Data disclosure and transparency for accountability: A strategy and case analysis

Information Polity

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-260

  Lourenço, Rui Pedro ^a  

^a INESC COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

accountability; assessment; Open Government; strategy; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978173369     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-130310     Document Type: Article

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