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E-PluribusUnum.org- US CIO says White House OMB will continue to explore selling public dataWhen I asked whether when or if it is acceptable for the United States government to charge companies, journalists and the public for government data, citing the example of paywalled immigration data, the chief information officer of the United States … Continue reading →
- United States opens public comment on commitments for a new national open government planLast fall, the U.S. government delayed formation of the fourth national action plan after committing to participation with a public consultation – despite historic regressions on open government across federal agencies under the Trump administration. This May, the White House quietly … Continue reading →
- USA to pursue co-creation of new national action plan on open government during Trump eraOn May 29, senior officials from the White House Office of Management and Budget and the State Department confirmed that the United States will develop a new National Action Plan for Open Government for the Open Government Partnership this spring … Continue reading →
- Facebook’s new opaque political ads transparency site shows self-regulation isn’t enoughThis past week, Facebook launched a new political ad transparency website. Facebook believes that “shining a light on ads” will increase transparency, which in turn “will lead to increased accountability & responsibility over time – not just for Facebook but … Continue reading →
- Federal judge rules public officials blocking the public on Twitter violates the First AmendmentWhen the president or others with access to his Twitter account block American citizens from following @realDonaldTrump based upon the viewpoints they express, it violates their First Amendment rights. In a historic decision, a federal judge ruled today that it … Continue reading →
- Why it’s past time for governments to fix public comments online – and howThe Bot Wars, begun they have. Over the past two years, automated social media accounts and fraudulent regulatory filings have been used by anonymous parties to obscure public opinion, distort public discourse, and corrupt the integrity of rulemaking in the … Continue reading →
- VA rejects Freedom of Information Act request for missing open government planThe VA is being neither open nor transparent about its missing open government plans or policies. On March 29, 2018, I made a Freedom of Information Act request to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in which I … Continue reading →
- Open Government Partnership researchers find flaws and growing regression on open government in the USAresearchers from the Open Government Partnership's Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) shared a new end of term report that detailed both progress and regression in meeting the commitments in the third United States National Action Plan for Open Government between October 2015 and May 2017. To be charitable, the researchers found a mixed record on ope […]
- Rebooting…and we’re back! I will be writing at E-PluribusUnum again this spring, along with tweeting @ePluribusUnum. The following post was originally published on my personal blog, offering some insight into the last two years and what lies ahead. My last … Continue reading →
- Why I’m joining the Sunlight FoundationI won’t bury the lede on this story: today is my first day at the Sunlight Foundation as a senior analyst. I’m enormously excited to be joining an organization that’s been at the heart of a global movement towards opening … Continue reading →
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- Should the White House be spending time making animated GIFs?Earlier today, however, a mechanical engineer named Claudio Ibarra commented on a Google+ thread that he thought that the animated GIF was a "waste."
- Beware openwashing. Question secrecy. Acknowledge ideology.You could spend a long day listing all of the organizations or individuals who are putting government data online, from Carl Malamud to open government activists in Brazil, Africa or Canada.
- What is the ROI of open government?Putting a dollar value on clean water, stable markets, the quality of schooling or access to the judiciary is no easy task. Each of these elements of society, however, are to some extent related to and enabled by open government. If we think about how the fundamental democratic principles established centuries ago extend today purely […]
- Cameras in the courtroom: Will SCOTUS ever go live online?In an age where setting up a livestream to the Web and the rest of the networked world is as easy as holding up a smartphone and making a few taps, the United States Supreme Court appears more uniformly opposed to adding cameras in the courtroom than ever.
- Samantha Power: OGP is President Obama’s signature governance initiativeOn January 10th, 2013, the OpenGov Hub officially launched in Washington, DC. The OpenGov Hub has similarities to incubators and accelerators, in terms of physically housing different organizations in one location, but focuses on scaling open government and building community, as opposed to scaling a startup and building a business. Samantha Power, special a […]
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On the vernal equinox, protesters of war and healthcare reform were in highly visible – and audible – around the streets of Washington. "Birthers," "truthers," "Tea party protesters," anti-war activists and tourists on Segways could be seen around the National Mall, White House and right up to the steps of the Capitol Building.