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by spangry 11y ago
I've often wondered about similar things, but admittedly haven't done any formal analysis. I suspect it's situation specific: there are probably situations where a model like this would work very well, and others where it wou
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Yeah the whole 'charging for government data' thing drives me crazy! In almost all cases, the marginal cost of producing the 'good' (data) is approximately 0. Furthermore, because infinite copies of data can be made, the
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I think what you're doing is admirable and just wanted to wish you good luck! I've been fighting similar battles within government (non-US) and it can be both very frustrating and very rewarding. Frustrating because 'being ri
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by spangry 11y ago
Indeed. Much of what I see from the UK GDS is bang on; there are clearly some very bright people there. Take a look at their guidance to other government agencies on exposing APIs: https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/maki
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by spangry 11y ago
Wouldn't a simpler explanation be that powerful/authority figures, regardless of gender, always get the most grief? I think there's a misattribution error occurring here: the amount of grief one receives is not a function of
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by spangry 11y ago
I'm a (non-US) federal public servant who worked for a small, and now defunct, agency with the mandate to embed 'user-centric' design principles in the creation of public services. At the time we were wound up, I concluded we
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It depends on how the solution is implemented. I can only speak from an Australian perspective, but you'd be surprised how sensitive many public servants (outside of the 'intelligence community') are to public backlash agains
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