The following post is by Theodora Middleton, blog editor at the OKF.

The new Open Government Partnership, a “multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance,” was announced last week by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota. Rufus Pollock from the Open Knowledge Foundation was at the meeting in Washington, along with government and civil society representatives from around the world.

As well as presenting in the “Innovator Alley”, Rufus facilitated a session with Vivek Kundra, Chief Information Officer in the U.S., called “How to liberate government data and disseminate it online?” Here are the notes:

The Open Government Partnership “aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.” It’s going to be formally launched in September, and it’s really exciting to see the momentum in this area.

To find out more, visit the OGP website.

Related posts:

1. Open Government Data in Austria The following guest post is from Andreas Langegger who is at the Johannes Kepler University Linz and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Group on EU Open Data. Historically, transparency has never been our strength – let’s shape the...
2. UK Open Data Programme for 2011-12 The following guest post is from Andrew Stott, who sits on the UK Government’s Public Sector Transparency Board. In his former role as Director of Digital Engagement at the Cabinet Office, Andrew helped to set up the UK’s open data...
3. Open Government Data Conference 2011, Austria The following guest post is from Martin Kaltenböck and Thomas Thurner from the Semantic Web Company, members of our brand new Austrian chapter, Open Knowledge Forum Österreich! The OGD2011 – the first Open Government Data Conference in Austria -took place...