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Different levels of government "innovate" all the time and very much dislike any oversight or otherwise being open. Nor do many officials - especially at highe
by Semiapies 17y ago
Different levels of government "innovate" all the time and very much dislike any oversight or otherwise being open. Nor do many officials - especially at higher levels - face any real consequences for "screw ups".
Somehow give them more latitude? Really?
I am almost never this negative on a linked item, but this one is horrifyingly naive. Hopefully, Clay Johnson isn't in a position at Sunlight Labs where he needs to make judgments about the honesty of government officials.
- cjoh 17y agoAre you kidding? Officials don't face any real consequences of Screw Ups? How about Van Jones-- who, 8 years ago, said something stupid, and lost his job as energy czar? There are dozens of casualties like this. Let's not conflate oversight with openness, too. You can oversee an institution without openness, but you usually can't be open without oversight. My point is this: When google messes up, we give Google a chance to listen and rectify. When Government messes up (which it always will, because it is run and managed by human beings), we don't. And we ought to.
- Semiapies 17y ago"There are dozens of casualties like this." And thousands of such offenses. Hence the phrase "nor do many".