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When Will Russia Learn its (Own) Lesson in Transparency?
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…
Tags: Navalny, Russia, typewriters
July 19, 2013
Internet Freedom (at Home) Needs to Be in the US Open Government National Action Plan
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…
Tags: Action, Internet, OGP, Plan
July 16, 2013
Graba tu Pleno Brings Transparency, Technology to Rural Areas of Spain
This is the third entry in the “No Hash Tag blog series: Low-Tech Approaches to Open Government and Transparency.” The format varies: From the latest smartphone or digital video camera to old cellphones shooting grainy, dark, shaking images. The idea is simple: to record the sessions of the board of aldermen across Spain and share them…
Tags: accountability, low-tech, media, Spain, transparency
July 11, 2013
Call for Contributors in Africa / Appel aux Contributeurs en Afrique
Version française ci-dessous. Global Integrity is embarking on a partnership with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to prepare the African Integrity Indicators (AII) 2013-2014. The project assesses key social, economic, political and anti-corruption mechanisms at the national level in all African countries. Through an expert assessment methodology, the project evaluates both legal frameworks and the practical implementation…
Tags: Africa, Afrique, Contributors, Index
July 8, 2013
Measuring Delta: Starting with Contextualizing Ideas (Part 1)
Like many Indian Americans I knew growing up, I loved math. My parents – an engineer and a chemist – always made it look fun. I took Kumon lessons to boost my skills, and I enjoyed solving algebraic equations so much that I used the Delta sign (D) as shorthand for “change” in all my…
Tags: contextualize, Delta, innovation
July 2, 2013
Liberia: A Journalist, a Blackboard, Some Chalk and Open Government.
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…
Tags: Liberia, low-tech, Sirleaf
June 25, 2013