[open-government] legal barrier to open government

Fri Apr 15 19:05:39 UTC 2011

Suggest checking out Elizabeth Hochberg's talk from the Gov 2.0 events in DC last year.
http://gov2summit.com

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On Apr 15, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Brian Gryth <briangryth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good day all,
>  
> I am preparing for a talk on open government that I will give in a couple of weeks.  The audience is government attorneys and IT managers.  So I thought I'd crowd source the answer to a few of questions to you all in the open gov/gov 2.0 community:
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> What are the biggest legal barriers to open government efforts?
> What are the biggest legal barriers to transparency?
> What are the biggest legal barriers to participation?
> What are the biggest legal barriers to collaboration?
>  
> If you have examples of specific laws or policies that would be great.  I know everyone will be tempted to say attorneys, which is fine, just tell me why?
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> Once I get my materials together, I will share them as soon as possible.  Thanks in advance.
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> Cheers,
> Brian
>  