Report Recommends Enhancing Open Government Policies

dcogcadmin | February 10, 2014

In a report issued December 31, the Office of Open Government provided recommendations of best practices on open records and open meetings for the coming year. Some of those recommendations include establishing an open data and transparency policy, adding authority for the Office to handle FOIA appeals and for enforcing Open Meetings Act compliance through the employee Code of Conduct, bringing ANCs under the Open Meetings Act and expanding FOIA services to include mediation to resolve disputes between D.C. agencies and FOIA requesters.

In a report issued December 31, the Office of Open Government provided recommendations of best practices on open records and open meetings for the coming year. Some of those recommendations include establishing an open data and transparency policy, adding authority for the Office to handle FOIA appeals and for enforcing Open Meetings Act compliance through the employee Code of Conduct, bringing ANCs under the Open Meetings Act and expanding FOIA services to include mediation to resolve disputes between D.C. agencies and FOIA requesters. The recommendations were included in the an annual “best practices” report issued by the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability to Mayor Vincent Gray and Council of the District of Columbia Chairman Phil Mendelson.