Category Archives: Criticism

Open Source a tool of corporate leaders?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Davenport Institute

From the “other side” of the gov 2.0 aisle comes a review of Evgeny Morozov’s book “To Save Everything, Click Here” More »

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Political Innovation v. the Greater Good

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Davenport Institute

Hat tip to Cindy Gibson for drawing our attention to this recent podcast from techPresident More »

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The Problem with e-Petitions

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Davenport Institute

Tiago Peixoto shares reasons to be skeptical about governmental e-petition platforms, as well as some ideas for how to improve such online engagement. More »

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All it’s cracked up to be?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Davenport Institute

It has been a little over a year since the White House launched it’s “We the People” website to encourage online engagement in national issues. Has it worked? More »

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Limits of Crowd Sourcing

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Davenport Institute

In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Eric Felten explores the limits of crowd sourcing. More »

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