by David Sasaki | Aug 20, 2013 | English, Omidyar Network, Open Government, Work
If what gets measured gets managed, then, increasingly, we are managing ourselves without considering the needs of our neighbors and communities. But what if we were to apply the model of the quantified self to the development of our cities?
by David Sasaki | Aug 16, 2013 | English, Open Government, Transparency Digest, Work
City Offices of Innovation Susan Crawford and Dana Walters have an important paper out that looks at Boston’s constituent relationship management (CRM) system, which coordinates government responses to citizen inquiries. The paper also examines the role of the...
by David Sasaki | Aug 9, 2013 | English, Omidyar Network, Open Government, Transparency Digest, Work
One of the big questions in the transparency field is whether the disclosure of timely, contextualized information can change the behavior of individuals. In their 2008 book, Full Disclosure, Archon Fung, Mary Graham, and David Weil offer several examples of how...
by David Sasaki | Aug 2, 2013 | English, Omidyar Network, Open Government, Transparency Digest
Writing at TechPresident, Susannah Vila of The Engine Room describes how hackathons are transitioning from prize-based incentives to mentorship models as a way to give greater sustainability to initial prototypes. She points to Desarrollando America Latina, Developing...
by David Sasaki | Jul 26, 2013 | English, Omidyar Network, Open Government, Work
Reflecting on this year’s 2013 Forum on Communications and Society hosted by the Aspen Institute, Panthea Lee of Reboot pens a must-read think piece on the future of the open government movement. Among her main arguments: Citizens don’t want open data; they want...
by David Sasaki | Jul 17, 2013 | English, Omidyar Network, Open Government, Work
What follows is based on a short talk I gave at a workshop for open data startups in Uruguay that was organized by the World Bank’s Open Finances team. The reflections are all personal and don’t necessarily reflect the viewpoints of my employer....
