Some great insights into how a dysfunctional US government IT procurement system helped ruin the launch of healthcare.gov have been penned recently by the likes of Mark Headd, Alex Howard, and Clay Johnson. The basic thrust of these analyses is that balky and process-heavy IT procurement rules and habits led to the selection of slow,…
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If you’re reading this post, you know that Global Integrity has a new website! Hooray for us! We thought it’d be useful to share some of the objectives of the redesign as well as the successes and challenges we had in getting it up and running. Why a New Website? Setting aside the reality that…
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If you’re a journalist working on corruption, accountability or governance issues, join our Global Integrity Journalists group and be the first to know about our new journalism grants and how to apply. In addition, we frequently have new opportunities for journalists to participate in the Global Integrity Report and other projects. All work is compensated. If you have any…
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By Nathaniel Heller Former State Department and White House aide Will Inboden (who’s also an all-around smart guy and deep thinker on international relations) recently penned an opinion piece in Foreign Policy arguing that President Obama’s strategic approach to foreign policy — an Obama Doctrine, if you will — is, in fact, no doctrine at all.…
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Once considered the realm of the nerdy and anti-social and rarely taken seriously, Sci-Fi is slowly but surely coming into the mainstream. Shows like Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, the Stargate franchise, and Doctor Who have not only captured the imaginations of a niche market but have found appeal among wider audiences by not being afraid to ask the important questions and…
DetailsThis is the second entry in the “No Hash Tag blog series: Low-Tech Approaches to Open Government and Transparency.” He is widely read and respected; yet he does not work for any media company. He doesn’t even use a Twitter account, nor is he active on any other social media platform: chalk and a blackboard are…
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