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Transparency
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/04/one-time-at-transparency-camp-hacktivists-tried-to-advance-open-government.html...But as OpenSecrets can attest, even when the data are available, their relevance is not always clear. "The majority of [Americans] don't have a reason to care," according to Shankar Prasad, a professor at New York University and founder of a new community-organizing website called YourList.org.
Acquiring data is only the first step in these groups' quest for transparency.
Todd Park, chief technology officer of the United States, concluded the event, noting the significance of context.
"Data by itself is useless," he said. "You can't eat data, you can't pour data on a wound and heal it. The whole point [is to use] data as a way to catalyze the emergence of an ecosystem of innovation."
Acquiring data is only the first step in these groups' quest for transparency.
Todd Park, chief technology officer of the United States, concluded the event, noting the significance of context.
"Data by itself is useless," he said. "You can't eat data, you can't pour data on a wound and heal it. The whole point [is to use] data as a way to catalyze the emergence of an ecosystem of innovation."