Obama Policy Watch

Overview page.

Only concerns the 'open and free', participatory, and commons oriented aspects of the Obama administration policies, as well as tech policy as it related to peer to peer infrastructures.

See also the tag: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens/Obama-watch

Introduction

From the Open Knowledge Foundation:

"With the inauguration of US President-Elect Barack Obama - we thought we'd prepare a brief list of things he can do to promote openness in his new role.

 1. [[Open Government Data.
 2. Open Access to publicly funded research.
 3. Publish public information in way which makes it easy to re-use.
 4. Legal and licensing clarity.
 5. Make material open by default.

Further details are available on the blog, i.e. What Obama can do to promote openness: http://blog.okfn.org/2009/01/20/what-obama-can-do-to-promote-openness/ "

Proposals

1. Dean Baker on Open Source Software Development Funding

Memorandums

1. Obama Administration Memorandum on Open and Transparent Government
2. Obama Administration Memorandum on the Freedom of Information Act‎

Reports

How E-Government is Changing Society and Strengthen Democracy: 47 page collection of shorter articles by the U.S. General Services Administration [1]

Video

1. The Obama Technology, Innovation and Government Transition Team