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Despite @WhiteHouse45: opengovpartnership.org/members/united… & @WhiteHouse acting "contrary to process":
in the last 2 cycles – which @OGP_IRM didn't sanction – folks voted to add the US to @OpenGovPart steering committee?
Um.
NB: #OpenGov 404: wh.gov/open
I find it encouraging to see @USAID @StateDRL rejoining international open government circles.
It’s discouraging @OpenGovPart @OGP_IRM have said so little about @WhiteHouse45 @WhiteHouse acting contrary to process after @POTUS45 made a mockery of the US being in “good standing.”
In 2022, @WHOSTP didn’t reference @opengovpart or past US #OpenGov commitments in its press release whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…
In 2023, @opengov44 is history: obamawhitehouse.archives.gov
& @WhiteHouse never delivered any self-assessments for the 3rd & 4th plans: opengovpartnership.org/members/united…
“Too often, summits result in little more than warm words & empty promises.”

“The price of admission should be that leaders meet with civil society in advance, make commitments at the event, & implement reforms on return” opengovpartnership.org/stories/trumps…
#SummitForDemocracy #OGPSummit

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Journalists bear witness to war, reveal fraud, waste, & abuse of power, & debunk the falsehoods of corrupt leaders, authoritarian regimes, & untrustworthy corporations.

At its best, a free press guards shared truths against rumors & lies.

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