Open government
She is also co-chair for the Gov 2.0 Expo
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sebastopol, Calif.
O'Reilly Media
2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Theory in practice
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The Missing DiagnosisTargeted Transparency; A Matter of Politics; Conclusion; About the Authors; Chapter 9. "You Can Be the Eyes and Ears": Barack Obama and the Wisdom of Crowds; Change.gov Shows How to Change the Gov; "You Can Be the Eyes and Ears"; Recovery.gov Site Still Under Construction; Online Town Hall or "Participation Theater"?; Open Data and Open Government; Co-creation, Co-optation, or Collision?; About the Author; Chapter 10. Two-Way Street: Government with the People; Pockets of Excellence: The Goverati; GovLoop and BRIDGE: Networks for Government Employees
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; How This Book Is Organized; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. A Peace Corps for Programmers; Tipping Point: The Extinction of Pencils; Competition Is Critical to Any Ecosystem; Creating a Developer Corps; Conclusion; About the Author; Chapter 2. Government As a Platform; Government As a Platform; Lesson 1: Open Standards Spark Innovation and Growth; Lesson 2: Build a Simple System and Let It Evolve; Lesson 3: Design for Participation; A Robustness Principle for Government; Lesson 4: Learn from Your "Hackers"
- The Argument for an Open and Collaborative DemocracyChallenges for Collaborative Democracy; About the Author; Chapter 5. Engineering Good Government; The Articles of Confederation and the Stovepipe Antipattern; The First Constitution; The Stovepipe Antipattern; Order from Chaos: The Standards Reference Model; The Constitution As a Standards Reference Model; Continued Maintenance: The Blob and Confederacy; The Blob; The blob and government; Conclusion; About the Author; Chapter 6. Enabling Innovation for Civic Engagement; Citizen Initiatives Lead the Way; Providing for Reuse and Innovation
- Data Is the "Intel Inside"Lesson 5: Data Mining Allows You to Harness Implicit Participation; Lesson 6: Lower the Barriers to Experimentation; Lesson 7: Lead by Example; Practical Steps for Government Agencies; About the Author; Chapter 3. By the People; About the Author; Chapter 4. The Single Point of Failure; The Closed Model of Decision Making; New Technologies and Civic Life; Participatory Democratic Theory in the Age of Networks; The Failure of Direct Democracy; The Timidity of Deliberative Democracy; Distinguishing Deliberative and Collaborative Democracy
- Data Authenticity Down the LineWhy Bother with Bulk?; Conclusion; About the Authors; Chapter 7. Online Deliberation and Civic Intelligence; Definitions and Assertions; The Context of Deliberation; Democracy, Deliberation, and the Internet; Online Civic Deliberation; Support for Online Civic Deliberation; E-Liberate is created; Findings and Issues; Role of the Chair; Distributed Meeting Attendees; Social Environment Requirements; E-Liberate's Role; Conclusion; About the Author; Chapter 8. Open Government and Open Society; Transparency's Moment?; The Dark Side of Open Government