Is Wikileaks open government?
Aeschylus wrote nearly 2,500 years ago that in war, “truth is the first casualty.” His words are no doubt known to another wise man, whose strategic “maneuvers within a changing information...
View ArticleSocial media, local government and elections: reflections on COGEL and @DCBOEE
This week, I was proud to be one of two speakers for a session on social media and government at the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) conference in Washington, D.C. I delivered an adapted...
View ArticleDebating the meaning of WikiLeaks, the Internet and Democracy
On January 21st, a panel at the Churchill Club in San Jose, California debated the meaning of WikiLeaks and its broader impact to the Internet and democracy. The issue of how Wikileaks relates to open...
View ArticleOpen Government MAGIC: Media Access to Government Information Conference
The right of the governed to gain access to information about their government is a core pillar of the compact between “We the People” in the United States and those they elect to office. The quality,...
View ArticleGov 2.0 goes mainstream with a new Associated Press article on open...
We live in interesting times. Last week, NPR listeners learned about “local Gov 2.0.” This weekend, civic applications and open data emerged further into the national consciousness with a widely...
View ArticleWhat is the relationship of social media and politics in 2012?
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View ArticleGuardian editor Alan Rusbridger shares 10 principles for open journalism
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Are “Commons 2.0″ and participatory urbanism hype or hope?
“…armed with low-cost phones and an Internet connection, people are using civic-minded apps like ForageCity to tackle everything from public safety to potholes. The question is whether the technology...
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African News Challenge funds data journalism and open government tech
The post-industrial future of journalism is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet. The same trends changing journalism and society have the potential to create significant social change...
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