Democracy and Its (Very Many) Critics
The narrative of our broken democracy doesn't tell the story of the citizens who are trying to fix it.
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Open Government
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In ‘Open Government Data,’ What’s Really Open?
In parsing the meaning of “open government,” citizens weigh the availability of information against the transparency of creating it. It’s a rare grammar debate that affects the course of democracy.
Taming the U.S. Government’s Secrecy Machine
The plodding effort to bring a modicum of common sense to how the U.S. declassifies its documents has resisted most efforts to rev it up in the digital age.
Federal Budget Cuts May Cloud Government Transparency Websites
Efforts to roll back the federal budget to 2008 levels may have the unintended consequence of gutting spending aimed at fostering government transparency.
Fedflix Popularizes Uncle Sam’s Video Collection
Even with rocket ships and cuddly critters on the screen no one comes to federal movie night. But a privately run effort is flicking open the door to the movie trove.
Curses, FOIA’d Again
The Obama administration's stated push for more government openness hasn't fully manifested itself in the Freedom of Information arena.
A Ray of Sunshine
Nudge-meister Cass Sunstein sings the praises of open government and transparency.
Ladling Data at a Government Info Soup Kitchen
A volunteer effort to make federal and state data more accessible to the public makes efforts to be transparent more genuine.
Eyes Wide Open But Algorithms Wide Shut?
Adobe's laudable push for open government butts up against the difficulty that machines have sussing out what's in its products.