What is (and what is not) open government? A conceptual review

Abstract

This paper aims to move towards a conceptual definition and clarification of “open government”. The paper is based on a review of existing previous efforts and a review of literature, related with how to understand open government as a mode of government action or as a governance model. This effort also clarifies what is open government from what is not open government, opposing and contrasting this concept in relation to similar such as e-government or e-governance.