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Open Data – The Democratic Imperative — Crooked Timber

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Open Data – The Democratic Imperative — Crooked Timber
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by Beth Noveck. Excerpt: Open Data are the basis for government innovation. This isn’t because open data make government more transparent or accountable. Like Tom Slee, I have serious doubts about whether it does either of those things. In any event, shining a light on the misdeeds of ineffective institutions isn’t as imperative as redesigning how they work. Instead, open data can provide the raw material to convene informed conversations inside and outside institutions about what’s broken and the empirical foundation for developing solutions together.