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Faisal Chohan

Co-Founder BrightSpyre.com, Co-Founder Cogilent Solutions, Found, BrightSpyre.com

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I am proposing the idea to reduce the $ spent on communication / reports in government and NGO sector and use that amount to open up data.

Taking from the bonos talk about Factivist. Why we cannot make Government and Non profit organizations Factivists.

Governments always claim about transparency. Even, the most corrupt Governments in Africa and Asia have high claims about transparency. It is hard to prove the corruption in Governments in the current times.

I have seen all the Governments and Non profit organizations hire highly paid communication managers and spend money in report writings. What if, all the agencies that give aid make it mandatory for all programs to spnd less on communications and report writings and use that money to make their data Opon. The data in the hands of citizens will be the key to fight corruption and promote transparency.

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Topics: Open data corruption transparency
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    Krisztián Pintér 200+

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    Feb 27 2013: it would work nicely, if governments had any desire to actually be honest and open.
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    Faisal Chohan 500+

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    Feb 27 2013: I belive aid should be tight with opening up data for translarency and accountability. If a party does not want to open up data about the projects then there should not be any aid to the Governments and organizations.

  • george lockwood 20+

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    Feb 27 2013: Seems Okay, but isn't all that just part of the game? To change - is there some reward for the person pushing the change?

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    Feb 27 2013: Your idea is in line with a lot of TED questions and ideas!
    So clearly transparancy is a big issue for people nowadays.

    You would assume this would be a problem for politicians too, wouldn't you?
    But NO, politicians have access to all data and most classified reports.
    So politicians do not think your issue is important and are not on your side.

    The management and board of NGO's and goverment organs will not give in to your request easily.
    This will become a struggle between powers if you really want this.

    And history has proven that the people can conquer but only in numbers.
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