the development of an open government barometer / territories in the Open Government Partnership. benchmarks to assist assessment of a jurisdiction’s openness, enhancing promotion of open government activity not captured as formal Open Government Commitments, and the express articulation of the guiding principles and objectives for the Open Government Partnership (OGP). An expansion of the application of open contracting Possible NAP2 commitment relating to measures to principles, prioritising the defence and infrastructure enhance transparency in sectors. Redo the open contracting commitment with full government procurement, consultation with civil society prior to external consultants noting the work done in being engaged and setting the terms of reference. NAP1 Commitment 4.3. Support for expansion of beneficial ownership Possible NAP2 commitment relating to beneficial transparency. ownership transparency, noting the work done in NAP1 Commitment 1.2. The need to reconsider the frameworks governing public Work on place-based approaches is occurring servants to allow them to better tailor place-based across government, for approaches and make decisions with regards to a example Empowered community’s specific needs, endowed with authority over Communities within the local planning, engagement and service implementation. PM&C portfolio. Possible Those conversations have to be part of a legally mandated NAP2 commitment relating process of participation that admits to the possibility of to measures to better learn real changes in policy and administration that make it from these approaches. locally relevant and effective. Changes to authority, delegations and accountability provisions are required to action the stated intentions of the Government in this regard. Greater protections for privacy and online user-tracking; Possible NAP2 commitment relating to measures to this could include an easy-to-understand framework to assist consumers help consumers make informed choices about collection understand and make and release of personal data, including the ability to decisions around their refuse to provide personal data, with the ability to sue for personal data. breaches The de-identification of datasets held by government Consider what further information/advice can be (recognising that it is doubtful that data can be publicly released. successfully de-identified while preserving its utility for scientific study, in which case these datasets should only be released to genuine researchers under carefully
the development of an open government barometer / benchmarks to assist assessment of a jurisdiction’s openness, enhancing promotion of open government activity not captured as formal Open Government Commitments, and the express articulation of the guiding principles and objectives for the Open Government Partnership (OGP). territories in the Open Government Partnership. An expansion of the application of open contracting principles, prioritising the defence and infrastructure sectors. Redo the open contracting commitment with full consultation with civil society prior to external consultants being engaged and setting the terms of reference. Possible NAP2 commitment relating to measures to enhance transparency in government procurement, noting the work done in NAP1 Commitment 4.3. Support for expansion of beneficial ownership transparency. Possible NAP2 commitment relating to beneficial ownership transparency, noting the work done in NAP1 Commitment 1.2. The need to reconsider the frameworks governing public servants to allow them to better tailor place-based approaches and make decisions with regards to a community’s specific needs, endowed with authority over local planning, engagement and service implementation. Those conversations have to be part of a legally mandated process of participation that admits to the possibility of real changes in policy and administration that make it locally relevant and effective. Changes to authority, delegations and accountability provisions are required to action the stated intentions of the Government in this regard. Work on place-based approaches is occurring across government, for example Empowered Communities within the PM&C portfolio. Possible NAP2 commitment relating to measures to better learn from these approaches. Greater protections for privacy and online user-tracking; this could include an easy-to-understand framework to help consumers make informed choices about collection and release of personal data, including the ability to refuse to provide personal data, with the ability to sue for breaches Possible NAP2 commitment relating to measures to assist consumers understand and make decisions around their personal data. The de-identification of datasets held by government (recognising that it is doubtful that data can be successfully de-identified while preserving its utility for scientific study, in which case these datasets should only be released to genuine researchers under carefully Consider what further information/advice can be publicly released.
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