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  • Government Data Sets: Managing Expectations
  • Posted By: Noah Kunin |   May 10, 2010
  • With few exceptions, data sets being released were not assembled with the explicit intention of being made public, nor scrutinized. What we need to do is provide ways for the government community to address the state, quality and lineage of a data set--and encourage them to publish it anyway.
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  • Introducing the Cycle of Transparency
  • Posted By: Paul Blumenthal |   May 6, 2010
  • The "Cycle of Transparency" demonstrates the specific actions and the variety of actors that need to work together to create the open, transparent government we seek--a useful tool in thinking about how to make governments more transparent.
  • Categories: Sunlight

  • Why Apply Transparency to Lobbying?
  • Posted By: Paul Blumenthal |   May 6, 2010
  • The one significant change in disclosure that goes to the root of the public fears of lobbying would be immediate disclosure of lobbyist contact with lawmakers, government officials and government offices. There an informational valley here that creates extreme distrust and fear.
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