[CCWG-Accountability] Work Area 2: inventory of accountability mechanisms, draft 4

[Wisdom Donkor]

Adding more light to Castro's  proposal. The Open Data movement is
spreading very fast and  as a specialist within the open government
business i will be very glad to see ICANN as a whole adopting some of the
open data policies that will provide a common platform for reformers,
committed to making the internet free and more open, accountable and more
responsive to citizens so that  transparency processes will be deepen.

http://www.opengovpartnership.org/

WISDOM DONKOR
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Castro, Daniel <dcastro at itif.org> wrote:

> Steve/All,
>
> Great work compiling these items. As part of the list of mechanisms, I'd
> like to propose for consideration adding "Establish an open data policy and
> develop an open data action plan" as part of the efforts to increase
> ICANN's transparency and accountability (WS2).
>
> There has been a growing movement to adopt open data among nations (see G8
> Open Data Charter), non-governmental organizations (World Bank, UN, etc.),
> and nonprofits/universities. This takes freedom of information policies to
> the next level by establishing an "open by default" rule for an
> organization (rather than requiring individuals to request information).
> Developing an open data action plan for ICANN, could allow stakeholders the
> ability to prioritize high-value data sets for release, ensure data sets
> are released in a timely and complete manner, and ensure
> machine-readability so that data sets can be analyzed and visualized. All
> of these efforts can be used to improve the transparency of ICANN
> operations, and bring ICANN's transparency efforts in line with other
> leading global organizations.
>
> Daniel Castro
> Director | Center for Data Innovation
> 202-626-5742 | dcastro at datainnovation.org | www.datainnovation.org
> Twitter: twitter.com/castrotech | LinkedIn:
> www.linkedin.com/in/danieldcastro
>
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