Open-washing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of openwashing. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "More importantly, ensuring that there are channels for the articulation of demand can help to avoid one of the bigger risks to a transparency and accountability agenda: “open-washing” or passing off the release of inconsequential government-held data as transparency."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of open-wash form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"More importantly, ensuring that there are channels for the articulation of demand can help to avoid one of the bigger risks to a transparency and accountability agenda: “open-washing” or passing off the release of inconsequential government-held data as transparency."

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