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Preface |
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A Peace Corps for Programmers |
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1 | (10) |
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Tipping Point: The Extinction of Pencils |
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4 | (1) |
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Competition Is Critical to Any Ecosystem |
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4 | (2) |
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Creating a Developer Corps |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (30) |
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12 | (3) |
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Open Standards Spark Innovation and Growth |
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15 | (3) |
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Build a Simple System and Let it Evolve |
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18 | (4) |
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22 | (3) |
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A Robustness Principle for Government |
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25 | (4) |
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Learn from Your ``Hackers'' |
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29 | (3) |
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Data Mining Allows You to Harness Implicit Participation |
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32 | (2) |
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Lower the Barriers to Experimentation |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (2) |
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Practical Steps for Government Agencies |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (8) |
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47 | (2) |
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The Single Point of Failure |
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49 | (22) |
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The Closed Model of Decision Making |
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50 | (3) |
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New Technologies and Civic Life |
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53 | (5) |
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Participatory Democratic Theory in the Age of Networks |
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58 | (11) |
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69 | (2) |
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Engineering Good Government |
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71 | (12) |
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The Articles of Confederation and the Stovepipe Antipattern |
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72 | (5) |
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Continued Maintenance: The Blob and Confederacy |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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Enabling Innovation for Civic Engagement |
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83 | (8) |
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Citizen Initiatives Lead the Way |
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83 | (1) |
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Providing for Reuse and Innovation |
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84 | (3) |
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Data Authenticity Down the Line |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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Online Deliberation and Civic Intelligence |
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91 | (14) |
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Definitions and Assertions |
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91 | (4) |
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Democracy, Deliberation, and the Internet |
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95 | (5) |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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Open Government and Open Society |
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105 | (10) |
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105 | (1) |
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The Dark Side of Open Government |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (1) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (2) |
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``You Can Be The Eyes and Ears'': Barack Obama and the Wisdom of Crowds |
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115 | (8) |
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Change gov Shows How to Change the Gov |
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116 | (1) |
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``You Can be the Eyes and Ears'' |
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116 | (1) |
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Recovery gov Site Still Under Construction |
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117 | (1) |
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Online Town Hall or ``Participation Theater''? |
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118 | (1) |
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Open Data and Open Government |
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119 | (2) |
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Co-Creation, Co-Optation, or Collision? |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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Two-Way Street: Government With the People |
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123 | (8) |
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Pockets of Excellence: The Goverati |
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124 | (5) |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (2) |
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Citizens' View of Open Government |
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131 | (8) |
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The First ``We President'' |
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132 | (1) |
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The Internet Has Made Us Lazy |
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133 | (2) |
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Toward a Findable Government |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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After the Collapse: Open Government and the Future of Civil Service |
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139 | (14) |
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140 | (1) |
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The Long Tail of Public Policy |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (2) |
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Two Preconditions to Government As Platform: Capacity for Self-Organization and Collaboration |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (1) |
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The Next Civil Service Culture: The Gift Economy |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (2) |
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Democracy, Under Everything |
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153 | (14) |
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Many Voices, Many Messages, One Government |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (2) |
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Revealing Obscured Government Data |
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157 | (3) |
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Improving Communication without Being Crushed by Email |
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160 | (2) |
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How to Improve Civic Engagement |
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162 | (3) |
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165 | (1) |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (10) |
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Democracy As a Scaling Mechanism |
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167 | (3) |
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Limiting Factors and the Internet |
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170 | (1) |
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Building an Emergent Democracy |
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171 | (4) |
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The Road to Emergent Democracy |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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Case Study: Tweet Congress |
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177 | (6) |
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Tweet Congress: Build an App, Start a Movement |
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177 | (2) |
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Starting the Movement: We Are All Lobbyisis Now |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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Entrepreneurial Insurgency: Republicans Connect with the American People |
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183 | (10) |
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Entrepreneurial Insurgency and Congress |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (2) |
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Social Media and the Fight for Transparency |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (2) |
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Disrupting Washington's Golden Rule |
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193 | (8) |
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The Bad Old Days: When Insiders Ruled |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (2) |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (12) |
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202 | (3) |
