Over the past few months I have been very busy of "Open Government", and that is the new model of Directors (strongly backed by President Obama and is spreading rapidly in many other countries) according to which, according to the definition given by 'friend Gigi Cogo , bodies "must be open and available to facilitate effective action and ensure public control on 'work."

In particular, I tried to deal with the legal issues related to the adoption of the Open model in our country ( here is an interview I published on the " Italian way to the Open Data "and the theme will also speak to ForumPA the interesting conference " Innovation without permission. Prospects and challenges of government 2.0 "), it is not a mystery, in fact, that Italy is one of the few Western nations in which philosophy has not yet made ​​inroads Open and regulatory profiles (copyright, privacy and transparency) are likely to become a serious obstacle to the practical implementation of these new policies.
It is a close cultural, organizational and even before that legislation, it is not a case, for example, that the "Open Government" Wikipedia is not translated into Italian and that there is nothing in our national website which is discussed systematically in these issues.

For this reason, I decided to start a new section of this blog, called "Open Links", in which to gather and report news, ideas and comments on the subject, so as to contribute to initiate discussion.

1. I feel duty-bound to start with the reporting of government sites that have already taken concrete actions, so that everyone can understand that this is not mere theory or unrealizable utopias. Let's start from the examples of the USA ( www.data.gov ), the UK ( www.data.co.uk ) and New Zealand ( www.data.govt.nz ).

2. The Privacy Imperative of Jeff Jonas , interesting post on the implications on privacy.

3. Case study: how open data saved Canada $ 3.2 billion , an interesting analysis of Canadian experience which explains why the Open really works.

4. The Three Laws of Open Data , a stimulating article on the blog of the Government 2.0 Taskforce Australian .

If you have any recommendations for future issues of Open Links do not hesitate to inviarmele.
Happy reading and see you soon