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Accountability

Statement: Digital public services enable accountability of public administrations

Rationale: 

It is generally accepted that public administrations should be held accountable for what they do. However, accountability is a multi-faceted term encompassing transparency, liability, controllability, responsibility, and responsiveness. Digital public services can provide functionality that supports people and organisations in taking accountability.

Implications: 

Public administrations provide digital public services that give access to information about their actions, the results of their actions and the decisions taken in these actions.

Principle Source: Public Administration Review (Yale School of Management)

Principle Source URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2005.00434.x

Scope: Business Agnostic

Category: Digital Public Service Strategy (Public Policy Cycle)

Interoperability Layer: Organisational IoP, Technical IoP

PURI: http://data.europa.eu/2sa/elap/accessibility