Public Reporting

Definition

Public reporting involves sharing information about performance or operations openly with the public. For governments, this could mean disclosing budgetary spending details or progress on policy implementation.

Analogy

Imagine if you were playing a video game where you can see your score at all times - that's what public reporting does for government actions. It allows citizens (the players) to see how well their government (the game) is performing based on various metrics (the score).

Related terms

Transparency: The principle that allows those affected by administrative decisions to know about results and about the process that led to decisions.

Accountability: The idea that elected officials are responsible for their actions and must be prepared to explain them to their constituents.

Open Government Data (OGD): Refers to data produced or commissioned by government entities which can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone.