[talk-au] Fwd: [Aust-NZ] Open public sector information principles launched [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Re: [talk-au] Fwd: [Aust-NZ] Open public sector information principles launched [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/agency_resources/principles_on_psi_short.html Principle 1: Open access to information - a default position Information held by Australian Government agencies is a valuable national resource. If there is no legal need to protect the information it should be

[talk-au] Redistricting 2.0: Cloud Lets Voters Take Part

CWmike writes As the 2010 U.S. census results arrived, Los Angeles County's politicians started ramping up for redistricting — the once-a-decade, computing-intensive, often contentious process of geographically carving up the populace into discrete parcels of voters. In the past, such decisions