[open-government] Russia: Open Government as "open examination"

[Ryan Jendoubi]

On 12/03/12 09:43, Ivan Begtin wrote:
> Russian government launched new platform to discuss draft law (bills) 
> http://zakon.government.ru/
> It's very well done technically
> - people authorize via unified authorization on government services 
> portal, so it's completely unanonymous
> - people may vote for paragraphs of texts and comment them
> - people may rewrite paragraphs of texts and to vote for these 
> alternative versions
>
> It's so called "open examination". It's very popular topic right now 
> in Russia and lot's of projects launched last year including this one.

That sounds fascinating.

What's the signal-to-noise ratio like? (i.e. constructive contributions 
vs "this provision is ****")

Assuming there is a lot of "noise", how does one filter it?

Do "ordinary people" make useful contributions, or are most sensible 
ones from practising jurists / academics?

Do you have any links to good write-ups about this system in English, 
for the linguistically impaired?

Many thanks!

--ryan