The open government directive: A preliminary assessment

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 387-394

  Wilson, Susan Copeland ^a   Linders, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; e government; Open government; Open government directive; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; E-GOVERNMENT; FEDERAL AGENCY; OPEN GOVERNMENT; OPEN GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVE; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; THROUGH THE LENS;

TRANSPARENCY;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 79952579491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1940761.1940814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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