by David Sasaki | Jan 22, 2013 | English, Omidyar Network, Open Government, Work
We are constantly looking for new innovations that empower citizens to inform themselves about the workings of government and to hold their political leaders to account. But what if Twitter already is that innovation and it’s merely being underutilized?
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by David Sasaki | Sep 18, 2012 | English, Work
I’d be a fool to think that I know best how my employer, Omidyar Network, should most effectively employ its resources to promote open government in Latin America. There are dozens if not hundreds of specialists who have much more experience and expertise than I...
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by David Sasaki | Jul 24, 2012 | English, Open Government, Work
This blog post is a summary of a $175,000 grant from Omidyar Network to Personal Democracy Media to support WeGov, a combination news-blog and online resource center that will serve as a hub of current reporting, analysis and background materials on the groups working...
by David Sasaki | Jul 21, 2012 | English, Work
Last weekend I had the opportunity to participate on the jury of the latest OpenDataMx hackathon, which gathered volunteer programmers and graphic designers to build applications and visualizations using government information related to child labor. I arrived with a...
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by David Sasaki | May 11, 2012 | English, Work
This blog post is a summary of a $25,000 grant from Omidyar Network to the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness to support the convening of Latin American transparency networks in Mexico City on March 20, 2012 to discuss the opportunities, challenges, and...
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by David Sasaki | May 2, 2012 | English, Work
I hesitantly decided to become involved in philanthropy because I believe that civil society has an important role to play in bringing about a more sustainable, just, and well governed 21st century society. Businesses and governments have their fundamental roles as...
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...
by David Sasaki | Dec 12, 2011 | English, Open Government
A few months ago I wrote a geopolitical analysis of the newly launched Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multilateral network of reformers from governments and advocates from civil society organizations that are trying to expand the concept and implementation of...
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...
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...
