Clearing the Cache: To Transparency, and Then Beyond
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, June 25 2010
Carbon footprint by country, from a series of infographics created by net_efekt - The Guardian is charting the UK's war dead.
- Newly-former Sunlighter Clay Johnson turns his focus to the demand side of government data: " [T]hus far the public doesn’t seem to care most of the time, and when they do, it’s when they’re politically charged up."
- While Sunlight reveals what you strange people are searching Elena's Inbox for.
- The Obama administration launches PaymentAccuracy.gov to point out when the federal government paid someone for the wrong thing or in the wrong way. (via NextGov)
- More White House visitor records are released into the world, nearing the half a million mark.
- Michelle Obama's obesity campaign wants your infographics.
- This week, transparency would have made Congress look good, if people had watched.
- The State of Maryland starts livestreaming its Board of Public Works.
- TEDxOilSpills in your area.
- Ezra Klein went and killed Journolist.
- A Federal judge rules Google/YouTube's way over blame for hosting copyright-protected content.
- And the White House National Economic Council chief of staff heads over to Facebook.
(With Micah Sifry)