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Why every citizen should read the Open Government book
Open Government - Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice is a book (DISCLAIMER: I’m one of the authors, see below) that explains how governments and local Public Administrations can use digital technologies to work more efficiently, save lots of taxpayers money and let citizens control what public officers are actually doing. Why is something like this very important for all citizens? Because, as I already explained in the Online Loser Guide, digital technologies and the Internet can be either a huge help to make real democracy happen, or just a new, more powerful system for centralized control.
Disappointed (so far) by Italian Open Legislation experiment
In may 2009 I announced on the P2P Foundation blog what I believe is the first collaborative law writing experiment in Italy:
Enough with this "Free Software is communist" myth! Please!
Really. It’s way paste expiration date.
Hooray for Bluecurve
originally written for Linux Journal…