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E-Government & Transparency

E-Government & Transparency

A Modest Proposal to Improve the State of the Union Speech

by Jerry Ellig on January 27, 2010 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 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 Comments

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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 Comments

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

Climategate and Data Transparency

by Stan Tsirulnikov on December 8, 2009 Comments

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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 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.”

Did the White House review net neutrality regulations?

by Jerry Ellig on November 4, 2009 Comments

None of the usual watchdogs are barking about the FCC letting the White House comment on its net neutrality regulations before they were proposed.

Saving Journalism with Naked Transparency

by Stan Tsirulnikov on October 30, 2009 Comments

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Given that new technologies are making the traditional newspaper business model obsolete, shouldn’t we celebrate accessible government data?

Against faith in government

by Jerry Brito on October 26, 2009 Comments

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A libertarian critique of Lawrence Lessig’s argument the “naked transparency” that justifies public cynicism about politics.

Recovery.gov verdict: half-baked

by Jerry Brito on October 19, 2009 Comments

The newly released raw stimulus spending data on Recovery.gov leaves much to be desired. This is not the unprecedented transparency we were promised.