How to Bring Transparency to Work
blog.yammer.com
on 05/09/2013
Excerpt: As one employee, part of a larger company, organization and team, we often get wrapped up in our daily jobs and forget to lift our head up and take a look around. We occasionally may lose sight of how our work impacts the company or how other employees could influence our work. Looking beyond your own work, and reaching out to others in your company is a vital part aligning yourself to your teammates and organization. How do we go about doing this? Being transparent about what you’re working on, asking for help, and sharing information is just the beginning. This may seem overwhelming, but the fact is, being transparent in your work is as easy as mentioning a colleague on Yammer.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Collaboration, Transparency
Google transparency report 2013: find out what the world's governments want to know about you
www.guardian.co.uk
on 04/26/2013
Excerpt: More and more governments around the world are either asking Google to remove content - or tell them who its users are. Google's transparency report is the guide to how the governments of the world are interacting with the web giant in 2012. And it's an alarming picture. The report covers two types of requests:
• Government requests to remove content from Google
• Government requests from around the world to hand over user data
The is is how those numbers break down. The latest report, which covers up to the end of last year, shows that in 2012 there were 21,389 inquiries from governments around the world. Those requests were for information about 33,634 accounts - these are users' accounts.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Transparency
Facebook debuts public dashboards about power, water usage at datacenters
www.zdnet.com
on 04/18/2013
Excerpt: Facebook has introduced two new dashboards with the intention of improving power and water usage effectiveness at its datacenters in Oregon and North Carolina. See also: Facebook highlights water efficiency usage at its data centers
Reasserting its involvement in the Open Compute Project, Facebook open sourced the front-end code on these dashboards so that any organization interested in sharing similar stats about its own datacenters can do so. That code will be published on the Open Compute Project’s GitHub repository "in the coming weeks.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Stack, API-Voice, Datacenter, Facebook, Transparency
The messy reality of open data and politics
www.guardian.co.uk
on 04/08/2013
Excerpt: It is perhaps unsurprising that there is growing awareness of the political nature of open data policies. It is only by ignoring the messy reality of both data and politics that positivists can suggest the release of data will inevitably lead to more 'rational' and evidence-based government. In practice, datasets themselves are political objects, and policies to open up datasets are the product of politics. If you look beyond the binary fight over whether government data should be open or not, then you will find a far more subtle set of political questions over the what and the how of opening data. Datasets are built from the categories and relationships that the database designer (or their political masters) decide are important.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Open Data, opendata, opengov, Transparency
A VC: Data, Transparency, and Regulation
www.avc.com
on 03/26/2013
Excerpt: Last month, I pointed to a talk that Nick Grossman gave at Princeton where he laid out the principals of Regulation 2. 0. This slide is from that talk. Regulation 2. 0 is a framework that we have been working on with a bunch of others who are rethinking what government means in a networked world. In the Regulation 1. 0 world (the one we are in now) regulators are required to give you permission to do things. In a Regulation 2. 0 world, as long as you report openly and transparently about what you are doing to the government and everyone else, you are free to innovate and operate. But you are accountable to live up to the rules that are set by the regulators and the data you report about your actions will be measured against those rules.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Transparency
Visualizing Google's Transparency Report, Part 1: What Countries Are Asking Google For User Data? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
on 03/20/2013
Excerpt: EFF is excited to announce this, a visual collaboration with SHARE Defense, a new international advocacy group created by the Balkan Share Foundation this year with the goal of engaging in public policy debates concerning digital rights and promoting positive values of openness, decentralization, and free access. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, artists, and technologists, SHARE Defense's mission is to stop the oppression, censorship, and surveillance of future generations. The activities of SHARE Defense are supported by cooperation and friendship with a wide network of various institutions, individuals and organizations.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Open, Transparency
It's Time for Transparency Reports to Become the New Normal
www.eff.org
on 02/01/2013
Excerpt: When you use the Internet, you entrust your thoughts, experiences, photos, and location data to intermediaries — companies like AT&T, Google, and Facebook. But when the government requests that data, users are usually left in the dark. In the United States, companies are not required by law to alert their users when they receive a government request for their data. In some circumstances, they are explicitly prohibited from doing so. As part of our ongoing Who Has Your Back campaign, EFF has called on companies to be transparent by publishing their law enforcement guidelines and statistics on government requests for user data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Deeplinks, Googlereader, Ifttt, Privacy, Story, Transparency
