Can The Open-Data Revolution Change Our Democracies?; NPR/TED Staff, 1/31/14

NPR/TED Staff; Can The Open-Data Revolution Change Our Democracies? :

"About Beth Noveck's TEDTalk

Former White House deputy CTO shares her vision of practical openness: connecting bureaucracies to citizens, sharing data, and creating a truly participatory democracy.

About Beth Noveck

Beth Noveck explores what "open government" really means — not just freeing data from databases, but creating meaningful ways for citizens to collaborate with their governments. She served as the first U.S. deputy chief technology officer and director of the White House Open Government Initiative, which developed policy on transparency, participation and collaboration."