TAPAS: A Pattern-Based Approach to Assessing Government Transparency
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| author | Zuijderwijk, Jos Beerepoot, Iris Martens, Thomas Knies, Eva van der Lippe, Tanja Reijers, Hajo A. |
| author_facet | Zuijderwijk, Jos Beerepoot, Iris Martens, Thomas Knies, Eva van der Lippe, Tanja Reijers, Hajo A. |
| contents | Government transparency, widely recognized as a cornerstone of open government, depends on robust information management practices. Yet effective assessment of information management remains challenging, as existing methods fail to consider the actual working behavior of civil servants and are resource-intensive. Using a design science research approach, we present the Transparency Anti-Pattern Assessment System (TAPAS) -- a novel, data-driven methodology designed to evaluate government transparency through the identification of behavioral patterns that impede transparency. We demonstrate TAPAS's real-world applicability at a Dutch ministry, analyzing their electronic document management system data from the past two decades. We identify eight transparency anti-patterns grouped into four categories: Incomplete Documentation, Limited Accessibility, Unclear Information, and Delayed Documentation. We show that TAPAS enables continuous monitoring and provides actionable insights without requiring significant resource investments. |
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| spellingShingle | TAPAS: A Pattern-Based Approach to Assessing Government Transparency Zuijderwijk, Jos Beerepoot, Iris Martens, Thomas Knies, Eva van der Lippe, Tanja Reijers, Hajo A. Computers and Society Government transparency, widely recognized as a cornerstone of open government, depends on robust information management practices. Yet effective assessment of information management remains challenging, as existing methods fail to consider the actual working behavior of civil servants and are resource-intensive. Using a design science research approach, we present the Transparency Anti-Pattern Assessment System (TAPAS) -- a novel, data-driven methodology designed to evaluate government transparency through the identification of behavioral patterns that impede transparency. We demonstrate TAPAS's real-world applicability at a Dutch ministry, analyzing their electronic document management system data from the past two decades. We identify eight transparency anti-patterns grouped into four categories: Incomplete Documentation, Limited Accessibility, Unclear Information, and Delayed Documentation. We show that TAPAS enables continuous monitoring and provides actionable insights without requiring significant resource investments. |
| title | TAPAS: A Pattern-Based Approach to Assessing Government Transparency |
| topic | Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16413 |