Group calls on Skype to release a Google-like transparency report
gigaom.com
on 01/24/2013
Excerpt: Summary: After Microsoft bought Skype, some were concerned about the security of their Skype calls. Microsoft did little to assuage those concerns, so a group of human rights organizations and journalists are demanding more transparency. Several organizations have called on Microsoft to release details on who it shares Skype data with and what type of data it collects. The software giant purchased Skype in 2011 and last year several groups pointed out that as a result Skype had become less secure, plus Microsoft had filed a patent that looked like it would allow it to eavesdrop on Skype calls.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Privacy, Transparency
Twitter Blog: Twitter Transparency Report
blog.twitter.com
on 07/02/2012
Excerpt: Wednesday marks Independence Day here in the United States. Beyond the fireworks and barbecue, July 4th serves as an important reminder of the need to hold governments accountable, especially on behalf of those who may not have a chance to do so themselves. With that in mind, today we’re unveiling our first Twitter Transparency Report. Inspired by the great work done by our peers @Google, the primary goal of this report is to shed more light on:
government requests received for user information,
government requests received to withhold content, and
DMCA takedown notices received from copyright holders. The report also provides insight into whether or not we take action on these requests.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, DMCA, Legal, Stack, Transparency, Twitter
Government transparency: The best disinfectant
www.economist.com
on 05/31/2012
Excerpt: We use cookies to support features like login and allow trusted media partners to analyse aggregated site usage. Keep cookies enabled to enjoy the full site experience. By browsing our site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to their use. Review our cookies information for more details. Government transparency
The best disinfectant
Hopes of “open government” under Barack Obama have been only partly fulfilled
BARACK OBAMA accepted an award honouring his administration’s commitment to transparency on March 28th 2011. It was given by a coalition of open-government advocates.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Federal Government, Government, Transparency
Excerpt: More and more governments around the world are either asking Google to remove content - or tell them who its users are. Google's transparency report is the guide to how the governments of the world are interacting with the web giant in 2012. And it's an alarming picture. The report covers two types of requests: • Government requests to remove content from Google • Government requests from around the world to hand over user data The is is how those numbers break down. The latest report, which covers up to the end of last year, shows that in 2012 there were 21,389 inquiries from governments around the world. Those requests were for information about 33,634 accounts - these are users' accounts.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Transparency
Facebook debuts public dashboards about power, water usage at datacenters
www.zdnet.com
on 04/18/2013
Excerpt: Facebook has introduced two new dashboards with the intention of improving power and water usage effectiveness at its datacenters in Oregon and North Carolina. See also: Facebook highlights water efficiency usage at its data centers
Reasserting its involvement in the Open Compute Project, Facebook open sourced the front-end code on these dashboards so that any organization interested in sharing similar stats about its own datacenters can do so. That code will be published on the Open Compute Project’s GitHub repository "in the coming weeks.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Stack, API-Voice, Datacenter, Facebook, Transparency
The messy reality of open data and politics
www.guardian.co.uk
on 04/08/2013
Excerpt: It is perhaps unsurprising that there is growing awareness of the political nature of open data policies. It is only by ignoring the messy reality of both data and politics that positivists can suggest the release of data will inevitably lead to more 'rational' and evidence-based government. In practice, datasets themselves are political objects, and policies to open up datasets are the product of politics. If you look beyond the binary fight over whether government data should be open or not, then you will find a far more subtle set of political questions over the what and the how of opening data. Datasets are built from the categories and relationships that the database designer (or their political masters) decide are important.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Open Data, opendata, opengov, Transparency
A VC: Data, Transparency, and Regulation
www.avc.com
on 03/26/2013
Excerpt: Last month, I pointed to a talk that Nick Grossman gave at Princeton where he laid out the principals of Regulation 2. 0. This slide is from that talk. Regulation 2. 0 is a framework that we have been working on with a bunch of others who are rethinking what government means in a networked world. In the Regulation 1. 0 world (the one we are in now) regulators are required to give you permission to do things. In a Regulation 2. 0 world, as long as you report openly and transparently about what you are doing to the government and everyone else, you are free to innovate and operate. But you are accountable to live up to the rules that are set by the regulators and the data you report about your actions will be measured against those rules.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Transparency
