Academic studies of open government have flourished in the last decade. Nevertheless,
comprehensive reviews of open government have been limited. This research gap not only …

The application of crowdsourced social media data in flood mapping and other disaster
management initiatives is a burgeoning field of research, but not one that is without …

During recent years, the amount of data released on platforms by public administrations
around the world have exploded. Open government data platforms are aimed at enhancing …

Governments around the world make their data available through platforms but,
disappointingly, the use of this data is lagging behind. This problem has been recognized in …

For decades good governance scholarship has focused attention on the importance of
government openness [26],[34]. Since the 1960s, Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation …

Research on the potential impacts of government openness and open government data is
not new. However, empirical evidence regarding the micro-level impact, which can validate …

Government agencies worldwide continue their commitment to providing open data in order
to increase transparency of education, healthcare and other public services. Focusing on …

In just a few years, open data has been established as a fundamental cornerstone of official
transparency and accountability initiatives around the world-from US President Barack …

In discussions of open government data (OGD) the question of how such data should be
licensed or whether they need to be licensed at all has to date received only limited attention …

Purpose To address the key problem of lack of use in the advancement of open government
data (OGD) portals from the aspect of good usability, which is an essential prerequisite to the …