From the category archives:

E-Government & Transparency

The Dragon and the Search Bar

by Gabriel Okolski on March 17, 2010 • View Comments

Google’s standoff with the Chinese government may send a message to China and the world encouraging a free and uncensored Internet.

Should the Internet win the Nobel Peace Prize?

by Massimiliano Trovato on March 15, 2010 • View Comments

The possibility that the Internet be awarded the Prize stirred quite a debate and, as is often the case, there are good arguments on both sides.

A Modest Proposal to Improve the State of the Union Speech

by Jerry Ellig on January 27, 2010 • View Comments

The State of the Union Speech, and the opposition party’s resposne, would be more productive if the audience held their applause until the end.

There’s no accounting for job creation

by Jerry Ellig on January 13, 2010 • View Comments

The Obama administration’s recent decision demosntrates the old adage that data is not knowledge.

Thin Tablets, 3DTV, and Bureaucrats

by Gabriel Okolski on January 12, 2010 • View Comments

Government’s participation at the Consumer Electronics Show brought to light industry concerns over state involvement in the tech sector, and policymakers would be wise to pay attention.

White House Policy Forum on Data Transparency

by Stan Tsirulnikov on December 11, 2009 • View Comments

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy looks at data transparency.

Climategate and Data Transparency

by Stan Tsirulnikov on December 8, 2009 • View Comments

The “case of the missing climate data” should serve as a wake up call to policy makers, scientists, journalists, and citizens that raw data should be (and can be) shared with the wider world.

John Wonderlich on government transparency and accountability

by Jerry Brito on November 17, 2009 • View Comments

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John Wonderlich, the Policy Director at the Sunlight Foundation, discusses the government transparency movement. The discussion also turns to the work of the Sunlight Foundation and Lawrence Lessig’s recent article on “naked transparency.”