Posts Tagged ‘informaton overload’

Open Government – But Not Too Open

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Even though Will Thalheimer’s post is directed to learning professionals, his observation that unleashing too much information on the public can be overwhelming and confusing is a great warning for open government advocates.  So, when discussing opening up government data to the public, there also needs to be a complementary effort to help citizens understand and manage the massive data flow.  Maybe it should be Open-and-EngagedGov rather than just OpenGov.