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Open Government
Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice
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- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- + Preface
- + Chapter 1. A Peace Corps for Programmers
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Chapter 2. Government As a Platform
- Government As a Platform
- Lesson 1: Open Standards Spark Innovation and Growth
- Lesson 2: Build a Simple System and Let It Evolve
- Lesson 3: Design for Participation
- A Robustness Principle for Government
- + Lesson 4: Learn from Your “Hackers”
- Lesson 5: Data Mining Allows You to Harness Implicit Participation
- Lesson 6: Lower the Barriers to Experimentation
- Lesson 7: Lead by Example
- Practical Steps for Government Agencies
- About the Author
- + Chapter 3. By the People
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Chapter 4. The Single Point of Failure
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Chapter 5. Engineering Good Government
- + Chapter 6. Enabling Innovation for Civic Engagement
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Chapter 7. Online Deliberation and Civic Intelligence
- + Chapter 8. Open Government and Open Society
- + Chapter 9. “You Can Be the Eyes and Ears”: Barack Obama and the Wisdom of Crowds
- + Chapter 10. Two-Way Street: Government with the People
- + Chapter 11. Citizens’ View of Open Government
- + Chapter 12. After the Collapse: Open Government and the Future of Civil Service
- + Chapter 13. Democracy, Under Everything
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Chapter 14. Emergent Democracy
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Chapter 15. Case Study: Tweet Congress
- + Chapter 16. Entrepreneurial Insurgency: Republicans Connect With the American People
- + Chapter 17. Disrupting Washington’s Golden Rule
- + Chapter 18. Case Study: GovTrack.us
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Chapter 19. Case Study: FollowTheMoney.org
- Accessing Political Donor Data Fraught with Problems
- The National Institute on Money in State Politics’ Role in the Fight for Greater Transparency
- Bolstering the Spirit of Public Disclosure Laws
- State-Level Transparency Faces Serious Challenges
- In an Ideal World: Recommendations for Open Data
- Conclusion
- About the Author
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Chapter 20. Case Study: MAPLight.org
- + Chapter 21. Going 2.0: Why OpenSecrets.org Opted for Full Frontal Data Sharing
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Chapter 22. All Your Data Are Belong to Us: Liberating Government Data
- Liberating Government Data: Carl Malamud Versus the Man
- Disclosing Government Data: Paper Versus the Internet
- Accessing Government Data: Open Distribution Versus Jealous Control
- Demanding Government Data: Public Money Versus Private Research
- RECAP: Freeing PACER Documents for Public Use
- Conclusion
- About the Author
- + Chapter 23. Case Study: Many Eyes
- + Chapter 24. My Data Can’t Tell You That
- + Chapter 25. When Is Transparency Useful?
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Chapter 26. Transparency Inside Out
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Chapter 27. Bringing the Web 2.0 Revolution to
Government
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Chapter 28. Toads on the Road to Open Government
Data
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Chapter 29. Open Government: The Privacy Imperative
- + Chapter 30. Freedom of Information Acts: Promises and Realities
- + Chapter 31. Gov→Media→People
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Chapter 32. Open Source Software for Open Government Agencies
- + Advantages of FLOSS for Government and Public Agencies
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Best Practices: Management
- Consider All the Factors, Both Technical and Contextual
- Be Sure of Management’s Commitment to the Transition
- Prepare a Clear View of What’s Expected, Including Measurable Benchmarks
- Make Sure the Timetable Is Realistic
- Review the Current Software/IT Procurement and Development Procedure
- Seek Out Advice or Search for Information on Similar Transitions
- Avoid “Big Switch” Transition, and Favor Incremental Migrations
- Promote Collaboration and Pooling of Resources
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Best Practices: Technical
- Understand the Way FLOSS Is Developed
- Survey the Agency’s Software, Hardware, and Required Functionality
- Use the Flexibility of FLOSS to Create Local Adaptations
- Much More Software Is Available Than What Is Installed by Default
- Always Favor Stability over Functionality
- Design the Workflow Support Infrastructure to Reduce “Impedance Mismatches”
- Introduce a Trouble Ticket System
- Compile and Update a Detailed Migration Workbook
- + Best Practices: Social
- + Make It Easy to Experiment and Learn
- Conclusion
- References
- About the Authors
- + Chapter 33. Why Open Digital Standards Matter in Government
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Chapter 34. Case Study: Utah.gov
- Memo from President Obama on Transparency and Open Government
- Index
In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practitioners both inside and outside of government share their ideas on how to achieve and direct this emerging world of online collaboration, transparency, and participation.
Contributions and topics include:
Beth Simone Noveck, U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer for open government, "The Single Point of Failure"
Jerry Brito, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, "All Your Data Are Belong to Us: Liberating Government Data"
Aaron Swartz, cofounder of reddit.com, OpenLibrary.org, and BoldProgressives.org, "When Is Transparency Useful?"
Ellen S. Miller, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, "Disrupting Washington's Golden Rule"
Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.Org, "By the People"
Douglas Schuler, president of the Public Sphere Project, "Online Deliberation and Civic Intelligence"
Howard Dierking, program manager on Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet Web platform team, "Engineering Good Government"
Matthew Burton, Web entrepreneur and former intelligence analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency, "A Peace Corps for Programmers"
Gary D. Bass and Sean Moulton, OMB Watch, "Bringing the Web 2.0 Revolution to Government"
Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, "Defining Government 2.0: Lessons Learned from the Success of Computer Platforms"
Open Government editors:
Daniel Lathrop is a former investigative projects reporter with the Seattle Post Intelligencer who's covered politics in Washington state, Iowa, Florida, and Washington D.C. He's a specialist in campaign finance and "computer- assisted reporting" -- the practice of using data analysis to report the news.
Laurel Ruma is the Gov 2.0 Evangelist at O'Reilly Media. She is also co- chair for the Gov 2.0 Expo.
Book Details
Authors
Daniel Lathrop and Laurel Ruma
Categories
Political Science > Government > General
Publishers
Publication year : 2010
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 427
