The lastest in the near-franchise that is BarCamp – TransparencyCamp (US). (No rush to book by the way. The Washington DC venue may be a bit of a big ask, and the fact that it happened over a week ago may also make it awkward for you to attend).
But it’s an interesting idea nevertheless. This all raises the question: Is transparency (a ‘yay-word’ undoubtedly) necessarily a good thing unless it is applied in equal measures to the rivals that stalk elected representatives?
There are plenty of organisations that would not have objectives that are close to the public interest – however you want to define it – that would welcome greater transparency in policymaking. But – for me – when we look at different ways of making government more transparent, would it empower Victor more than Mrs M (see previous post).
A blog about representative democracy, social media and a conversational politics. How will peer-to-peer communications change local democracy? How is representation changing? 
