The Federal government will soon consider a draft National Action Plan that will articulate how the Coalition promises to promote open government and finalise membership to the Open Government Partnership (OGP), following a very tight public consultation period. The OGP is a voluntary, multi-stakeholder international initiative created to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and...

Audit committees play a key role in providing departmental management with independent and objective advice on matters including financial reporting, risk management and internal and external audit. This audit reviewed the governance arrangements for audit committees in all seven state government departments and Victoria Police. This audit found that the governance arrangements for audit committees...

In December 2013 the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a more streamlined council system that focused on its immediate priorities and reduced bureaucracy and unnecessary red tape. The council system aligns with the Commonwealth’s commitment to respect state sovereignty and allow them to get on with policy development and service delivery in areas...

This resource provides an update of key advocacy and policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from April 1 through July 14, 2016. Topics covered include copyright and IP, open and public access policies, net neutrality and privacy.

People don’t trust politicians much, so simply asking citizens if they trust government in general elicits some pretty negative reactions. Look a little deeper, beyond this simplified view that lumps everything from all tiers of government together, and the situation isn’t nearly as bad. And some researchers think the unelected public officials need to play...