Open government

What is the open government partnership? Canada is a major signatory and member of the open government partnership, OGP which was launched in 2011 globally by G8 countries (Italy, Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Russia and France) to offer an international platform for national reformers dedicated to making their governments more open, responsible, and approachable to citizens. Since then, OGP has fully grown from eight countries to the 75 collaborating countries. All told

groups is not being researched with the same intention that it was collected for. This is also wrong.      What about court records. Unless those record involve a juvenile, they are usually public. Propety records are also open for public inspection. When a home or other real estate is

377). Moreover, Assange’s determination to “help whistleblowers that would expose wrongdoings of government and private enterprises” (Gunnell, 2011, p. 32 ) is believed has transformed the ideas of global communication process. Related to that, this essay is written as an effort to comprehend the role of individual in globalized world, especially by

Transparency in Government To address transparency issues, adequate transparency within government must be ensured; and transparency and accountability should be promoted within democratic governance. Florida leads the country in providing public access to government meetings and records. Florida State leaders believe in the notion that government should be held accountable to the citizens. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis wrote, in his 1932 article called “What Publicity Can Do” that

Open Letter to University of Michigan Central Student Government Dear the University of Michigan Central Student Government, As an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan concerned with the stress levels of my peers, I am writing to address the issue of not having enough stress-reducing activities for students year-round. As we all know, college is a very stressful time. Not a week goes by without having an exam, an essay due, or a presentation to give. And if it does, we spend that week

With college textbooks on the rise, it is no surprise that college students are unable to purchase the appropriate textbooks for their courses or they are choosing alternative courses altogether. The cost of college textbooks has increased by an alarming amount of three times the rate of inflation, approximately 1,041 percent. The need for institutions of higher education to find ways to make textbooks more affordable to their students is stronger than ever. Unfortunately, most college and university

Helping Consumers It is safe to assume that the use of open data would effectively boost the strength of businesses. (Manyika, Chui, Farrell, Van Kuiken, Groves, & Almasi Doshi, 2013) And while this is true, the McKinsey Global Institute makes the bold claim that open data “benefits consumers even more than businesses.” (Manyika, Chui, Farrell, Van Kuiken, Groves, & Almasi Doshi, 2013) They go on to discuss the reasoning behind this, and it makes a lot of sense. While the data provided can be used

All states should have carry laws allowing concealed carry in all states, while banning open carry of guns. Why should open carry should be banned? Because it could be considered “flourishing” a gun. For example, Texas is now allowing open carry. Patrik Jonsson, a staff writer at Student Issue Research (SIR), reports that “Police are discouraged from even asking about someone’s holstered gun. If they do,

. Case: E-Government in Mexico 3.1. General Situation Although Mexico encompasses a big territory (15th largest worldwide), the population distribution of 124 million (11th biggest worldwide) is very irregular throughout the state (Mendoza, 2010, p. 45; US Government, n.d.). Mexico is constituted as a federal republic with a democratic representative government (OECD, 2005, p. 23). In economic terms, Mexico is classified as an emerging economy that has implemented strong economic and political

danger thanks to the Open Carry Law, because the Open Carry Law does not stop a person from getting an illegal gun. Some people feel very uncomfortable seeing a person walk in a grocery store with a loaded gun around with them. Some business such as, Whataburger, Whole Foods, Torchy’s Tacos, and HEB, the grocery store chain ban the Open Carry Law from their stores and restaurants and become gun-free zones. The law allow civilians who live in the states that allows the Open Carry Law to obtain