Government Transparency Is the “New Black”
In an age of “openness” and “oversharing,” it appears that it’s only government that is lagging behind in baring everything to the public.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the geeks — young, tech-savvy celebrity innovators for whom the culture of the Internet age is a way of life — are “on the job” making government data accessible to the masses. “Tech celebs like Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales have flocked to the Sunlight Foundation, which uses the Internet to improve meaningful access to government. Developer Tim Lee says “there’s just a ton of low-hanging fruit. The hard part is getting the data out. The fun part is doing stuff with it.”
Sam Adams Alliance is proud to be doing their part to open up government through Sunshine Review, a collaborative wiki project that aims to collect. and shares information about government transparency, openness and accountability at the state and local level.
