Is transparency still relevant?

Catherine Geanuracos • @geanuracos | Stephen Corwin • @stephen_corwin

Was transparency a passing fad in govenment technology?

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Clearly not. But seriously...

is just one piece of the transparency pie

OPEN DATA

Transparency (not automation) is the foundation of tech in government

Automating a broken process won’t help.

Buying a Ferrari won’t solve traffic

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is about having the greatest impact using the fewest resources.

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EFFICIENCY

Constituents are miserable filling out PDFs or paper forms.

Government workers get frustrated.

Transparency opens a dialogue

After a silent meditation retreat, I found out my prejudices about all the other students’ personalities were in almost all cases totally wrong.

Transparency creates empathy

There’s a problem with your plans, but if you make this suggested change, we can still proceed!

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Transparency builds relationships

are at the center of all technology PEOPLE

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For individuals:

Transparency reduces mistakes.

We learn from others.

For managers:

Transparency untangles complexity.

We see the whole picture.

For cities:

Transparency produces system-level improvements

For society:

Transparency fosters trust

It’s govtech’s responsibility to enable transparency

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