OKF France et al: Digital “rights” declaration mistakes personal data and...
In response to the release by copyright advocates Forum d’Avignon of a so-called “Declaration of Digital Human Rights”, several allies of T/AI have posted the following statement decrying the effort...
View ArticleNotes from Webinar: ‘Big Listening’ and Social Media
In our October 15th webinar, we focused on how to use social media for listening, learning and increasing the impact of advocacy campaigns. On hand were guests Deidre Huntington from International...
View ArticleInvolve: Crowdsourcing a UK Open Government Manifesto
The following post is by Tim Hughes and Josephine Suherman of Involve, a think tank and leader in the movement for public participation and citizen engagement in open government. (Cross-posted from the...
View ArticleThree Things to Watch for in the Open Government Partnership
In less than three weeks, government and civil society leaders will gather for the Open Government Partnership’s Latin America regional conclave in San José, Costa Rica. The event follows September’s...
View ArticleCrunching Food Data to Go “Beyond the Nutrition Facts Panel”
Our colleagues at the Environmental Working Group have just unveiled a new consumer database, Food Scores, that unpacks health properties and environmental concerns for more than 80,000 products sold...
View ArticleTim Davies: Getting Strategic About Openness and Privacy
The following post is by Tim Davies, Open Data Research Lead at Web Foundation. Cross-posted from the blog of the Open Up? 2014 conference presented by TABridge funder and partner, the Omidyar Network....
View ArticleOpenGovGuide: Putting Privacy at the Heart of Open Government
The following post is by Javier Ruiz of Open Rights Group, Carly Nyst of Privacy International, and Maya Forstater of the Open Government Guide, a compendium of practical recommendations for...
View ArticleWill the Data Revolution Be Well-Advised?
After weeks of consultation—and a “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” public comment period—a group of expert advisors to the UN has issued a report on the “data revolution” for sustainable development. “A...
View ArticleNew Data from OGP Provides New Tracking Tool
On the eve of this week’s Open Government Partnership summit in Latin America, the OGP has released new data compiling every commitment made by countries for the 2014-2016 OGP cycle. The Support Unit...
View ArticleWeb Foundation: World’s First Open Contracting Data Standard Launched
Cross-posted from the Web Foundation blog. T/AI congratulates the many colleagues who have pioneered this new tool to unlock government contracts, follow the money between the public and private...
View ArticleOmidyar Network: Grant to the ONE Campaign Follows the Money
The following post is by Andrew Clarke of the Omidyar Network, a funder and partner in the Transparency and Accountability Initiative. T/AI is working closely with the ONE Campaign, Global Integrity,...
View ArticleA Groundbreaking Alert System for Before Projects Break Ground
By Carole Excell, World Resources Institute and Jed Miller, TABridge Can technology increase transparency and public participation in decisions about the environment? If people have access to documents...
View ArticleDevelopment Gateway: The Demand Side of the Data Revolution, Nepal
The following post is from Development Gateway, members of the Follow the Money Network and experts at the intersection of transparency and technology. T/AI is working with the network to explore how...
View ArticleUK First to Apply New EU Transparency Rules for Oil, Mining, Logging
On Monday, the United Kingdom became the first country to put new EU transparency rules into effect. Oil, gas, mining and logging companies registered (i.e., incorporated) in the UK must now publish...
View ArticleSunlight Foundation: What’s next for the international open government agenda?
The following post is by Júlia Keserú, Interational Policy Manager of the Sunlight Foundation, a longtime participant in the TABridge network. Cross-posted from the Sunlight Foundation blog. A few...
View ArticleComing in January: Follow the Money Workshop, Berlin
The Transparency and Accountability Initiative is looking forward to hosting more than 50 different organizations next month for a live workshop exploring better ways to use technology to “Follow the...
View ArticleWRI: Crossing the Digital Divide to Protect The Environment
The following post was written by TABridge member Carole Excell of the World Resources Institute, with WRI colleagues Stephanie Ratté and Lauren Goers Williams. Cross-posted from WRI’s Insights blog...
View ArticleFollow the Money: Notable Links from Webinar
The international participants in this week’s TABridge webinar embodied the spirit of peer learning at the heart of our upcoming Follow the Money workshop. Throughout the presentation on workshop goals...
View ArticleFollow the Money: Notes from Workshop Preview Webinar
Last week, my colleague Andrea Menapace and I hosted David McNair from the ONE Campaign and more than two dozen audience participants in a live webinar previewing the upcoming “Follow the Money”...
View ArticleFollow the Money: Mind the Gap
The following post is by Khadija Sharife, a participant in T/AI’s upcoming Follow the Money Workshop in Berlin. Sharife is lead Africa forensics researcher for Investigative Dashboard and a senior...
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