Transparency Audit towards an Open and Accountable Government - A report

What is "Transparency Audit towards an Open and Accountable Government"

• It is the name of the report given by a member committee formed by Chief Information Commissioner

Mandate of the committee

• How government departments are faring in proactive disclosure of information
• The quality of disclosure 
• How to conduct a third-party transparency audit of the government.

Outcome of the commitee report

• Proactive disclosure by departments under Section 4 of RTI Act is lacking. 
• e.g.  cited by report - National Data Sharing Accessibility Policy, which has a negative list. 

Time is now for all several transparency related initiatives to be brought under a common umbrella in the form of 'open government initiative', which should result in an unambiguous announcement by the government about its commitment to open government through transparency in all its functions, except those, which for specific reasons, must remain secret.