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1、Editorial5EditorialCrossMarkOpenGovernment,OpenDataandDigitalGovernmentEditorial5Editorial50740-624X/S-seefrontmatter©2013ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved.http://dx.cloi.org/!0.1016/j.giq.2013.09.0011.IntroductionInrecentyears,wehavewitnessedarenewedinterestinOpenGovernmentaroundtheworld(BcrtotJae
2、ger,&Grimes,2010).Themovementisnotnew,butithasfollowedaprocessthatstartedwiththeconstitutionalrighttoknow(Parks,1957),anddependingonthecountry,hasgrownasasetofregulationstosupportasetofrightsandobligationstopromotetransparency,accountability,participationandcollaboration.IntheU.S.,forexample,th
3、eOpenGovernmentdirectivefromPresidentObamahasitsfoundationinseveralregulationssuchastheFreedomofInformationAct,thePaperworkReductionActandthee-GovernmentAct(McDermott,2010)•InothercountriessuchasMexico,theconstitutionalrighttoaccessgovernmentinformationisasrecentas2007,andtheFreedomofInformatio
4、nActwasjustpublishedin2002(IFAI,2007).Nevertheless,manynationsarenowpromotingacultureofopennessandtransparencythroughregulatoryframeworks(Bertotetal”2010)•Inthisrenewedemphasisonopeninggovernment,InformationandCommunicationTechnologiesareseenaskeyenablers(Bertotetal”2010).Governmentportalscanbe
5、usedtopublishbasicinformation,orelectronicsystemscanbeusedtocreateandfollow-uponspecificrequests.Furthermore,thecurrenttrendsonopeninggovernmentdataencourageinformationsharingusingopenstandardsandformatsthataremachine-readable,thusenablingthere-useandexploitationofdatatocreatepublicvalue(Kalamp
6、okis,Tambouris,&Tarabanisf2011).ThisOpenDatamovement,althoughveryrecent,hasbeguntopromoteresearchtoexplorebenefitsandbarriers(Janssen,Charalabidis,&Zuiderwijk,2012;Zuidcrwijk,Janssen,Chocnni,Mcijcr,&Sheikh.Alibaks,2013),requirementsandtechnicalfacilitiestopromotevaluecreation(Arzbergeretal.f200
7、4;Zuiderwijk,Jeffeiy,&Janssen,2012),andpolicyissueandimplications(Bertot&Choi,2013).Inthisspecialissueweincludeacollectionofbestpapersfromthe13thInternationalConferenceonDigitalGovernmentResearch(dg.o2012),whichcontributetotheconv