI & #OpenGov position and research papers!

aiog.net

CSEA urges board to reconsider staffing vote, says RIF could affect 61.5% of staff A speaker from the California School Employees Association told trustees she was deeply concerned about a recent vote on a proposed reduction in force that she said could affect 61.5% of Calbright staff and criticized limited board participation in that vote.

Concerns are rising as a CSEA representative reveals that a recent board vote could impact over 61% of Calbright staff, calling for transparency and more involvement from trustees.

Click to read more!

#CA #CivicAccountability #StaffSupport #OpenGov

County approves multiple tax‑abatement adjustments, debates AI‑assisted checklist for hearings Penobscot County commissioners granted a Kaufman abatement (assessment set to $130,000), denied Simmons and Keene requests, and approved a $12,500 land‑value reduction in Duroch. Commissioners also debated a draft abatement checklist and whether AI should be used to analyze hearing materials.

Penobscot County commissioners made significant tax-abatement decisions while sparking a heated debate over the use of AI in their administrative processes.

Learn more here

#PenobscotCounty #ME #OpenGov #AIInnovation

Meet our new CEE Fellows, Filip (Poland 🇵🇱) & Tim (Kosovo 🇽🇰)!

From energy policy to gov transparency, they’re already diving into life at the Hub. 🤝🌍

#OpenGov #GlobalLeaders #CEEFellows

UK Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) spend data, transactions over £25,000, April 2010 - February 2026 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (1.5 MB XLSX)

#publicspending #opengov #opendata

⚖️Case: Trump, POTUS v. Barbara
Docket Number: 25-365
Date Argued: 04/01/26

🎙️MP3: www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/...

📑Transcript: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

#OpenGov

Thiago Sá Freire Steps Up as CEO of OpenGov to Propel AI-Native Growth OpenGov announces the appointment of Thiago Sá Freire as CEO, succeeding Zac Bookman, to lead the next phase of growth in AI solutions for government.

Thiago Sá Freire Steps Up as CEO of OpenGov to Propel AI-Native Growth #United_States #San_Francisco #OpenGov #Thiago_Sá_Freire #Zac_Bookman

.@spj-posts.bsky.social has named Massachusetts the ‘winner’ of its annual Black Hole Award, a dishonor recognizing state entities that demonstrate a lack of transparency. We spoke to Caught In Southie about why the award is so deserved.

caughtinsouthie.com/news-politic...

#opengov

🇭🇷 Zagreb, Croatia won an Open Gov Challenge Award in 2025 for expanding participatory budgeting across the city, giving residents a direct voice in how local funds are spent.

#OpenGovChallenge #OpenGov #ParticipatoryBudgeting #Transparency #CitizenEngagement #FiscalOpeness

Ausschnitt des Fotos eines historischen Gebäudes mit der Aufschrift Rathaus – Symbolbild

Wusstet Ihr, dass ein Chatbot auch ein Seismograph sein kann?

In Bergisch-Gladbach liefert der Chatbot der Stadt nicht nur Auskünfte, sondern zeigt der Verwaltung, welche Themen die Menschen wirklich bewegen – anonymisiert und in Echtzeit.

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Jetzt mitmachen: Bürgerbeteiligungsgesetz für Hessen - PIRATEN Hessen Direkte Mitbestimmung und die Stärkung der Demokratie sind uns als Piratenpartei Hessen wichtig – deshalb haben wir uns dem Bündnis „Löwenstarke Demokratie“

Die Piraten sind jetzt im Bündnis 𝗟ö𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲.

Gemeinsam mit euch wollen wir ein #Bürgerbeteiligungsgesetz für Hessen entwickeln.

www.piratenpartei-hessen.de/jetzt-mitmac...

#OpenGov #Mitbestimmung #Transparenz

UK Cabinet Office spend data, transactions over £25,000, April 2010 - February 2026 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (3.6 MB XLSX)

#publicspending #opengov #opendata

Home - Secrecy and Transparency in Civil Litigation About the Symposium: Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession and The National Civil Justice Institute will cosponsor an academic symposium on “Secrecy and Transparency…

Looking forward to seeing the papers.

"This symposium will explore the legal, empirical, and normative dimensions of secrecy and transparency in the civil justice system. "

conferences.law.stanford.edu/secrecy-tran...

#transparency #litigation #opengov

During #OpenGovWeek, we’ll mark the start of the 15th anniversary celebrations of OGP.

Ahead of it, share a 1-minute video:
✨ the reform you’re most proud of, OR
🔮 your vision for the future of #opengov

📲 Use #OpenGovWeek & tag OGP

#OGP15

Quezon City in the Philippines won an Open Gov Challenge Award in 2025 for taking concrete steps to make open government part of how the city works.

#OpenGovChallenge #OpenGov #CitizenParticipation #CivicSpace

Screenshot from DWP's 'Guidance on producing ODS format data tables in Stat-Xplore'

New from DWP's benefits data hellscape: how to recreate the tables that they've stopped publishing:

Guidance on producing ODS format data tables in Stat-Xplore www.gov.uk/government/s...

(Missing step 18: convert your file to XLSX, nobody actually uses ODS)

#govtech #opengov #opendata

Inside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.’s CDC, as Told by Current and Former Employees Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.

"As a C.D.C. employee, you get annual trainings on FOIA & record keeping. All of a sudden it was like a complete withdrawal of that. It was really frightening & eerie." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
That's "authoritarian blindness," but @nytimes.com won't call it that, yet.

#OpenGov #SunshineWeek

UK Department for Education (DfE) spend data, transactions over £25,000, April 2010 - January 2026 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (54.6 MB zipped CSV)

#publicspending #opengov #opendata

Transparenz als Katalysator für Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit Das Buch zeigt, wie Open Government Transparenz, Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit in deutschen Großstädten fördert und welche Effekte sich daraus ergeben.

Philipp Bauer: Transparenz als Katalysator für Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit - Implementationsstand und Auswirkungen des Reformmodells Open Government in deutschen Großstädten, Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2026.
Online: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
PDF: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
#OpenGov

Indiana Using ‘Temporary Fix’ for Voter Check-In System 6–8 Weeks Before Early Voting New records add detail to a developing e-poll book issue first reported by Indy Politics as early voting approaches. If this story sounds familiar, it ...

"The documents, obtained through a public records request, show that state officials and vendors had been working on updates to the “proof of residency” component of the e-poll book system since at least September 2025."

indypolitics.org/indiana-usin...

#opengov #election2026

If you care about #FOI or #OPENGOV, watch this...

@newsbrooke.bsky.social
@opengovva.bsky.social

#BCLEG

Don't spit out your ☕! those 🫘 are expensive in climate costs 😆

While goading powerful politicians can be empowering, I'm more interested in #OpenGov : what we can do to heal from collective trauma without pointing fingers, assigning blame, denigrating & slandering. We're all Americans for a reason

Cheers to citizens fighting for public access • Indiana Capital Chronicle From public records to meeting access, Indiana’s government transparency statutes apply to all citizens — not just journalists.

"I recently attended a public meeting about the news landscape in Indianapolis, and a member of the audience pointed out how often regular citizens use public records and open door laws."

Here's to the regular people taking up the fight!

indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/20/c...

#opengov

Agenda Watch Agenda Watch

AgendaWatch.org “collects public meeting documents from official government and agency websites and makes them searchable.” #OpenGov #DDJ