This is the second entry in the “No Hash Tag blog series: Low-Tech Approaches to Open Government and Transparency.” He is widely read and respected; yet he does not work for any media company. He doesn’t even use a Twitter account, nor is he active on any other social media platform: chalk and a blackboard are…
Once considered the realm of the nerdy and anti-social and rarely taken seriously, Sci-Fi is slowly but surely coming into the mainstream. Shows like Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, the Stargate franchise, and Doctor Who have not only captured the imaginations of a niche market but have found appeal among wider audiences by not being afraid to ask the important questions and…
The current rise of a technologically savvy, socially conscious generation across Africa is forcing local governments and institutions to become more transparent and less corrupt, according Jon Gosier, director of “The Cheetah Code,” a documentary about technological entrepreneurs in the continent. The film chronicles Africa’s young entrepreneurs, creative class, and emerging technology sector. The name…
Lyle Turner has joined Global Integrity as our Managing Director of Technology and Product Development, to initially focus on scaling up Indaba, our data collection software. In this new role, Turner will oversee Indaba’s software development strategy moving forward and help Global Integrity achieve penetration of the platform into a much larger user base. “I…
To avoid leaks and scandals like Edward Snowden’s, the Russian secret service is reportedly buying typewriters. Alarms went off at the FSO (Russian acronym for the country’s secret service) when it learned that the American whistleblower had stored all the data he leaked on a simple flash drive. But beyond the obvious security implications, it…
I’ve been reluctant to engage too publicly on the process surrounding the development of the second US National Action Plan under the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The conflict of interest is straightforward: at Global Integrity we work to support the implementation of OGP by working hand-in-glove with the OGP Support Unit, we’ve provided technology support…