The Context and Challenges of Freedom of Information in Local Government: A Practitioner’s Perspective

2017 ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Sir David Henshaw
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Freedom Of Information

scholarly journals Transparency in Local Governments: Patterns and Practices of Twenty-first Century

2020 ◽  
pp. 0160323X2097024
Author(s):  
Redeemer Dornudo Yao Krah ◽  
Gerard Mertens
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Open Data ◽  
First Century ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Government Transparency ◽  
Twenty First Century

The study is a systematic literature review that assembles scientific knowledge in local government transparency in the twenty-first Century. The study finds a remarkable growth in research on local government transparency in the first nineteen years, particularly in Europe and North America. Social, economic, political and institutional factors are found to account for this trend. In vogue among local governments is the use of information technology to enhance transparency. The pressure to become transparent largely comes from the passage of Freedom of Information Laws and open data initiatives of governments.

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