[open-government] legal barrier to open government

Tue Apr 19 05:29:07 UTC 2011

Dear Brian,
I would think the biggest legal barrier is not having an enabling 
framework for open government in the form of a strong right to 
information / freedom of information regime.  An 'Official Secrets Act', 
or similar legislations are similarly pernicious to open government.

Regards,
Pranesh

On Saturday 16 April 2011 12:06 AM, Brian Gryth 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
>
>
>
>
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