Over the past decades, leaders and citizens in many countries have lamented the lack of transparency in government and … government in an effort to ensure accountability, improve transparency and trust in government. This article first discusses the … importance of citizen participation as a means of improving transparency and trust in government. It then introduces offline and …

On January 2009, President Obama signed the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government. The memorandum declares the … linking three principles: transparency, public participation and collaboration. Since then, federal agencies in the United …