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"Free Law" and Government Transparency Focus of Project at Rutgers-Camden Law Library
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Internet - QuébecLeaks attend les révélations | Le Devoir
Les internautes peuvent soumettre leurs premiers documents sensibles sur le site de dénonciation QuébecLeaks depuis hier, même s'ils ignorent toujours exactement à qui ils ont affaire. L'organisation prie ses potentiels collaborateurs de lui soumettre des documents «non disponibles» qui ne sont pas encore passés entre les mains des journalistes d'enquête.Consumers now have little information about the true ecological impacts of what they buy. But that may be about to change, as new technologies that track supply chains are emerging and companies as diverse as Unilever and Google look to make their products more sustainable. by Daniel Goleman
Bright Green: Building a Greener World through Marketplace Economics and Radical Transparency
Currently civic leaders have to start from scratch when wanting to leverage tech to engage citizens.
Code for America
Celebrating Transparency Heroes on Ada Lovelace Day — Sunlight Foundation Blog
What better celebration of Ada Lovelace Day – celebrating the achievements of women in technology – could we have than to honor the women who are key to the government transparency movement to which technology is so key? These women are using technology to pry open the doors of government, and are creating a new style of transparency powered by the Internet.
Global Voices in English » Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating Women in Technology and Transparency Worldwide
Inspired by Ellen Miller's post on the Sunlight Foundation blog , which profiles the work of women who use technology to promote transparency in the United States, we decided to add to the list by profiling several women from around the world involved in the use of technology to make government more transparent and accountable.
The Supreme Court of Canada established the new “responsible communications” defence to claims of defamation, providing greater latitude in reporting on issues of public interest and beating back libel chill;
Press freedom in Canada now: we’ve got good news and we’ve got bad news : This Magazine Blog // Canadian progressive politics, environment, art, culture // Subscribe today
Bowing to pressure from activist groups and to the dictates of common sense, the Obama administration has done what the Bush administration wouldn't and declassified some general information [PDF] about the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), a sweeping program that the Bush White House launched in early 2008 to protect the government and critical civilian networks from cyberattacks.
Obama admin declassifies major cybersecurity plans
The plague period of Washington, DC
The Walrus » January/February 2010 » The Dark Country by Gil Shochat
I’ve been in a small round of email among friends, arguing over exactly what Larry Lessig means in his article in The New Republic titled “ Against Transparency .” It is a challenging article for those of us who support government transparency, and Larry is obviously both influential and brilliant.
Joho the Blog » Lessig’s “Against Transparency”: A walkthrough
Yesterday, at the Right To Know Week panel discussion - Conference for Parliamentarians: Transparency in the Digital Era - organized by the Office of the Information Commissioner I shared three laws for Open Government Data that I'd devised on the flight from Vancouver.