Comments on: Delaware Checkbook a Step Backwards for Transparency http://www.voiceingov.org/blog/?p=1425 "Ministers... cannot in any country be uninfluenced by the voice of the people." Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:31:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="527353413">Mark Headd</fb:name> http://www.voiceingov.org/blog/?p=1425&cpage=1#comment-1028 Mark Headd Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:51:03 +0000 http://www.voiceingov.org/blog/?p=1425#comment-1028 As <a href="http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/blog/news/massdot-apps-are-coming/" rel="nofollow">noted by @spoftak</a>, there is a passage in the <a href="http://www.eot.state.ma.us/downloads/massdot90dayrpt.pdf" rel="nofollow">90-day implementation report</a> from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that captures my thoughts here perfectly. In providing public data to developers, the state of Massachusetts is moving "toward a vision of government as a wholesaler of information rather than a retailer." (Page 16, at the top) Delaware is still very much stuck in the antiquated "retailer" phase of e-Government. And they're doing a poor job at that... As noted by @spoftak, there is a passage in the 90-day implementation report from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that captures my thoughts here perfectly.

In providing public data to developers, the state of Massachusetts is moving “toward a vision of government as a wholesaler of information rather than a retailer.” (Page 16, at the top)

Delaware is still very much stuck in the antiquated “retailer” phase of e-Government. And they’re doing a poor job at that…

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