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

[Grace Abuhamad]

Dear all, 
I'm forwarding Daniel's remarks on the work of WA2 so that his comments
may be reflected in the archive for this group.
Best, 
Grace

On 12/22/14 9:52 AM, "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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