Open Government initiative Statement by President Obama.
Open Government Wikipedia page.
Age of Enlightenment Wikipedia page.
Transparency and Open Government Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, from US President Barack Obama.
Open, Transparent and Shared Governance a PDF document from the Montana University System.
Open Meetings, Open Records, and Transparency in Government These materials were prepared for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics program in Government Ethics by Senior Fellow Judy Nadler and Communications Director Miriam Schulman. The Center provides training in local government ethics for public officials.
Rotorua District Council The Rotorua District Council is a caring and progressive organisation that prides itself on high standards of service delivery and open and transparent governance.
Openness and transparency in Government NZ Parliament.
Danish Institute for Human Rights Not only is freedom of access to information a basic human right, it is also a precondition for informed public participation in governance, i.e. for democracy. Open and transparent governance is also considered a precondition for preventing and revealing corruption and maladministration.
Politicians stockpile secrets that give them power 27 May 2011 article in The Dominion Post. If knowledge is power, then the widest possible dissemination of knowledge must be the surest means of setting us free.