An analysis of open government portals: A perspective of transparency for accountability

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 323-332

  Lourenço, Rui Pedro ^a  

^a INESC COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accountability; Assessment; Open government; Portals; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983155079     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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