Over the last few years, governments worldwide have started to develop and implement
open data initiatives to enable the release of government data in open and reusable formats …

In this paper, we present the results of research on features and content of open data portals
in American cities. Five scales are developed to categorize and describe these portals: the …

Purpose This paper aims to examine the use and acceptance of open government data
(OGD) of different stakeholder groups in India. Design/methodology/approach Following an …

Social networking is rapidly growing so much so that it has become a driving force for
governments to access data which allows citizens without any restrictions over the World's …

Purpose As the ongoing oil prices' crisis is emerging as a major cause of concern for the
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, the constituent governments are attempting at …

Purpose This paper aims to analyse extant literature on open data, distinguish and
categorize the strands of public accountability research and use the results to provide better …

In recent years there have been initiatives in many countries which seek to encourage and
facilitate co-creation using Open Government Data (OGD). This article describes a research …

Estonia's use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the public sector is
regularly highlighted as an innovative model worth emulating. Despite this, research into the …

Demographic, economic and other challenges is putting the public sector and service
deliver under increasing pressure. ICT as an enabler of increased efficiency, effectiveness …

This paper provides an overview of Bulgaria's policy on open data by using the framework of
a novel Open Data stage model, showing that the country is still at the first stage of opening …