Could the open government movement shut the door on Freedom of Information?
For democracy to work, citizens need to know what their government is doing. Then they can hold government officials and institutions accountable. Over the last
For democracy to work, citizens need to know what their government is doing. Then they can hold government officials and institutions accountable. Over the last
The open data community got a surprising piece of news when the Trump Administration recently announced that it would no longer be supporting the Open.whitehouse.gov’s Open
Demand for open data in China is gaining traction despite the country’s traditionally closed approach to government. Although there’s no national-level open data initiative, both
For any city, open data is a double-edged sword; the most useful information can also be the most sensitive. To help officials balance the risks
For any city, open data is a double-edged sword; the most useful information can also be the most sensitive. To help officials balance the risks
We ran a quick Twitter poll on the iAfrikan account a day before the 2016 Presidential elections asking our followers if they think open gaovernment
Think about governments and data and your mind likely turns to secrecy, surveillance, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning. And it’s true: as long as we’ve had
A new position paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has generated a lot of controversy among some scientists: Toward Fairness in
Cities from Amsterdam to Adelaide, from Boston to Bangalore, and San Francisco to Seoul are teaming up with big businesses like IBM, Siemens, Cisco, GE,
This story was originally published by Data-Smart City Solutions. One of the great promises of open government this decade has been that it can serve
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg once called the New York Police Department “the seventh biggest army in the world”. Whether or not that
A new online initiative from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may offer a partial antidote to the government tech hangover the botched launch