Transparency gets all the press, but participation and collaboration are equally important

by Alex Howard | @digiphile | Originally posted on O’Reilly Radar; May 13, 2010

Transparency initiatives at the White House, one of the three elements of the Open Government Initiative, have received ample attention from mainstream media and groups like the Sunlight Foundation. The implementation of the other two elements, participation and collaboration, have not. Can citizens be empowered to participate and collaborate in governance?

To begin to answer that question, I spoke with Beth Simone Noveck, professor of law at New York Law School, director of the White House Open Government Initiative, and U.S. deputy chief technology officer. Noveck is the author of “Wiki Government,” where she wrote about using social networking technology to connect people to policymakers.

Read the full article and listen to interview with Beth Noveck