To develop a simpler and more coherent legislative framework for managing and accessing Ambition: government information within the context of digital government, supported by efficient and effective policies and practices. Relevance: This commitment will advance the OGP values of access to information and public accountability by: ensuring government information access laws are modern and capable of meeting the demands of the digital age; increasing awareness of public access rights to government information; and improving efficiency of processing access to information requests. COMMITMENT DETAILS Increasing Public Integrity OGP Grand Challenge Improving Public Services Timeframes January 2017 July 2019 – Lead agency Attorney-General’s Department () The National Archives of Australia, the Office of the Australian Government Information Commissioner and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-government organisations (including Australian Open actors involved Government Partnership Network, Accountability Round Table, and Australian Privacy Foundation), peak bodies (including Law Non-government Council of Australia, Australian Press Council, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance), archivists, academics and researchers, journalists, and state/territory information commissioners NO. MILESTONE START DATE END DATE AGD undertake work with a range of stakeholders 1 January 2017 March 2017 (government and nongovernment) to better understand how
Ambition: To develop a simpler and more coherent legislative framework for managing and accessing government information within the context of digital government, supported by efficient and effective policies and practices. Relevance: This commitment will advance the OGP values of access to information and public accountability by: ensuring government information access laws are modern and capable of meeting the demands of the digital age; increasing awareness of public access rights to government information; and improving efficiency of processing access to information requests. COMMITMENT DETAILS OGP Grand Challenge Increasing Public Integrity Improving Public Services Timeframes January 2017 – July 2019 Lead agency Attorney-General’s Department () actors involved Government The National Archives of Australia, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-government Non-government organisations (including Australian Open Government Partnership Network, Accountability Round Table, and Australian Privacy Foundation), peak bodies (including Law Council of Australia, Australian Press Council, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance), archivists, academics and researchers, journalists, and state/territory information commissioners NO. MILESTONE START DATE END DATE 1 AGD undertake work with a range of stakeholders (government and nongovernment) to better understand how January 2017 March 2017
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