Visualizing Google's Transparency Report, Part 1: What Countries Are Asking Google For User Data? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
on 03/20/2013
Excerpt: EFF is excited to announce this, a visual collaboration with SHARE Defense, a new international advocacy group created by the Balkan Share Foundation this year with the goal of engaging in public policy debates concerning digital rights and promoting positive values of openness, decentralization, and free access. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, artists, and technologists, SHARE Defense's mission is to stop the oppression, censorship, and surveillance of future generations. The activities of SHARE Defense are supported by cooperation and friendship with a wide network of various institutions, individuals and organizations.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Open, Transparency
It's Time for Transparency Reports to Become the New Normal
www.eff.org
on 02/01/2013
Excerpt: When you use the Internet, you entrust your thoughts, experiences, photos, and location data to intermediaries — companies like AT&T, Google, and Facebook. But when the government requests that data, users are usually left in the dark. In the United States, companies are not required by law to alert their users when they receive a government request for their data. In some circumstances, they are explicitly prohibited from doing so. As part of our ongoing Who Has Your Back campaign, EFF has called on companies to be transparent by publishing their law enforcement guidelines and statistics on government requests for user data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Deeplinks, Googlereader, Ifttt, Privacy, Story, Transparency
Group calls on Skype to release a Google-like transparency report
gigaom.com
on 01/24/2013
Excerpt: Summary: After Microsoft bought Skype, some were concerned about the security of their Skype calls. Microsoft did little to assuage those concerns, so a group of human rights organizations and journalists are demanding more transparency. Several organizations have called on Microsoft to release details on who it shares Skype data with and what type of data it collects. The software giant purchased Skype in 2011 and last year several groups pointed out that as a result Skype had become less secure, plus Microsoft had filed a patent that looked like it would allow it to eavesdrop on Skype calls.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Privacy, Transparency
Twitter Blog: Twitter Transparency Report
blog.twitter.com
on 07/02/2012
Excerpt: Wednesday marks Independence Day here in the United States. Beyond the fireworks and barbecue, July 4th serves as an important reminder of the need to hold governments accountable, especially on behalf of those who may not have a chance to do so themselves. With that in mind, today we’re unveiling our first Twitter Transparency Report. Inspired by the great work done by our peers @Google, the primary goal of this report is to shed more light on:
government requests received for user information,
government requests received to withhold content, and
DMCA takedown notices received from copyright holders. The report also provides insight into whether or not we take action on these requests.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, DMCA, Legal, Stack, Transparency, Twitter
Government transparency: The best disinfectant
www.economist.com
on 05/31/2012
Excerpt: We use cookies to support features like login and allow trusted media partners to analyse aggregated site usage. Keep cookies enabled to enjoy the full site experience. By browsing our site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to their use. Review our cookies information for more details. Government transparency
The best disinfectant
Hopes of “open government” under Barack Obama have been only partly fulfilled
BARACK OBAMA accepted an award honouring his administration’s commitment to transparency on March 28th 2011. It was given by a coalition of open-government advocates.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Federal Government, Government, Transparency
Excerpt: It is perhaps unsurprising that there is growing awareness of the political nature of open data policies. It is only by ignoring the messy reality of both data and politics that positivists can suggest the release of data will inevitably lead to more 'rational' and evidence-based government. In practice, datasets themselves are political objects, and policies to open up datasets are the product of politics. If you look beyond the binary fight over whether government data should be open or not, then you will find a far more subtle set of political questions over the what and the how of opening data. Datasets are built from the categories and relationships that the database designer (or their political masters) decide are important.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Open Data, opendata, opengov, Transparency
A VC: Data, Transparency, and Regulation
www.avc.com
on 03/26/2013
Excerpt: Last month, I pointed to a talk that Nick Grossman gave at Princeton where he laid out the principals of Regulation 2. 0. This slide is from that talk. Regulation 2. 0 is a framework that we have been working on with a bunch of others who are rethinking what government means in a networked world. In the Regulation 1. 0 world (the one we are in now) regulators are required to give you permission to do things. In a Regulation 2. 0 world, as long as you report openly and transparently about what you are doing to the government and everyone else, you are free to innovate and operate. But you are accountable to live up to the rules that are set by the regulators and the data you report about your actions will be measured against those rules.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Transparency
