During the panel discussion, another open issue became evident, namely the potential conflicts between different raw data transparency initiatives worldwide.
Another related example of open data is International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) (International Aid Transparency Initiative).
Next year will see not just the newly mandated disclosures in America but also lots of useful data from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, another anti-corruption coalition, and from the International Budget Partnership, an advocacy group.
In one recent example, we used both incentives and data transparency in a hospital-wide initiative to reduce off-guideline transfusion of red blood cells.
From electronic town hall meetings, challenges, digital brainstorms, open data initiatives, and transparency initiatives governments at all levels are reaching out to engage citizens in developing new ideas and solving problems.
The demonstration came just days before Climate Focus presented an assessment report consolidating data from 12 transparency initiatives, including Supply Change and GCP's Forest 500, as well as interviews with corporate sustainability officers, finding a disturbing lack of transparency around progress among NYDF companies.
The European commission, the UK and the US have backed the international aid transparency initiative, an open data standard designed to meet the information needs of donors and recipient country governments.
There is hope that EITI, along with other initiatives focused on accountability and data transparency in the extractive sector, can help developing countries overcome the resource curse.
The information release is the result of a new program by California's Department of Justice called OpenJustice, which the department describes as a broad transparency initiative that seeks to openly use data to better understand and address issues in the state's justice system.
