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Open sourcing democracy: using FLOSS and Access To Information to surface bugs in your government

H.2215 (Ferrer) | Day 2 | 15:40 - 15:55 | Speakers: Laurent Savaete

Open sourcing democracy: using FLOSS and Access To Information to surface bugs in your government
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Abstract

After a brief presentation of Access To Information laws ("ATI", which allow citizens to request info or documents from the State), this talk will introduce Alaveteli.org a ruby-on-rails web app designed to make it easier for people to exercise their rights.

We will make a parallel between debugging FLOSS, and understanding how our democracies function with ATI. We will present a few examples of requests and campaigns to show how these transparency laws can empower individuals and make democracies more resilient.

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Laurent Savaete

Laurent Savaete is a cofounder of MaDada.fr, the French instance of Alaveteli.

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