George Papandreou Quotes

Transparency is the key to good governance & e-governance is the only effective way of transparent governance.

Open government is, within limits, an ideal that we all share. U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed it when he took office in January 2009.

Digital India is the only way for citizen empowerment, which can bring government transparency and accountability to citizens.

We are world leaders in open and transparent government.

Transparency in government leads to reduced corruption.

E-governance is the only way to move from good governance to proactive pro-people good governance (P2G2).

It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.

India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.

And one of the things I've tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians - reporters and members of the general public alike - a closer look at how their government works.

There's a digital revolution taking place both in and out of government in favor of open-sourced data, innovation, and collaboration.

There is no time and space limitation for public accountability on the Internet. Creative commonality is standard and does not resemble the authoritarian style of the dead communist experience. It seems that it is no longer society's obligation to understand legislation; it is a duty for governments to be understood by their people.

What we are witnessing is the birth of something I call 'Polisdigitocracy.' This is a form of government that counts participation and transparency as its cornerstones and uses technology as its guide. The digital revolution is allowing democracy to recall its foundations and evolution is modernizing and reinforcing our fundamental values.

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better.

I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels.

Access to government-held information allows citizens to hold their government accountable for policy decisions and public expenditures…. Access to information bridges the gap between state and society ….

The government being the people’s business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to public view.

We will leverage technology to collaborate with the government in its e-governance initiatives.

Transparency in government, no less than transparency in choosing government, remains a vital national interest in a democracy.

We believe open data helps citizens have a better understanding about Seoul's policies and motivates them to join the city government's efforts.

E governance can bring minimum government and maximum governance. It is easy, effective and economic governance. It brings empowerment, equity and efficiency of the economy. It is a very useful field that can be the greatest problem solver of the people.

I dream of a Digital India where government is open, and governance is transparent.

I dream of a Digital India where technology ensures the Citizen-Government interface is incorruptible.

Our government cannot function cloaked in secrecy. It cannot function unless officials tell the truth.

Government ought to be all outside and no inside.... Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.

… a guarantee of public access to government information is indispensable in the long run for any democratic society.... if officials make public only what they want citizens to know, then publicity becomes a sham and accountability meaningless.