Transparent, Collaborative, Participatory - Grass Roots Implementation of the Open Government Directive
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The Obama administration signed the Open Government Directive on its first day in office, promising to make government more collaborative, transparent and participatory. This panel will explore nongovernmental projects currently underway throughout the US and world that aim to forward this vision.
Description
Projects and tools are being created worldwide with the aim of creating more collaborative decision-making processes. ParticipateDB (http://participatedb.com) currently lists 131 tools and 157 projects dedicated to this purpose. This panel will explore the broad themes of this movement, featuring representatives from several of these efforts.
Speaking experience
Speaker
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Mark Frischmuth
DemocracyLab- Website: http://www.democracylab.org/
- Twitter: DemocracyLab
Biography
A Certified Financial Planner and pension consultant by day, Mark scratches his philanthropic itch by bootstrapping DemocracyLab – a venture philanthropy project aiming to use open source software and principles to transform the nature of political dialogue.
Sessions
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* Transparent, Collaborative, Participatory - Grass Roots Implementation of the Open Government Directive
- Title: Transparent, Collaborative, Participatory - Grass Roots Implementation of the Open Government Directive
- Track: Culture
- Room: Steel
- Time: 2:30 – 3:15pm
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Excerpt:
The Obama administration signed the Open Government Directive on its first day in office, promising to make government more collaborative, transparent and participatory. This panel will explore nongovernmental projects currently underway throughout the US and world that aim to forward this vision.
- Speakers: Mark Frischmuth