Public information provision about policy intentions: The Dutch and Belgian experience |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Political Science and International Relations, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain;2. Accounting and Business Administration Department, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico;3. Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE), Mexico;1. Department of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, 2809 Saucon Valley Rd, Center Valley, PA 18034, USA;2. Department of Corporate Communications, Penn State University, 120 Ridge View Drive, Dunmore, PA 18512, USA;3. School of Public Affairs, Penn State University, 200 University Drive, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972, USA;1. Research Center in Political Science (CICP), School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Portugal;2. Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, United Nations University, Campus de Couros, Guimarães, Portugal;3. LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London, United Kingdom;1. UCSI Graduate Business School, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;2. School of Management, Swansea University, Swansea, UK;3. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune & Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India;4. College of Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan City, Guiren District, Taiwan;5. Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nan Chang City, Jiang Xi Province, China;6. Audencia Business School, Nantes, France |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the manner in which governments should inform their citizens about policy not yet adopted by the competent authority (i.e., the legislature). This is an important but often neglected issue in theory and in practice. This paper focuses on the opportunities and dangers of the public information provisions about policy intentions and presents the relevant laws, principles, and practices in the Netherlands and Belgium. Based on a case study, the paper aims to illustrate the importance of complete, timely, and factual public information provisions in the formulation stage of policymaking. Some directions for further inquiry are suggested and some lessons from the Dutch and Belgian experience are presented. The information gathered is derived from literature, from government information regulations and guidelines, from analyses of government data reports, and from a survey. |
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