Visualizing Google's Transparency Report, Part 1: What Countries Are Asking Google For User Data? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
on 03/20/2013
Excerpt: EFF is excited to announce this, a visual collaboration with SHARE Defense, a new international advocacy group created by the Balkan Share Foundation this year with the goal of engaging in public policy debates concerning digital rights and promoting positive values of openness, decentralization, and free access. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, artists, and technologists, SHARE Defense's mission is to stop the oppression, censorship, and surveillance of future generations. The activities of SHARE Defense are supported by cooperation and friendship with a wide network of various institutions, individuals and organizations.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Open, Transparency
It's Time for Transparency Reports to Become the New Normal
www.eff.org
on 02/01/2013
Excerpt: When you use the Internet, you entrust your thoughts, experiences, photos, and location data to intermediaries — companies like AT&T, Google, and Facebook. But when the government requests that data, users are usually left in the dark. In the United States, companies are not required by law to alert their users when they receive a government request for their data. In some circumstances, they are explicitly prohibited from doing so. As part of our ongoing Who Has Your Back campaign, EFF has called on companies to be transparent by publishing their law enforcement guidelines and statistics on government requests for user data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Deeplinks, Googlereader, Ifttt, Privacy, Story, Transparency
Group calls on Skype to release a Google-like transparency report
gigaom.com
on 01/24/2013
Excerpt: Summary: After Microsoft bought Skype, some were concerned about the security of their Skype calls. Microsoft did little to assuage those concerns, so a group of human rights organizations and journalists are demanding more transparency. Several organizations have called on Microsoft to release details on who it shares Skype data with and what type of data it collects. The software giant purchased Skype in 2011 and last year several groups pointed out that as a result Skype had become less secure, plus Microsoft had filed a patent that looked like it would allow it to eavesdrop on Skype calls.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Privacy, Transparency
Twitter Blog: Twitter Transparency Report
blog.twitter.com
on 07/02/2012
Excerpt: Wednesday marks Independence Day here in the United States. Beyond the fireworks and barbecue, July 4th serves as an important reminder of the need to hold governments accountable, especially on behalf of those who may not have a chance to do so themselves. With that in mind, today we’re unveiling our first Twitter Transparency Report. Inspired by the great work done by our peers @Google, the primary goal of this report is to shed more light on:
government requests received for user information,
government requests received to withhold content, and
DMCA takedown notices received from copyright holders. The report also provides insight into whether or not we take action on these requests.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, DMCA, Legal, Stack, Transparency, Twitter
Government transparency: The best disinfectant
www.economist.com
on 05/31/2012
Excerpt: We use cookies to support features like login and allow trusted media partners to analyse aggregated site usage. Keep cookies enabled to enjoy the full site experience. By browsing our site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to their use. Review our cookies information for more details. Government transparency
The best disinfectant
Hopes of “open government” under Barack Obama have been only partly fulfilled
BARACK OBAMA accepted an award honouring his administration’s commitment to transparency on March 28th 2011. It was given by a coalition of open-government advocates.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Federal Government, Government, Transparency
Excerpt: EFF is excited to announce this, a visual collaboration with SHARE Defense, a new international advocacy group created by the Balkan Share Foundation this year with the goal of engaging in public policy debates concerning digital rights and promoting positive values of openness, decentralization, and free access. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, artists, and technologists, SHARE Defense's mission is to stop the oppression, censorship, and surveillance of future generations. The activities of SHARE Defense are supported by cooperation and friendship with a wide network of various institutions, individuals and organizations.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Open, Transparency
It's Time for Transparency Reports to Become the New Normal
www.eff.org
on 02/01/2013
Excerpt: When you use the Internet, you entrust your thoughts, experiences, photos, and location data to intermediaries — companies like AT&T, Google, and Facebook. But when the government requests that data, users are usually left in the dark. In the United States, companies are not required by law to alert their users when they receive a government request for their data. In some circumstances, they are explicitly prohibited from doing so. As part of our ongoing Who Has Your Back campaign, EFF has called on companies to be transparent by publishing their law enforcement guidelines and statistics on government requests for user data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Deeplinks, Googlereader, Ifttt, Privacy, Story, Transparency
