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2019 Blogs

Justice is an emerging area in open government. Thanks to increased global activity around access to justice, there is growing interest by many governments and civil society organizations to better link justice with open government, and to use the…
Blog posts related to Action Plan 2's Commitment 7 are linked below: Action Plan 2 Reflections: Resilience https://www.austintexas.gov/blog/action-plan-2-reflections-resilience OGP Spotlights Austin's Contracting & Homelessness Commitment https://www…
Bringing open contracting to the community, Austin launches competitive contracts with input from those experiencing homelessness Downtown Austin Community Court (DACC) is championing Austin's current Open Government Partnership open contracting…
The Open Government Partnership has made changes to the local governments program OGP launched the Subnational Pilot Program (later renamed OGP Local) in 2016, recognizing that many open government innovations and reforms are happening at the local…
$100,000 grant will support GAVA's OGP efforts The Kresge Foundation awarded Go Austin Vamos Austin $100,000 to advance policy solutions aimed at improving climate resilience and equitably reducing health risks in low-income communities in America’s…
The City of Austin Open Government Partnership team gathered on June 18th at Open Austin's monthly Community Action Night to share feedback from the international summit and updates on our projects. Carmen Llanes Pulido from Go Austin Vamos Austin…
Great questions from our first multi-stakeholder forum evening On April 16, OGP city staff met with community contributors to give an overview of OGP and gather questions on our next set of Action Plan projects: anti-displacement (AD), public safety…
On November 27, 2018, OGP shared its vision for the OGP Local program's next steps In late 2018, OGP staff shared updates on proposals for next steps for the OGP Local program. OGP subsequently approved these proposed program changes. OGP is…