[open-government] [CityCamp Exchange] legal barrier to open government

Fri Apr 15 22:07:25 UTC 2011

Brian -

Definitely check out civiccommons.org for information
on existing policies/directives/initiatives.

I would say legal barriers should be minimal for transparency (if you use
non-sensitive data), and non existent for the others. If legal comes into
play for "open" gov it will most likely because because of discomfort. In
that case you can point to local open gov efforts in SF, Vancouver, and
maybe others you find on civic commons.

Alissa

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:36 AM, 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:
>
> 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?
>
> Once I get my materials together, I will share them as soon as possible.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
> Brian Gryth
> Capital Hill, Denver
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