Francis Maude is the UK Cabinet Minister for the Cabinet Office, leading on Public Sector Efficiency and Reform including government transparency. He is also the UK Member of Parliament for Horsham, West Sussex. Before re-entering government, Francis Maude was Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, Chairman of the Conservative Party, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Francis studied at the University of Cambridge and The College of Law, practicing criminal law.
This blog was originally posted via the Huffington Post website. Let’s be honest. Burma isn’t the first country that comes to mind when one talks about open government. Yet despite its ongoing challenges, Burma has made huge strides towards reform and openness in the past few years. That’s why, as lead chair of the Open
This blog first appeared on the Huffington Post website. The movement for transparency and openness in government took decisive steps forward last week. As lead co-chair of the Open Government Partnership, the UK hosted the first ministerial level meeting in Britain of this growing international initiative. But this meeting wasn’t just symbolically significant. We put
Originally published in the Huffington Post This is a pivotal moment for international transparency and open government. Just over a year after it was launched, the Open Government Partnership has 58 members, covering a third of the world’s population. The United Kingdom is now lead chair of the partnership. We are at the helm of this transparency revolution. During
This post originally appeared on Huffington Post Politics. The transparency movement has opened a Pandora’s Box. It’s transforming the world for the better. And now we have started, there’s just no going back. But why would you want to stop transparency, even if you could? Open data is driving growth and prosperity. Data is the