Nice debate at the International Open Government Data Conference (Washington, DC)
HT Andrew

David Sasaki (@oso)
I still find @dgrobinson’s framing of “political accountability” vs. “public service delivery” problematic. #IOGDC Needs clearer vocab.

Daniel Schuman (@danielschuman)
@oso @dgrobinson as do I. It’s a bad/fuzzy/overbuild distinction #iogdc

Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@danielschuman @oso part of a reaction in #opengov movement to def including broader range of areas than transparency/accountability. #iogdc
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Harlan Yu (@harlanyu)
@oso @digiphile @danielschuman It’s a simplification; all sorts of motivations for#opendata. But those are most common & are perceived diff

Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@harlanyu @oso @danielschuman Seeing #opendata this morning as a group of blind men might regard an elephant? bit.ly/4Edh4 #IOGDC