[open-government] UK Government transparency update (and democracy?)

[Luigi Selmi]

If 'transparency of information' is not related to democracy I wonder why bother about it ? Open data and open government are steps towards a new kind of democracy, more partecipatory, something that goes beyond the representative democracy without falling into populism and plebiscitaniarism.


Luigi






Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:09:17 +0000
From: paola.dimaio at gmail.com
To: javier at openrightsgroup.org
CC: open-government at lists.okfn.org
Subject: [open-government] UK Government transparency update (and democracy?)

Javier
thanks for the update
one the words that I have not seen come up much at the OGCAMPis 'democracy', in fact some people cringed when I dared mention it

Some 'activists' seem to take the view that 'democratic process' is not that much relatedto 'trasparency of information'
Let us know when you hear of something in that respect

cheers
PDM


2010/12/7 Javier Ruiz Diaz <javier at openrightsgroup.org>

Dear all
It seems they were listening during the OGD camp.

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/about-cabinet-office/plans-performance/transparency-privacy-data.aspx

Tentatively good news, lets see the details in the next few days.
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