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Tag Archives: Transparency
Crowdsourcing analysis for policymakers? What could possibly go wrong?
Tweet I’m looking forward to the ‘Crowdsourcing Analysis for Policymakers‘ event next week, with Andrew Stott kicking the evening off with some of his experiences working on the Government’s Open Data and Transparency Programme. We’re expecting a packed house but … Continue reading
Posted in About Political Innovation
Tagged Cognitive Surplus, Consultations, Transparency
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The problem with think-tanks: Transparency
Tweet Running alongside issues of quality and independence discussed already here is transparency. This comes in to play at a number of levels for the think-tank but, in a broad sense, is the outside world’s way of establishing the veracity … Continue reading
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Tagged Think tanks, Transparency
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No 4: See Change – opening policy research to the public
Tweet Although Government claims to want our participation and wants us to appreciate its policies, it hides the evidence on which it bases its policies in fat documents and reports that are hard to read and only available free at … Continue reading
A politically cross-cutting demand for innovation?
Tweet We’re taking the political innovation project forward because there are people on all sides of the political dartboard who have a general belief in the positive potential of interactivity. This project will demonstrate that there is a community of … Continue reading
Posted in About Political Innovation
Tagged Bureaucracy, Copyright, Democracy, Interactivity, Libel reform, Open source, Procurement, Service design, Transparency
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