| March 29, 2007
PANEL DISCUSSION Information Sharing: An Invitational Summit to discuss tecnology, challenges and recommendations |
On the 29th of March at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, the Computer Ethics Institutes, the Brookings Institution ITS and Harte-Hanks Trillium Software convened a roundtable discussion focused on the benefits and challenges of information sharing within government. The discussion pulled together public policy experts, technologists, public access advocates, and members of the federal government. The topics ranged over issues concerning the benefits of information technology, the cultural impediments of information sharing, the technological challenges, the states’ perspective and role, the importance of public disclosure and the incentives for information sharing. Welcome and Introductions by Jane Fishkin ( The Brookings Institution) Information Sharing: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good: What can technology accomplish? The Bad: How is information sharing done today? The Ugly: What are the principal barriers and challenges to information sharing? Making it happen |