Author of machiavelli.net, proud father of three, interested in shaping network society. Welcome to my blog.Tag Archives for transparency
…and then Machiavelli suggested opengov and radical transparency
Alex Schellong and I wrote down a longer conversation we have been having over the years and published it in the Harvard International Review: The evolution of modern society is marked by continuous rise of government size, obligations and market … Continue reading
The Long Telegram of the 21st Century
There are not many instances when a governmental memo shaped the political philosophy of a generation. Clearly Kennan’s Long Telegram comes to mind: The ‘Long Telegram’ was sent by George Kennan from the United States Embassy in Moscow to Washington, … Continue reading
Network Society and the Futures of Modernity
I just spent the day at the Futures of Modernity Symposium in Munich, held in honor of Ulrich Beck, the grand sociologist and author of Risk Society (1992). The idea of the event was: Throughout the world, contemporary societies are … Continue reading
The Politics of Open Sourcing Governance
Carl Malamud is a public domain advocate heading public.resource.org. His approach is the publication of public domain information from local, state, and federal government agencies. Over the years the publication of governmental data has become a surprisingly lucrative business for … Continue reading
Putting Obama’s Transparency Guidelines to the Test
(written by Emilene Martinez, the National Security Archives, Washington DC and LNS-Guestblogger) I started working at the National Security Archive in 2001 requesting information related to US foreign policy in Latin America to one of the most secretive administrations in … Continue reading
Open Government 101
Jerry Brito wrote a great primer into what we should expect of open government in the 21st century in 2007, Hack, Mash & Peer: Crowdsourcing Government Transparency, it is available at the SSRN: If government data is made available online … Continue reading
Open Government and the TPC Framework
About 10 days ago, Barak Obama published the following memo. It is a must-read. His TPC Framework (transparency, participation, collaboration) reminds us that the three need to play together if we want to make networked governance work. MEMORANDUM FOR THE … Continue reading
