Open Government in the United States

1979 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1128-1139
Author(s):  
O. Glenn Stahl
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Open Government

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.

The diffusion of civic technology and open government in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. McNutt ◽  
Jonathan B. Justice ◽  
James M. Melitski ◽  
Michael J. Ahn ◽  
Shariq R. Siddiqui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Civic Technology

Correlative microscopy in distrubuted (client/server) computing environments: tools for catalyzing the rapid dissemination of information about the cell biology of the human prostate

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 682-683
Author(s):  
A. Hakam ◽  
J.T. Gau ◽  
M.L. Grove ◽  
B.A. Evans ◽  
M. Shuman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Tissue Bank ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prostate Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Correlative Microscopy ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Transplant Organ

Prostate adenocarcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of men in the United States and is the third leading cause of death in men. Despite attempts at early detection, there will be 244,000 new cases and 44,000 deaths from the disease in the United States in 1995. Therapeutic progress against this disease is hindered by an incomplete understanding of prostate epithelial cell biology, the availability of human tissues for in vitro experimentation, slow dissemination of information between prostate cancer research teams and the increasing pressure to “ stretch” research dollars at the same time staff reductions are occurring.To meet these challenges, we have used the correlative microscopy (CM) and client/server (C/S) computing to increase productivity while decreasing costs. Critical elements of our program are as follows:1) Establishing the Western Pennsylvania Genitourinary (GU) Tissue Bank which includes >100 prostates from patients with prostate adenocarcinoma as well as >20 normal prostates from transplant organ donors.

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