An indirectly received message from Dieter Zinnbauer, our dear Director, during "ICT 2003":

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Definitely worth a close look: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/itic/itic_publications/dprealms.page

Papers include: With the Internet and Information Disclosure towards a New Quality in Democratic Governance: A Policy Agenda and Ways to Take it Forward-Dieter Zinnbauer The Transformation of Governance and E-Transparency: Current Practice, Future Prospects-Dieter Zinnbauer E-government as A Driver for more Institutional Transparency? A Closer Look at Interests, Policy Frames, and Advocacy Efforts-Dieter Zinnbauer Institutional Transparency, Global Governance and ICT: Why and Where to?

(Memo)-Dieter Zinnbauer Steven Clift
http://dowire.org
.S. Speaking of access to information, check out these blogs:
http://thememoryblog.org/ http://www.resourceshelf.com

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From: "Dieter Zinnbauer" <d.zinnbauer@lse.ac.uk>To: <clift@publicus.net>
Subject: Resources e-transparency

Date sent: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:05:33 +0200

Dear colleagues,

I would like to bring to your attention a series of memos on transparency and ICTs that I have just completed for the U.S. Social Science Research Council:
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/itic/itic_publications/dprealms.page
In a nutshell, the memos seek to inspire fresh thinking on the roleofthe Internet for transparency beyond the current anti-corruptionfocusby pulling together interesting insights and findings from a verydiverse body of current academic and policy-oriented research. In retrospect, the titles sound a little too much alike, but the analysis basically moves from normative foundations of transparency (memo1: why...) to the advocacy situation for e-transparency (memo 2:policy frames...) then to a mapping of the status quo ine-transparency (memo 3: current state..) and finally to practical strategies forward (memo 4: policy agenda...). For more research on ICT and political engagement produced under this SSRC imitative start at: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/itic/
Please feel free to share widely.

Comments are always very welcome.
With best regards,
Dieter Zinnbauer---------------------------------------------
Postdoctoral Fellow Development Studies
Institute London School of Economics
Houghton Street WC2 2AE London,
UKfax: +44-(0)20 7955 6488e:
d.zinnbauer at lse.ac.uk

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