Dear open-knowledge community of Brazil, I am delighted to let you know that my latest book, Traversing Digital Babel, has been released by MIT Press. It addresses the Open Government movement worldwide, and presents a breakthrough solution to governments' reluctance to further the open exchange of data. Understanding government information flows is a critical step towards an open knowledge society. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in furthering open knowledge, open government, and efficient information exchange.
Below please find a short description of the entire book, classified by the MIT Press under the categories: “government,” “business,” and “big data.” Yours, Alon Peled The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel [email protected] *Peled, Alon. Traversing Digital Babel - Short Book Description* In this book, Alon Peled proposes a groundbreaking approach to revitalize critical information flows in public sector agencies. Peled suggests considering public agency information assets as a contested commodity, and employing selective incentives to “nudge” agencies to exchange these assets in a Public Sector Information Exchange (PSIE). Peled demonstrates that PSIE and similar programs can save governments billions of dollars, improve services to citizens, and even save lives. Peled maps the primary ethical, political, legal, economic and technical challenges to PSIE and how these challenges can be addressed. The book is engaging, thought provoking and entertaining for experts, practitioners and interested readers alike. It is written in an accessible, crisp style. It provides relevant, contemporary case studies and examples of public sector information sharing successes and failures from the USA, Australia, Iceland, Holland, Brazil and others. *You can find more information and endorsements from leading experts here:* The MIT Press: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/traversing-digital-babel Stuart Robbins’ Blog: http://wp.me/p16Nq-6k Alon Peled: https://scholars.huji.ac.il/alonpeled
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