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| penguinist May 14, 2013 11:29 AM EDT |
This Executive Order embracing the openness of government data could be a big game changer. |
| gus3 May 14, 2013 11:40 AM EDT |
Quoting:Nothing in this order shall compel or authorize the disclosure of privileged information, law enforcement information, national security information, personal information, or information the disclosure of which is prohibited by law.In other words, business as usual. Sorry, I'm just cynical that way. |
| notbob May 14, 2013 11:54 AM EDT |
Three guesses on who defines "privileged information". Rest assured it's not you and me. |
| Bob_Robertson May 14, 2013 3:06 PM EDT |
Transparency? Wait, don't tell me, I've heard this before..... |
| Fettoosh May 14, 2013 3:49 PM EDT |
Quoting:Transparency? Wait, don't tell me ... What did you expect from a politician @Bob_R! But you have to be fair and admit, It is a good move for FOSS. |
| DrGeoffrey May 14, 2013 4:28 PM EDT |
Only time will tell for certain. And even if the current administration is serious about embracing openness, this does not preclude the next administration (or, for that matter, Congress) from later reversing course. (I haven't seen any pigs flying lately. Anyone else?) Still, there's no harm in dreaming. |
| Bob_Robertson May 15, 2013 8:56 AM EDT |
Peter Quinn's career was not destroyed for nothing. |
| gus3 May 15, 2013 6:38 PM EDT |
So you're saying there IS an upside? |
| caitlyn May 17, 2013 7:40 PM EDT |
Quoting:Only time will tell for certain. And even if the current administration is serious about embracing openness, this does not preclude the next administration (or, for that matter, Congress) from later reversing course.That pretty much sums up my feelings and opinion on this. I'm both hopeful and deeply skeptical at the same time. |
| linux4567 May 18, 2013 1:41 PM EDT |
Sorry to be very pessimistic, but I can't see a government that is being exclusively run by and for corporate and military-industrial interests to ever embrace true openness (and I'm not referring specifically to the current government but to all governments of the last decades at least). Without a true change in the way the country is run, there will never be any true openness. |
| caitlyn May 18, 2013 2:20 PM EDT |
@linux4567: Having been involved in a political campaign last year (a friend ran for state house) and in some issues oriented campaigns in the past I'm not quite convinced that it's all for the corporate and military interests. The Pentagon sure didn't want the additional cuts under the sequester. I still see both major political parties responding to voters and public pressure, at least to some degree. Are corporate and military interests unduly powerful in the U.S. right now? I'd say yes. However, I don't think it's quite so bad that positive change is impossible. |
| jdixon May 19, 2013 10:18 AM EDT |
> I'm not quite convinced that it's all for the corporate and military interests. Agreed, caitlyn. The influence of corporations (outside Goldman Sachs and their ilk) on the US government is overstated. And the military is the tool of the politicians, not the other way around. To the extent that their interests agree, both corporations and the military complex do have influence with the politicians, but to their interests do not always agree. |
| DrGeoffrey May 19, 2013 4:09 PM EDT |
Quoting:their interests do not always agree. And therein lies the people's chance. "of the people, by the people, for the people" |
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