Open budgets and open government: Beyond disclosure in pursuit of transparency, participation and accountability

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 235-244

  Harrison, Teresa M ^a   Sayogo, Djoko Sigit ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Budget; Democracy; Internet; Open government; Open government partnership; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; BUDGET; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP; OPEN GOVERNMENT;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INTERNET; PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPARENCY;

BUDGET CONTROL;

EID: 84880557907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2479724.2479757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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