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Conference-Slutting Toward Good Governance

by David Sasaki | Jan 28, 2012 | English, Open Government, Work

2012 looks a lot like a convenient excuse for the Latin American diplomatic jet set to rack up their American Express rewards points while in Cartagena, Brasilia, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Rio de Janeiro and elsewhere. Looking through a less cynical filter, 2012...

Too Much Information – Week Ending September 23

by David Sasaki | Sep 23, 2011 | English

What follows is a hyperlinked version of the weekly newsletter of the Information Program of Open Society Foundations. Next week Becky Hogge will take up the newsletter one again. You can continue to follow new editions at her blog. News Global Open Government...

Democracy Building 2.0: The Open Government Partnership, Game Changer or Symbolic Slogan?

by David Sasaki | Jul 11, 2011 | English

Tomorrow morning, representatives from more than 55 national governments meet in Washington DC to kick off what might be a multilateral, 21st century reboot of good old democracy-building, a term tainted by eight years of George W. Bush. Activists and international...