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5 articles
Open Data · March 12, 2013
Open Data to the Next Level: Why and How to Involve the Private Sector
On taking open-data programs past public-sector publication and into private-sector reuse — the supply, demand, and intermediary infrastructure that turns published datasets into civic and commercial value.
Politics · August 30, 2012
Why Governments Barter Women's Human Rights
On the political-economy patterns by which governments trade away women's human-rights protections for short-term coalition or trade objectives.
Government 2.0 · April 30, 2012
Gov 2.0 Is Not Just Government as a Platform
Reframing the Gov 2.0 conversation past the platform-only metaphor — service delivery, citizen co-production, and the institutional culture changes required.
Politics · September 9, 2011
Terrorism: The Dire Threat of Dolts
An editorial on counter-terrorism overreach and the gap between perceived threat and the actual capability profile of the actors invoked.
Open Government · December 8, 2010
WikiLeaks Is a Blow to Open Government
An argument that the WikiLeaks cable release would create a backlash that hardens government secrecy rather than expand transparency.