That’s why I will chair a new Transparency Board, which will include experts, including perhaps the Government’s greatest critic when it comes to transparency, Tom Steinberg. Based at the heart of government in the Cabinet Office, we’ll be listening to what the public want and making sure they get the information they ask for wherever humanly possible. And we’ll be working with other departments to develop the public’s legal right to data. We’ll make the changes happen here in central government, and we’ll be expecting to see them across the rest of the public sector too. The data we release won’t always be perfect. Especially early on, much will be messy, hard to interpret, and some will be inaccurate. This isn’t an exercise in self-flagellation at the taxpayers’ expense or about the improvement and savings that will come when a critical eye is cast over the workings of government.
By Francis Maude MP
Source: The Telegraph
