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Open Government council trees
Following on from our previous articles on: Open Government, and Open Government – CEO salary, and Open Government – councillor briefings; we suggest that a commitment to Open Government should also including publishing data in a form that can help residents and ratepayers to give feedback on priorities for future investment. For example, consider the…
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Open Government councillor briefings
Following on from our previous articles on: Open Government, and Open Government – CEO salary; we suggest that a commitment to Open Government should also include publishing a summary of the topics discussed at councillor briefings, together with records of the attendance of councillors at those briefings. Example from Mitchell Shire Council For example, in…
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Open Government
Streets Alive Yarra believes that the the City of Yarra should: commit to open government, improve transparency and integrity, and improve planning and service delivery, because this would help build a more beautiful, liveable and accessible city. The new CEO can do this by implementing the actions described in this report, and councillors can help…
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Open Data Policy
The City of Yarra adopted an Open Data Policy on the 22nd May 2018: Oddly, four years later, the policy is not available for download on the public transparency page nor on the strategies, policies and plans page: Streets Alive Yarra obtained a copy from council: Overlap with Public Transparency Policy The Open Data Policy…
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Open Data
The federal government hosts data.gov.au, where organisations such as the City of Yarra can publish datasets, and anyone can view, download or follow the datasets. The main purpose of the site is to encourage public access to and reuse of public data. It was created following the Government’s Declaration of Open Government and as a…
