$45? Youch. I'll wait ;) Or better:
> - Beth Simone Noveck, U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer for open > government, "The Single Point of Failure" Can't find this online, but presumably based on http://books.google.com/books?id=bmSmcDo3kPoC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=noveck+%22single+point+of+failure%22&source=bl&ots=lvut3Z-GMh&sig=uQNsr3edj6pyi136SLyJ0ssh8Vc&hl=en&ei=ABmES8C9CoTysgOUr4G3Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false > - Jerry Brito, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George > Mason University, "All Your Data Are Belong to Us: Liberating > Government Data" Presumably based on: http://www.stlr.org/volumes/volume-ix-2007-2008/brito/ > - Aaron Swartz, cofounder of reddit.com, OpenLibrary.org, and > BoldProgressives.org, "When Is Transparency Useful?" Presumably based on: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/usefultransparency > - Ellen S. Miller, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, > "Disrupting Washington's Golden Rule" Available through http://www.scribd.com/doc/20403555/Open-Government-Excerpt > - Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.Org, "By the People" Presumably based on http://boingboing.net/2009/12/14/malamuds-by-the-peop.html > - Douglas Schuler, president of the Public Sphere Project, "Online > Deliberation and Civic Intelligence" Probably related to: http://digitaltransformationschool.org/wiki/Doug_Schuler/ I could probably go on, but I've got work to do; if someone could go through the rest of the ToC and continue this work, I bet it would make a great reading list :) Luis > - 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" > > > > [READ MORE] > > > > WHTM ABC27 Harrisburg (PA) > > > > Critics Maintain Thompson Isn't Transparent > > 02/22/10 7:00 pm | reporter: Dennis Owens producer: Myles Snyder > > > > Harrisburg, Pa. - President Barack Obama (web | news | bio) is > promising transparency in the federal health care debate. State > lawmakers gave us the Right-to-Know Law to access more information > than ever before. And during her candidacy, Mayor Linda Thompson > promised transparency in city government. Some complain she's not > delivering > > Transparency means to make visible by allowing light. Lots of > politicians these days promise transparency. > > Harrisburg City Controller Dan Miller promises to deliver it this week > when he unveils a Web site that will show taxpayers where every one of > their tax dollars is going. > > "For example, if we paid Dennis Owens any money last year, you could > look it up and see if Dennis Owens got paid from the city," said > Miller. "You didn't. I don't know that, but you could find that out." > > Miller calls transparency an important check and balance. > > "It's the people's business, and the people have a right to know," he said. > > But critics of Mayor Thompson insist her administration is not > transparent. And they cite a few examples: > > - A deal to appraise city assets was given to RSR Realty, whose owner > sat on the board of Thompson's non-profit organization Loveship and > contributed to her campaign. Though the financial terms for the > appraisal work haven't been finalized or approved by city council, RSR > has started the work. > > - abc27 sources tell us that Rhoads & Sinon law firm will get school > district business. Rhoads & Sinon is the law firm of James Ellison, > Thompson's campaign manager and head of the Harrisburg Authority. > > - A directive to school district Superintendent Gerald Kohn not to > talk to anyone, especially the press, about school district business. > This could hinder the district's fund raising. > > > > [READ MORE]If you show more about what you're doing, people trust you > more. Maybe that's obvious, but now we have some results along those > lines for Federal sites. The deal is that we now have an > Administration... > > > > > > KTUL News Channel 8 Oklahoma City (OK) > > > > Committee Approves Bills To Streamline Operations > > > > Oklahoma City - A pair of bills designed to streamline government > operations and provide more transparency on state spending have > cleared a House panel. > > The bills passed unanimously Monday through the House Government > Modernization Committee. One bill by Rep. Ken Miller would require the > state to post more information on state expenditures to a state Web > site, including all purchases and individual expenses. > > Another bill by Rep. Jason Murphey directs the Office of State Finance > to develop a plan to consolidate the financial services of all state > agencies. > > Under the bill, payroll, purchasing, accounts payable and accounts > receivable functions ultimately would be transferred to the Office of > State Finance. The agency projects more than $2 million in potential > savings under the plan. > > > > Saint Petersburg Times (FL) > > John Thrasher works to shield party credit cards from public view > > So before a conflict of interest could arise, St. Augustine Sen. John > Thrasher stepped down from chairman of the Senate Ethics and Elections > Committee when he was chosen as the head of the Republican Party of > Florida this Saturday. > > > > But three days before he left the Senate post, Thrasher presided over > the committee when it gave RPOF (and anyone else with a political > credit card) a nice fat gift: A clear exemption from having to report > "a copy of each credit card statement which shall be included in the > next [campaign finance]report..." [paren mine]. > > > > That language actually exists in statute. Thrasher's committee bill > strikes it out. > > > > But it was already nullified by a curious 2005 Division of Elections > opinion that essentially said "each credit card statement" didn't need > to be "included" because it would be too difficult to include the > statements via the state's electronic campaign-finance filing system. > Apparently, the government system didn't have a function to accept > PDFs. Yeah, PDFs are so hard to post. > > > > Like this one: Download De0507. > > > > [READ MORE] > > > > The Illinois Review (IL) > > Andrzejewski to Spearhead Forensic Audit at Illinois Secretary of State > > from the Enriquez campaign > > February 21, 2010, AURORA - Robert Enriquez, Republican candidate for > Illinois Secretary of State, announced today that Adam Andrzejewski > would lead the forensic audit of the Illinois Secretary of State’s > office after victory in the November general election. > > > > [READ MORE] > > The Statesman Journal (OR) > > > > Open government vital for accountability > > Plan to boost transparency will benefit all Oregonians > > February 23, 2010 > > Previous Page > > > > Mention the topic of open meetings and open records to some folks, and > you'll be greeted with a yawn at best and a snore at worst. But it's a > topic that gives journalists goosebumps. > > > > And frankly, it's a subject that should stir every Oregonian: We are a > people committed to public debate and dialogue. > > > > So why do we allow so much of government to take place behind closed doors? > > Oregon Attorney General John Kroger wants to change that. He has > launched a statewide initiative to improve government transparency. > > > > Kroger and the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association are hosting six > public meetings to identify weaknesses in Oregon's open-government > practices. The first forum is Wednesday evening at the Salem Public > Library. > > > > Journalists are passionate about open government. > > In recent months, public-records laws have enabled the Statesman > Journal to get information relating to investigations of state > officials and agencies. Public meetings and records have enabled > reporters and editorial writers to witness the scandal at the > Willamette Education Service District as it unfolded. > > > > [READ MORE] > > > > > > > -- > Jonathan Gray > > Community Coordinator > The Open Knowledge Foundation > http://blog.okfn.org > > http://twitter.com/jwyg > http://identi.ca/jwyg > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
