{"product_id":"open-government-collaboration-transparency-and-participation-in-practice-9780596804350","title":"Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practitioners both inside and outside of government share their ideas on how to achieve and direct this emerging world of online collaboration, transparency, and participation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions and topics include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBeth Simone Noveck\u003c\/b\u003e, U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer for open government, \"The Single Point of Failure\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJerry Brito\u003c\/b\u003e, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, \"All Your Data Are Belong to Us: Liberating Government Data\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAaron Swartz\u003c\/b\u003e, cofounder of reddit.com, OpenLibrary.org, and BoldProgressives.org, \"When Is Transparency Useful?\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEllen S. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, \"Disrupting Washington's Golden Rule\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCarl Malamud\u003c\/b\u003e, founder of Public.Resource.Org, \"By the People\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDouglas Schuler\u003c\/b\u003e, president of the Public Sphere Project, \"Online Deliberation and Civic Intelligence\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHoward Dierking\u003c\/b\u003e, program manager on Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet Web platform team, \"Engineering Good Government\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMatthew Burton\u003c\/b\u003e, Web entrepreneur and former intelligence analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency, \"A Peace Corps for Programmers\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGary D. Bass\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSean Moulton\u003c\/b\u003e, OMB Watch, \"Bringing the Web 2.0 Revolution to Government\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTim O'Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, \"Defining Government 2.0: Lessons Learned from the Success of Computer Platforms\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpen Government editors: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Lathrop is a former investigative projects reporter with the Seattle Post Intelligencer who's covered politics in Washington state, Iowa, Florida, and Washington D.C. He's a specialist in campaign finance and \"computer-assisted reporting\" -- the practice of using data analysis to report the news. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurel Ruma is the Gov 2.0 Evangelist at O'Reilly Media. She is also co-chair for the Gov 2.0 Expo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Reilly Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780596804350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 7.00w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 167\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Daniel Lathrop, Laurel Ruma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639263948956,"sku":"9780596804350","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e046ef97-6279-40f8-8668-f39c0b027116.jpg?v=1603849364","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/open-government-collaboration-transparency-and-participation-in-practice-9780596804350","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}