Group calls on Skype to release a Google-like transparency report
gigaom.com
on 01/24/2013
Excerpt: Summary: After Microsoft bought Skype, some were concerned about the security of their Skype calls. Microsoft did little to assuage those concerns, so a group of human rights organizations and journalists are demanding more transparency. Several organizations have called on Microsoft to release details on who it shares Skype data with and what type of data it collects. The software giant purchased Skype in 2011 and last year several groups pointed out that as a result Skype had become less secure, plus Microsoft had filed a patent that looked like it would allow it to eavesdrop on Skype calls.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Privacy, Transparency
Twitter Blog: Twitter Transparency Report
blog.twitter.com
on 07/02/2012
Excerpt: Wednesday marks Independence Day here in the United States. Beyond the fireworks and barbecue, July 4th serves as an important reminder of the need to hold governments accountable, especially on behalf of those who may not have a chance to do so themselves. With that in mind, today we’re unveiling our first Twitter Transparency Report. Inspired by the great work done by our peers @Google, the primary goal of this report is to shed more light on:
government requests received for user information,
government requests received to withhold content, and
DMCA takedown notices received from copyright holders. The report also provides insight into whether or not we take action on these requests.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, DMCA, Legal, Stack, Transparency, Twitter
Government transparency: The best disinfectant
www.economist.com
on 05/31/2012
Excerpt: We use cookies to support features like login and allow trusted media partners to analyse aggregated site usage. Keep cookies enabled to enjoy the full site experience. By browsing our site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to their use. Review our cookies information for more details. Government transparency
The best disinfectant
Hopes of “open government” under Barack Obama have been only partly fulfilled
BARACK OBAMA accepted an award honouring his administration’s commitment to transparency on March 28th 2011. It was given by a coalition of open-government advocates.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Federal Government, Government, Transparency
Excerpt: Summary: After Microsoft bought Skype, some were concerned about the security of their Skype calls. Microsoft did little to assuage those concerns, so a group of human rights organizations and journalists are demanding more transparency. Several organizations have called on Microsoft to release details on who it shares Skype data with and what type of data it collects. The software giant purchased Skype in 2011 and last year several groups pointed out that as a result Skype had become less secure, plus Microsoft had filed a patent that looked like it would allow it to eavesdrop on Skype calls.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Privacy, Transparency
Twitter Blog: Twitter Transparency Report
blog.twitter.com
on 07/02/2012
Excerpt: Wednesday marks Independence Day here in the United States. Beyond the fireworks and barbecue, July 4th serves as an important reminder of the need to hold governments accountable, especially on behalf of those who may not have a chance to do so themselves. With that in mind, today we’re unveiling our first Twitter Transparency Report. Inspired by the great work done by our peers @Google, the primary goal of this report is to shed more light on:
government requests received for user information,
government requests received to withhold content, and
DMCA takedown notices received from copyright holders. The report also provides insight into whether or not we take action on these requests.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, DMCA, Legal, Stack, Transparency, Twitter
Government transparency: The best disinfectant
www.economist.com
on 05/31/2012
Excerpt: We use cookies to support features like login and allow trusted media partners to analyse aggregated site usage. Keep cookies enabled to enjoy the full site experience. By browsing our site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to their use. Review our cookies information for more details. Government transparency
The best disinfectant
Hopes of “open government” under Barack Obama have been only partly fulfilled
BARACK OBAMA accepted an award honouring his administration’s commitment to transparency on March 28th 2011. It was given by a coalition of open-government advocates.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Federal Government, Government, Transparency
Excerpt: We use cookies to support features like login and allow trusted media partners to analyse aggregated site usage. Keep cookies enabled to enjoy the full site experience. By browsing our site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to their use. Review our cookies information for more details. Government transparency The best disinfectant Hopes of “open government” under Barack Obama have been only partly fulfilled BARACK OBAMA accepted an award honouring his administration’s commitment to transparency on March 28th 2011. It was given by a coalition of open-government advocates.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Federal Government, Government, Transparency
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