text: by David Osimo in EU eGov action plan published: the good, the bad and the unknown, are the 
  
  actions on Open Data (a EU portal and a revision of the EU PSI directive), and on citizens control 
  
  over their data. However the Action Plan contains no reference to the need for a more open and 
  
  collaborative governance. 
  
  In the case of European Structural Funds, as Luigi Reggi reported in March 2011: 
  
  there is no single point of access to the data. Hundreds of Managing Authorities are 
  following different paths and implementing different information strategies when 
  opening up their data. 
  
  Many databases (often simple PDF lists) [...show...] huge variation not only in 
  the way they can be accessed but also in content and quality of data provided. 
  
  ... [...The results of...] an independent web-based survey on the overall 
  quality of data published by each Managing Authority responsible for the 434 
  Operational Programmes approved in July 2009... can be summarized as follows: 
  
  The use of open, machine-processable and linked-data formats have unexpected 
  advantages in terms of transparency and re-use of the data by the public and private 
  sector. The application of these technical principles does not need extra budget or major 
  changes in government organization and information management; nor does it require 
  the update of existing software and infrastructures. What is needed today is the 
  promotion among national and local authorities of the culture of transparency and the 
  raising of awareness of the benefits that could derive from opening up existing data and 
  information in a re-usable way. 