Over recent months in Spain to a number of pressures that threaten to sinking into a state of underdevelopment and civil digital.
On the one hand the famous "Law Sinde" with which it intends to "legalize" violation of our fundamental rights. And secondly, the recent statements Alierta mocking the network neutrality and claiming the "Lord of the Rings" Internet us back to debates and totalitarian and ignorant attitudes that only serve to lose another train.
Meanwhile, in countries where civil liberties are fully settled, we can look with envy how new technologies are helping to move towards a more complete democracy through the "Open Government".
What is the Open Government ?: A doctrine policy advocates that all affairs and public administration must be transparent at all levels so that citizens can monitor the actions of their rulers. Is directly opposed to such concepts as "state secret" or "reserve funds."
What are the main incentive initiatives Open Government? Probably the most significant examples are data.gov (site created and hosted by the Obama administration through its chief information office council) and data.gov.uk, its British equivalent (which is advised Tim Berners Lee).
In both cases the goal is to provide citizens access to public data in a standard format so they can be reused and freely discussed.
The data provided include obviously public expenditure management, but also other less "strategic", such as parking spaces available or type of trees that exist in the gardens of San Francisco.
The most modern and developed cities of the world have launched their own initiatives for Open Government, as San Francisco, New York or countries like Australia , and encourage developers to create applications that make use of this data.
For example, New York has recently found a number of awards of $ 20,000 to reward the best apps that make use of this data . The winners were:
-An application of augmented reality for Android helps you find the nearest subway station
-An application to assess, via Twitter, the service of taxis in the city
"Another who values \u200b\u200bthe quality of different schools New York
As you see, a real stimulus for creativity, against obscurity and political corruption and an achievement for democracy.
- And in Spain? : As you can imagine, governments have not lifted a finger in this direction. The few who defend the citizens Open Government is full of enthusiasm, and almost individual title.
Some names: Alvaro Ortiz "furyl" impeller project "Pro Bono Publico" , is an association open to people seeking help with the promotion and dissemination of standards, data and technology platforms open between the public institutions. "
Amongtheir projects is parlio.org , portal which aims to inform citizens of the Basque government activity (including the rate of absenteeism among its members).
Another would be the proper name of Alberto Ortiz de Zarate ( alorza ) and Irekia , that we hope that the seeds of a much greater involvement of public authorities in this area.
Finally, Enrique Castro and Zero Corruption, which aims to map out political corruption in our country.
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