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Evidence of an Open Government Data Portal Impact on the Public Sphere

Evidence of an Open Government Data Portal Impact on the Public Sphere

Rui Pedro Lourenço
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 12 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 1548-3886|EISSN: 1548-3894|EISBN13: 9781466689503|DOI: 10.4018/IJEGR.2016070102
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Lourenço, Rui Pedro. "Evidence of an Open Government Data Portal Impact on the Public Sphere." IJEGR vol.12, no.3 2016: pp.21-36. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEGR.2016070102

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Lourenço, R. P. (2016). Evidence of an Open Government Data Portal Impact on the Public Sphere. International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR), 12(3), 21-36. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEGR.2016070102

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Lourenço, Rui Pedro. "Evidence of an Open Government Data Portal Impact on the Public Sphere," International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) 12, no.3: 21-36. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEGR.2016070102

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Abstract

Data portals are being created as part of open government strategies to increase transparency. But although the potential of the internet to increase transparency (as data disclosure) has been widely considered in the literature, there is no reported evidence of any of the released data actually being used by their ultimate recipients (citizens) for public accountability purposes. This descriptive research effort aims to find evidence of the impact of open government portals, asserting whether data is indeed being used and for what purposes. One contract portal was selected and Google Search was used to find portal references on the internet. A qualitative content analysis approach was adopted, whereby references were examined with respect to its main purpose and data usage. Evidence was found of contract data being used, among others, to identify possible situations of corruption, nepotism and misusage of public resources, support argumentation on public policy debates and, in general, to hold public officials accountable in the public sphere through ‘blame and shame' sanctions.

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