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Tag Archives: open data
Open data creates inefficient government and why this is good
The promise that open data will improve government efficiency is misplaced. Every administration claims it will make government effective and efficient. We had Clinton’s Reinventing Government and Bush’s reforms after 11 September. Neither has delivered as it promised. In large … Continue reading
Posted in Government, local government, open data, public sector, transparency
Tagged Democracy, government, government efficiency, government inefficiency, Hurricane Katrina, inefficient government, open data, Politics, September, Tim Berners-Lee, United States
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The open data delusion: can we find meaning in the data?
The open data delusion is a phenomenon in which we believe that increasing the amount of data published or accessible will increase the public understanding of the issues. What the financial crisis shows is that the data was out in … Continue reading
Posted in linked data, open data, public sector, republicanism
Tagged Databases, digital democracy, Knowledge Management, Lehman Brothers, open data
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Open Data political judo: Rahm Emanuel and Chicago politics
Open Data political judo: Rahm Emanuel and Chicago politics Chicago has now joined the list of major American cities publishing official data from its services on the web for the public to scrutinize and use. Embracing the transparency agenda is … Continue reading
Posted in Government, local government, open data, public sector, transparency
Tagged Chicago, data quality, Mayor of Chicago, Mike Royko, open data, political corruption, political judo, Rahm Emanuel
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Open data and transparency: are we buying a vacumn cleaner?
Consider the following story: When vacuum cleaners were just hitting the wider market in 1930s, a salesman visited a home in rural Texas. The new vacuum cleaner salesman knocked on the door on the first house of the street. A … Continue reading
Posted in Government, linked data, local government, open data, public sector, transparency, Uncategorized
Tagged local government, open data, transparency
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Government inefficiency created by representative democracy?
Can open data deliver government efficiency or is it just another in a long line of claims to reduce government inefficiency? A quick scan of the literature shows very little research on efficient government but a large amount on government … Continue reading
Posted in Government, open data
Tagged eficiency, government, open data
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