Government transparency has been widely commented through the adoption of freedom of
information laws. Several studies have shown a positive effect of access to information on …

The increasing demand for transparency has recently fostered greater openness within
public administrations. Considered as an essential tool of good governance, transparency …

While national level transparency policies and practices receive the most attention in
scholarly work, subnational transparency is equally important. A variety of indicators and …

Regarded as a core principle of good governance, transparent government communication
has been discussed at the national level in particular. This article aims to extend this …

In our paper, we concentrate on proactive transparency, provision of data without prior
information requests. To do so, we collected data from all 2,926 municipalities in Slovakia …

Government transparency has become 'hot'since President Barack Obama put transparency
high on his agenda for change in government. He emphasized that openness is needed to …

Transparency is an intrinsic value of democratic societies. Within the literature, there is an
emphasis on access to information and the availability of information in relation to …

The aim of this report is to establish the current state of evidence concerning the effect of
transparency on the performance of government services. Its context lies in the function of …

Government transparency is increasing worldwide and political rhetoric assumes a strong
positive relation between transparency and accountability. This chapter opens up the “black …

This article contributes to the emerging literature on transparency by developing and
empirically testing a theoretical framework that explains the determinants of local …