This morning I got an email thread pointing to an article by Justin Longo on #Opendata: Digital-Era Governance Thoroughbred or New Public Management Trojan Horse? I’m still digesting it all but wanted to share some initial thoughts. The article begins with discussion about the benefits of open data but its real goal is to argue [...]
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Open Data and New Public Management
Right to Know Week – going on Right Now
So, for those not in the know (…groan) this week is Right to Know Week. Right to Know (RTK) Week is and internationally designated week with events taking place around the world. It is designed to improve people’s awareness of their rights to access government information and the role such access plays in democracy and good [...]
Structurelessness, feminism and open: what open advocates can learn from second wave feminists
Just finished reading feminist activist Jo Freeman’s article, written in 1970, called The Tyranny of Structurelessness. She argues there is no such thing as a structureless group, and that structurelessness tends to be invoked to cover up or obscure — and cannot eliminate — the role, nature, ownership and use of power within a group. [...]
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