Dirección General de Ética reconoce a instituciones
Dirección General de Ética reconoce a instituciones
The DIGEIG recognized Dominican institutions for meeting transparency standards, highlighting their role in facilitating access to public data. This recognition coincided with International Open Data Day 2025, underscoring how open data enables citizens to monitor government performance and fosters accountability through the unrestricted flow of information. The agency also awarded the National Data Journalism Prize, honoring reporters who leverage open data for fiscal oversight. By celebrating these journalistic works, the initiative demonstrates how accessible data empowers the media to investigate and report on public management, thereby strengthening democratic oversight and encouraging the widespread reuse of public records. Additionally, a new portal for public information requests was demonstrated, centralizing access mechanisms. This development is relevant to open data as it simplifies how citizens and researchers obtain the raw information necessary for analysis, ensuring that transparency efforts result in tangible, usable data for civil society engagement.
Source: almomento.netPublished on 2025-03-23