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205 | (5) |
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Engaging the Gov Track Community |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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Case Study: Followthemoney.Org |
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213 | (10) |
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Accessing Political Donor Data Fraught with Problems |
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213 | (1) |
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The National Institute on Money in State Politics' Role in the Fight for Greater Transparency |
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214 | (2) |
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Bolstering the Spirit of Public Disclosure Laws |
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216 | (1) |
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State-Level Transparency Faces Serious Challenges |
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217 | (2) |
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In an Ideal World: Recommendations for Open Data |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (10) |
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Why We Founded MAPLight.org |
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224 | (1) |
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MAPLight.org's Unique Contribution |
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225 | (2) |
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Nuts and Bolts: Using MAPLight.org |
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227 | (4) |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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Going 2.0: Why Opensecrets.Org Opted for Full Frontal Data Sharing |
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233 | (8) |
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The Decision to Let Go of the Data |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (2) |
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Creating a New Model for Transparency |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (2) |
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All Your Data Are Belong to Us: Liberating Government Data |
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241 | (8) |
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Liberating Government Data: Carl Malamud Versus the Man |
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241 | (2) |
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Disclosing Government Data: Paper Versus the Internet |
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243 | (1) |
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Accessing Government Data: Open Distribution Versus Jealous Control |
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244 | (1) |
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Demanding Government Data: Public Money Versus Private Research |
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245 | (2) |
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RECAP: Freeing PACER Documents for Public Use |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (8) |
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249 | (4) |
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From Policy to Politicians |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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My Data Can't Tell You That |
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257 | (10) |
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The How and Why of Data Collection |
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258 | (1) |
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Federal Data: Approximations Galore |
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259 | (3) |
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Good Data Doesn't Mean Good Results |
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262 | (2) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (2) |
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When Is Transparency Useful? |
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267 | (6) |
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Sharing Documents with the Public |
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268 | (1) |
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Generating Databases for the Public |
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268 | (1) |
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Interpreting Databases for the Public |
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269 | (2) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (16) |
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Complexity Creates Opacity |
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275 | (1) |
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Transparency, Meet Institutional Inertia |
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276 | (2) |
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Kaleidoscope IT: One-Off Apps Obscure Information |
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278 | (2) |
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A Market Focused on Proposals, Not Products |
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280 | (4) |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (2) |
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Bringing the Web 2.0 Revolution to Government |
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289 | (16) |
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Government Transparency: Three Hurdles |
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289 | (8) |
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Putting It All Together: Disclosure of Federal Spending |
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297 | (6) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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Toads on the Road to Open Government Data |
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305 | (10) |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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Exposing the Soul of Government |
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307 | (6) |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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Open Government: The Privacy Imperative |
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315 | (12) |
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Privacy-Enhancing Practices |
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316 | (8) |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (2) |
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Freedom of Information Acts: Promises and Realities |
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327 | (10) |
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328 | (7) |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (8) |
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340 | (4) |
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344 | (1) |
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344 | (1) |
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Open Source Software For Open Government Agencies |
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345 | (18) |
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Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona |
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Advantages of FLOSS for Government and Public Agencies |
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346 | (4) |
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Best Practices: Management |
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350 | (4) |
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Best Practices: Technical |
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354 | (3) |
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357 | (2) |
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Make It Easy to Experiment and Learn |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (2) |
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Why Open Digital Standards Matter in Government |
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363 | (12) |
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Badly Used Technology Hinders Progress |
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364 | (1) |
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The Digital Age Explained |
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365 | (1) |
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Standards and the Problems with Digital Technology |
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366 | (3) |
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The Huge Positive Potential of Digital Technologies |
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369 | (2) |
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Free and Open Standards and Software: The Digital Basis of Open Government |
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371 | (1) |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (2) |
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375 | (14) |
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375 | (1) |
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What Today's Landscape Looks Like |
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376 | (2) |
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Champions Discovered in All Branches of State Government |
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378 | (3) |
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The Dramatic Shift to Web 2.0 Principles and Tools |
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381 | (3) |
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Making Data More Accessible |
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384 | (3) |
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387 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
Memo From President Obama on Transparency and Open Government |
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389 | (2) |
Index |
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